Originally Posted by
holtju2
I just have a feeling that this guarantee for a completely free nights is going to be short lived.
Probably. But only because the hotels will panic and pull their rooms from the 3rd party sites, which is any event is presumably a breach of their contract with IHG anyway.
The hotel will be footing the bill for the first night, I am pretty sure, as its 'fine' for breaking the rules.