Originally Posted by
NJDesi27
True - there is risk. But if I'm on the hook for a lot of money by not showing up I might be open to some options and taking a chance. I would imagine anyone checking in for you would have to use their own credit card for incidentals and other costs which would help. Also if this becomes a widespread hotel practice a more organized (less risky) marketplace might develop where people would provide check-in as a service. Overall it's sad that it has come to this when properties won't simply accept points for no-shows but need to extract outrageous sums of money.
There was some website started for people trying to sell/exchange nonrefundable hotel reservations, but it doesn't appear to have been very successful.