Originally Posted by
robyng
One thing that I was a bit foggy about was the Virtuoso "early arrival check-in guarantee". My understanding from talking with the agent is this is on a space-available basis. Do any of you know if this is correct? I took him at his word and booked a "red eye arrival" - since our plane arrives at about 6 am (I did that for our trip to Berlin last year too - good thing - otherwise we would have had to wait from 8 am until 5 pm to check into our room).
So it kind of seems that I am not really getting anything here from using an agent (I usually book things myself - so I didn't really know what to expect). But I'm not losing anything either - right? I owe this guy one - he booked a cruise/trip for me a couple of years ago that I had to cancel - so even if I'm not getting anything - I don't mind. Robyn
There's no such thing as an early check-in
guarantee; it's always based on availability.
And you are getting something for booking through your agent -- complimentary daily continental breakfast, either in the restaurant or via room service. That alone, if you price it out, is probably worth 70 EUR a day.