Originally Posted by
dgwright99
One hotel where I stay regularly even charges my corp rate (less than half of rack) when honoring the guarantee.
That's the way it should be! ^
For me, the "guaranteed" availability benefit is a specious one. Either one of the following happens:
(1) They want to charge rack rate, which I would be willing to pay only if I were truly desperate for a room during the Superbowl, snowstorm, or during some other "period of extraordinary demand" when every other hotel in town is full.
(2) They deny the "guaranteed" benefit, ostensibly because it's during the Superbowl, snowstorm, or during some other "period of extraordinary demand" when every other hotel in town is full.
If the hotel would actually
guarantee availability at some known good rate (such as my corporate rate), it would be a truly valuable benefit. But as it stands, I don't imagine ever being able to take advantage of this benefit.