Originally Posted by
jtp1947
Even on an advance purchase rate, or any rate, you have 24 hrs. to cancel with no penalty. Go ahead and make the reservation and as noted above, check your reservation confirmation for the cancellation rules.
I don't think that's universally true. I've seen it mentioned in other threads that there are some hotels with rates which have 24 hrs to cancel and some other hotels with rates that don't have any time to cancel.
And to top all that off, I've seen a rate which was available one day before check-in date, which said it was cancellable up to 7 days before check-in date. Ie, the cancellation deadline had passed 6 days by the time I made the last-minute booking.