Originally Posted by Eujeanie

I absolutely, positively wanted a very early check-in on an upcoming trip, so I made the reservation for the night before, wrote to the hotel to say what I was doing and wanted a seamless check-in very early (about 8 am) the following day from the night of the reservation (we'll be coming off a cruise that morning). We are flying out that evening, and the hotel was nice enough to give us a 4 pm check-out, AND vouchers for breakfast when we arrive (this is a Marriott brand, we are only Gold so not entitled to breakfast, so this was a very nice gesture) - I did say it was my husband's birthday (it is) so I'm sure that's part of the reason.

What I'm curious about is that they have a stupid "destination fee" which includes an f&b credit, so not sure how that will tie in with the free breakfast. I didn't want to ask (look a gift horse in the mouth), but I'll see what evolves. This will be in 2 weeks so I'll report back how the "prepaid" early check in will work, and which hotel it was at, good or bad.

I know there are also dayuse hotel options but this actually worked out better since we are using Marriott points, and most of them didn't have the range of hours we needed.