Grand Hyatt San Francisco REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
Mar 8, 2024, 6:30 pm
#766
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Well you're right, the 20th floor city view is mostly the buildings across the street and it is worse. But the prime view is the bay view from the north side of the building (i.e., same view as the lounge). In over a dozen stays over the years they have never been willing to give me one of those rooms.
Mar 8, 2024, 9:51 pm
#767
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Taipei
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EE checked in at 10am, so not totally fair to judge the options. But you're probably right that it's par for the course.
Mar 8, 2024, 9:59 pm
#768
Join Date: Jun 2023
Location: SFO
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Well you're right, the 20th floor city view is mostly the buildings across the street and it is worse. But the prime view is the bay view from the north side of the building (i.e., same view as the lounge). In over a dozen stays over the years they have never been willing to give me one of those rooms.
That side of the building is short a room because of the staircase that takes up one of the corners. It’s also possible that only the corner room is a king bed room since the room that connected to my room was a 2 queen room and the last bay view room is the same layout. And the lounge takes away another floor for that room, so I think there’s just not as many of them available compared to other rooms.
Mar 9, 2024, 8:27 am
#769
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That side of the building is short a room because of the staircase that takes up one of the corners. It’s also possible that only the corner room is a king bed room since the room that connected to my room was a 2 queen room and the last bay view room is the same layout. And the lounge takes away another floor for that room, so I think there’s just not as many of them available compared to other rooms.
As previously noted I've stayed here over a dozen times and the experience has been 100% consistent in terms of refusing a decent upgrade.
Mar 17, 2024, 6:43 pm
#770
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 14
I must be a masochist because I came back to stay at this dump. Joke of a globalist treatment, awful breakfast, how about two bottles of water at the front desk if you ask really nicely?
But my question to "regulars" of the hotel: Are there any rooms where you don't hear every word of your neighbor? No joke, I've never stayed at a hotel with worse soundproofing (and I travel for work). I'm thinking my room/floor must be an exception, no way this is acceptable throughout the hotel. FWIW I'm on the 34th floor, Bay View.
But my question to "regulars" of the hotel: Are there any rooms where you don't hear every word of your neighbor? No joke, I've never stayed at a hotel with worse soundproofing (and I travel for work). I'm thinking my room/floor must be an exception, no way this is acceptable throughout the hotel. FWIW I'm on the 34th floor, Bay View.
Mar 18, 2024, 11:42 am
#771
Join Date: Mar 2007
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Lol, I stayed here several times after they reopened during the pandemic when occupancy was in the dozens and they still wouldn't give me a bay view. They offered only paid upgrades.
As previously noted I've stayed here over a dozen times and the experience has been 100% consistent in terms of refusing a decent upgrade.
As previously noted I've stayed here over a dozen times and the experience has been 100% consistent in terms of refusing a decent upgrade.
Mar 18, 2024, 6:43 pm
#772
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Sonoma
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I must be a masochist because I came back to stay at this dump. Joke of a globalist treatment, awful breakfast, how about two bottles of water at the front desk if you ask really nicely?
But my question to "regulars" of the hotel: Are there any rooms where you don't hear every word of your neighbor? No joke, I've never stayed at a hotel with worse soundproofing (and I travel for work). I'm thinking my room/floor must be an exception, no way this is acceptable throughout the hotel. FWIW I'm on the 34th floor, Bay View.
But my question to "regulars" of the hotel: Are there any rooms where you don't hear every word of your neighbor? No joke, I've never stayed at a hotel with worse soundproofing (and I travel for work). I'm thinking my room/floor must be an exception, no way this is acceptable throughout the hotel. FWIW I'm on the 34th floor, Bay View.
Yesterday, 9:21 am
#773
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 4,973
I wasn't going to give this property any more of my business, but with the recent buy 2 get 1 night free deal it comes out to around $120 per night. Hard to pass that up when the Hyatt Regency wants $300-400 for the same dates. Sadly you only get 2 EQN with the deal, but good enough for a weekend staycation.
Yesterday, 10:28 am
#774
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Is this available more broadly, or just specific to GH SF?
Yesterday, 12:30 pm
#777
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 33
Hyatt Privé has a lot of properties with free night offers. But for the rest of them, you usually do not know there is an offer unless your dates and length of stay just happen to be at the same time an offer is going on.
I looked into it for a bit and noticed it was mostly for April and May weekend dates. These are from a month ago so the rates may have changed or the dates have already passed.
I looked into it for a bit and noticed it was mostly for April and May weekend dates. These are from a month ago so the rates may have changed or the dates have already passed.
Yesterday, 12:33 pm
#778
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: USA
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Yesterday, 12:38 pm
#779
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Yesterday, 7:10 pm
#780
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Interesting. On one hand, I guess that makes sense that a free night does not earn points/EQN. Though on the other hand, the way the pricing is displayed is that they average out the nightly rates, so it does feel you are paying for every night.