Originally Posted by
Pierre&Cédric
We always request the hotels we are staying at to arrange transportation from/to the airport. The result is that we almost never suffered from the check-in/out time policy.
I do this too, and I don't know if it's false causation, but it does seem to work every time, even with a morning arrival. I figure it would ruin the effect somewhat to have the Assistant Manager greet you as you step out of the car with "Welcome to [hotel]; your room is not ready yet...."