Online check out hotels?
Oct 10, 2018, 10:54 pm
#1
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Online check out hotels?
i thought that Hyatt had a list on their website that showed hotels that had online check in and check out. I can’t find it anymore.
Is there any list for this?
Is there any list for this?
Oct 11, 2018, 11:49 am
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Back when Online checkin/checkout was new, I remember that they used to have it (it was a pretty small/short rollout list). Nowadays, I don't recall being to a hotel in the last year or so that didn't have online check-in or check-out.
Oct 12, 2018, 4:58 am
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Online check-in is nearly worthless, since you still have to go to the front desk for your key, etc.
Online check-out is unnecessary since you will be checked out automatically once housekeeping finds an empty room.
To be honest, I'd rather have fewer spam emails inviting me to check in online and to check out online, neither of which I find necessary to do. I suppose that online checkout might result in an emailed invoice but that's about it...
Like @jameswes I seem to get the emails for every stay
Online check-out is unnecessary since you will be checked out automatically once housekeeping finds an empty room.
To be honest, I'd rather have fewer spam emails inviting me to check in online and to check out online, neither of which I find necessary to do. I suppose that online checkout might result in an emailed invoice but that's about it...
Like @jameswes I seem to get the emails for every stay
Oct 13, 2018, 2:37 am
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I worked for years in hotels. Honestly, it doesn't really help the hotel out much. It really is just a simple way to possibly help out a stranger.
Oct 13, 2018, 3:31 am
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Of course you make a fair point about considering others, but I rarely see any restraint at all in "determining whether it's vacant" and many hotels have a drop-the-key express check-out box which informs nobody at all about your departure.
Oct 14, 2018, 4:27 am
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You seem to be assuming that the only time those boxes are checked is after the official check-out time. In the hotel that had that option, we checked the box multiple times every morning.