Gig103

Senator McCain didn't have nice things to say even though he obtained Diamond status there in the 1960s... Glad new management is working with you though!

(midly sorry for the joke)

FlyingHighlander

Still can't tell if you're trolling 😂
Please provide guidance as to what kinds of questions and discussions are acceptable on FT (because if this thread isn't exactly the purpose of FT, I don't know what is)

arlflyer

Asking people to speculate on whether or not management at an unnamed property in either of two countries, with disparate regulations and cultures, will accept a package instead of just calling the property is the point of Flyertalk? Ok then, if you say so...

I don't troll, I simply speak up when I think that people are starting non-contributory threads, because if everyone did that, then this forum would be completely unreadable and clogged with spam like so many others on the net.

MSPeconomist

Gig103

Yeah I know

jlc1978

Having shipped stuff to hotels before, I'd ask for a signature required shipment. I've had FedEx insist they delivered and the desk claiming no packages came. When I showed them the signature from FedEx they went and found the package in their mail room.

FlyingHighlander

The irony is, here you are pointlessly cluttering this thread with your non-contributory complaints. Ever consider unsubscribing from it and just moving on? The rest of us here can continue contributing some value. I have gained information from this thread that I would not have obtained from calling a specific property.

MacGuruTX

I"ll priority second this. We routinely ship equipment cases or demo materials ahead to site hotels. I would say maybe as much as 25% of the time they are "lost". Usually it's because the front desk signed, sticks the package somewhere or doesn't put it where hotel policy says they are supposed to put it. Sometimes after a search they locate it, but we are almost always have to throw out that Person X signed for it, so lets find them and ask what they did with it.

Some hotels in the US, usually those that are in "downtown" areas or considered "convention" hotels routinely charge for package receipt inbound and outbound (even when it's outbound Fedex and it's a Fedex branded "ship it" inside the hotel, which I find most annoying).

@FlyingHighlander: I am confused though when you say it's against company policy to fly with a company laptop/phone, but they will let you ship it instead?

One other note, because you are going international. Some countries you have to have a Carnet, or you will get charged import taxes. For example, if you fly a laptop with you to Canada not an issue. But if you ship it or bring extra equipment in a pelican case you have to do customs declaration. If you don't have a Carnet, they will charge you import taxes. Shipping also means it has to go through a customs warehouse for clearance, which can add delay time to it's arrival. Fedex will specifically disavow delivery guarantees due to the unknown customs windows. We try to carry as checked baggage when our demo teams go international because of this.

MacGuruTX

Sorry, one more note. I've specifically flown to Singapore from US with carry-on and baggage equipment with zero issues. One time Customs wasn't even checking passports on arrival.

sebseb

In this case I always ask fot the T&C where the fee is described and that I wasn't made aware of the charge at the time of booking nor at check-in.
If they argue that this is a service charge for "receiving" and "deliver to room", I underline that they can call my room at time of delivery and I will pick up the package by myself. They decided to accept the delivery - I did not.

Therefore: Never paid for a package in the US because bringing it back to the post office and having a big argument is too much work for front desk.