Originally Posted by stria4

On a related note, I got a room through Priceline that is officially non-refundable AND non-transferable. (It's at the Renaissance Stanford Court.) Does anyone have any experience with getting around the transferable part? Can I call the hotel and say my traveling companion is arriving earlier than me and give them authorization to have someone else check in using my name? (I'll do a search of other forums now to see if there's any relevant posts on this topic elsewhere.)