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If the hotel cancels the OP's reservation but he shows up, yes it will cost the hotel something, but that amount is probably less than the rate for which the hotel can sell the room. If there are no rooms available in town, getting the compensation but being walked to a Motel6 fifty miles away would not be a good outcome for the OP.