late check out
May 16, 2011, 3:06 pm
#16
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Washington, DC
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Asked for late checkout until 1 pm today at the Comfort Inn - Times Square South in NYC. Hotel is sold out tonight (and I verified it online), so only 12 Noon (1 hour late) was offered. After further discussion that I had a 2 PM train to catch, the desk clerk changed her mind and gave me a 12:30 PM late checkout.
May 19, 2011, 6:36 pm
#17
Join Date: May 2006
Location: BOS and ...
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I've only received the late checkout privilege at the motels where I'm a frequent guest. Then it's for up to an hour after the official checkout time, max. (Somewhere along the line I stumbled across the Diamond line, but it hasn't made any difference.)
I think this is right to the point. They run on such (apparently) thin margins to keep the prices down that they just don't have the "give".
I think this is right to the point. They run on such (apparently) thin margins to keep the prices down that they just don't have the "give".
May 19, 2011, 7:25 pm
#18
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: LA (Lower Alabama) and on the road!
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Late checkout
Thanks for getting me thinking. I often work and fly the same day and use late checkouts all the time. I always ask the morning of, ask politely and then hang my "Do not disturb" hanger and place a piece of paper in the lock slot that says "2pm Checkout" (so housekeeping won't try and clean it early). Works pretty much every time.
I figured that it was a rule but locally decided what "Late Checkout" timing was. I just checked Choice and found this - "Elite benefits may vary depending on hotel and location and may not be available in all locations."
Ok, just what I thought, then reading down further - "5. Extended check-out upon request (up to 2:00 p.m. local hotel time at all hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean or up to 2 hours past standard check-out at hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Australasia and most of our international locations). Must be requested before posted check-out time." Hmmm, sounds like a RULE to me!
I guess I'm gonna have to print out the CP Benefits page to carry with me, I've had to do this for years to explain the baggage allowances to the stupid ticket agents for US Air and UAL
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I figured that it was a rule but locally decided what "Late Checkout" timing was. I just checked Choice and found this - "Elite benefits may vary depending on hotel and location and may not be available in all locations."
Ok, just what I thought, then reading down further - "5. Extended check-out upon request (up to 2:00 p.m. local hotel time at all hotels in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean or up to 2 hours past standard check-out at hotels in Europe, the Middle East, Australasia and most of our international locations). Must be requested before posted check-out time." Hmmm, sounds like a RULE to me!
I guess I'm gonna have to print out the CP Benefits page to carry with me, I've had to do this for years to explain the baggage allowances to the stupid ticket agents for US Air and UAL
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May 25, 2011, 12:48 pm
#19
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Florence, SC
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Nice to see this thread revived-this year we're batting .500 on late checkouts. The same Sleep Inn in Columbia still refuses to budge past noon. Two Charleston properties let us have the 2pm, but the Myrtle Beach CI that told us they had to honor it wouldn't go past noon this time.