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Old Nov 19, 2014, 5:14 am
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Is it usual for IHG hotels to require a minimum stay?
For the first time ever I've come across an issue booking one night at a HI (In London) due to them requiring a minimum 2 night stay over the specific weekend.

They even have award availability but still requires two nights...

Is this common, and I've just never come across it?
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by clubman
For the first time ever I've come across an issue booking one night at a HI (In London) due to them requiring a minimum 2 night stay over the specific weekend.

They even have award availability but still requires two nights...

Is this common, and I've just never come across it?
Sometimes happens. If the rate is flexible, you could book for two nights, and then, a few days/weeks later, try changing your reservation.

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Old Nov 19, 2014, 5:45 am
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Originally Posted by clubman
For the first time ever I've come across an issue booking one night at a HI (In London) due to them requiring a minimum 2 night stay over the specific weekend.

They even have award availability but still requires two nights...

Is this common, and I've just never come across it?
It happens sometimes for locations if there is a special event, like the Super Bowl or College Football Championship or something like that, or maybe a special rate or something. It's not very common from my experience.
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 6:47 am
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Originally Posted by clubman
For the first time ever I've come across an issue booking one night at a HI (In London) due to them requiring a minimum 2 night stay over the specific weekend.

They even have award availability but still requires two nights...

Is this common, and I've just never come across it?
Was it Commercial Road? They appear to do this quote regularly when there is something on at Excel.
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by htb
Sometimes happens. If the rate is flexible, you could book for two nights, and then, a few days/weeks later, try changing your reservation.

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You often don't even have to wait a few days/weeks to be able to do this. I've changed such reservations to 1-night ones immediately after making the original 2-night bookings.
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 1:01 pm
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You often don't even have to wait a few days/weeks to be able to do this. I've changed such reservations to 1-night ones immediately after making the original 2-night bookings.
That's not the point. Being a bit more subtle will keep this loophole open a bit longer.

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Originally Posted by htb
That's not the point. Being a bit more subtle will keep this loophole open a bit longer.

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I always wondered about that as the reservation still reads as a 2 night stay.
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by NJUPINTHEAIR
I always wondered about that as the reservation still reads as a 2 night stay.
We must be talking about different things then as I've never experienced that. Once changed to 1 night my reservations made no reference to a 2 night minimum stay.
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Old Nov 19, 2014, 4:38 pm
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We must be talking about different things then as I've never experienced that. Once changed to 1 night my reservations made no reference to a 2 night minimum stay.
I've seen it in the US where I booked 2 nights over a weekend because 1 night was not available then modified it, and although it was for 1 night, the verbiage in the reservation still stated that it required 2 nights or was based on a 2 night reservation -- I never followed through so I don't know what would have happened.
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I had it earlier this year at HI Wembley London for the FA Cup Final weekend
Fair enough I guess under the circumstances
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Old Nov 20, 2014, 4:16 am
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Usually happens when there is a major event, eg F1, etc.
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Old Nov 20, 2014, 5:19 am
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F1, yep, ran into this in Austin last month.

In my case, I wanted the two nights at the Holiday Inn, but I wanted to pay for one with a free night cert and another with points. That required 2 separate 1 night reservations, and the minimum stay blocked me, even though award nights were available for the 2 night stay. Customer service couldn't help either.

The Hyatt I ended up at was very nice.
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Old Nov 21, 2014, 11:15 pm
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Under the French law, this practice is forbidden.

The law prohibits all sellers or provider of services to the purchase of an imposed quantity of services or products.

Same story with rates with breakfast included only.

http://www.conso.net/bases/5_vos_dro...%28j108%29.pdf
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Originally Posted by nicolas75
Under the French law, this practice is forbidden.

The law prohibits all sellers or provider of services to the purchase of an imposed quantity of services or products.

Same story with rates with breakfast included only.

http://www.conso.net/bases/5_vos_dro...%28j108%29.pdf
So one could go into a three star restaurant on a Friday night and just order an appetizer?
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Old Nov 22, 2014, 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by nicolas75
Under the French law, this practice is forbidden.

The law prohibits all sellers or provider of services to the purchase of an imposed quantity of services or products.

Same story with rates with breakfast included only.

http://www.conso.net/bases/5_vos_dro...%28j108%29.pdf
Not really relevant for a hotel in London though

Is there anything that prohibits the hotel having a higher nightly rate for 1 night vs 2 ? if not, would it not just be possible to charge EUR100 for a 1 night stay and EUR50 a night for 2 or more nights
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