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Old Oct 29, 2025 | 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Dr. HFH
I'm not sure what you mean by saying that it's not valid. The hotel can do what it wants. I once spoke with a GM about a discounted prepaid rate for 150 nights, -- he was fine with the idea and offered me a discounted rate. Basically, the hotel accounts for it as a prepayment/deposit against the ultimate folio.
Originally Posted by Adam1222
This entire response suggests the OP is interested in elite night credits for this year, but I don't see that. I read the OP as interested in prepaying for actual stays in the future, not for elite night credits (now or at any time).
The OP edited his response to make his intentions a lot clearer, my response was based on a more ambiguous original post.

In which case either of these ideas works to approach a hotel and pre-buy certain nights and agree particular benefits/draw-down concepts. As you correctly say, there are few businesses out there that wouldn't be willing to take a pre-payment of a large chunk of money. Note, that this could also cover multiple people in your company as well, it's just a business negotiation. And primary risk is if the hotel goes out of business, or you no longer need to travel to that city so the money is wasted.
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