Originally Posted by
Ysitincoach
I think a great deal of business travelers need hotels to be flexible. This new policy maybe fine for Ma and Pa Kettle on their twice annual snowbird drive...but for the bread and butter road warrior that doesn't want to chance a cancellation fee, and doesn't want to have to play cancellation arbitrator with an overnight front desk clerk playing by the rules--then it's just easier to book elsewhere.
True. But I guess most business travelers use their corp. rate so I need to ask: Does this new policy affect corp. rates as well?
As mentioned earlier, many (or at least some) hotels already have something else than 6pm day of arrival, but this far my corp. rate policy has been 6pm day of arrival at those properties, too.