Originally Posted by
dchristiva
I missed that part where the OP wanted a guarantee that a room would be available at such an early hour. My mistake. I thought the charge was simply for checking into an available room at an early hour.
If someone wants to ensure that a room is available before the standard check-in time, a room should be reserved the night before.
Yeah, you missed it because I never said it
from my OP: "would appreciate an early check-in if a room is available"
Of course I would expect to pay to guarantee a room. I simply wanted to put myself at the head of the queue for an empty room, should there be one. If they said no rooms, so be it. But I was surprised by a type of charge I had never heard of before.