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Mar 25, 2006 | 1:27 pm

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ALadyNCal

Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Laguna Niguel, CA

Posts: 3,780

You never know how they will handle it...

I made a 'night before' reservation at the Renaissance in Ft Lauderdale. 100% prepaid so that we could check in at 7 a.m. after a red-eye and not risk having to wait 4-5 hours. I also called the hotel ahead of time to confirm with them that we would be arriving at that time. We had a two-night prepaid reservation so that we could check in @ 7 a.m. for our one-night stay.

Still a mess at check in. They had no idea what I was talking about. Said I didn't have a reservation for the day before and there were no available rooms. Big hassle and half hour to check in ~~ even though I prepaid an extra night to avoid this situation

Very very disappointing in spite of preplanning.

Bottom line -- you need the 'night before' reservation if you want to be positive you can check in at 3 a.m.

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