Originally Posted by
rcmiller
Any recent experience with overlapping stays? I have had reservations for overlapping dates numerous times before, but always cancelled the other reservation in plenty of time. I have a situation I am trying to figure out. I currently have a 4 night stay booked at Hotel A for a very good rate. Plans have changed slightly and I now would like to do 3 nights at Hotel A and 1 night at Hotel B (the 4th night) in another town nearby. When I went to book Hotel A for 3 nights, it shows as sold out but I can book with the Diamond Guarantee for double my current nightly rate... so 3 nights would be about $400 total more than my current reservation for 4 nights.
If I edit my current 4 night reservation to go down to 3 nights, I would essentially have to rebook at the new rate, correct? One option is keep my 4 night stay but leave on day 3. I could easily book a Marriott or non-Hilton for the "Hotel B" single night stay and Hilton would be none the wiser I suppose. But I actually would prefer a Hilton property for my single night stay. So I would be checked in to two Hilton properties at the same time in that situation. I don't want Hilton to cancel my second stay and I would like to earn points for it if I'm paying for it. Anybody had a similar situation recently?
If you do nothing, Hilton won't cancel the overlapping stay, but you won't get points for one of them.
You can ask Hotel A if they would cut your existing reservation to 3 nights without changing the rate. Sometimes they have an "early departure fee" which they would charge instead of the rate for the 4th night, but you can negotiate this, particularly if they are fully booked they may not mind selling your unwanted 4th night for a higher price.