xooz

February 2000, Hyatt Regency San Francisco. IT conference sponsored by the Meta Group who later got bought by Gartner.

dakid23

2009 - Grand Hyatt Macau

At the time to a young 23 year old, it felt like a Park Hyatt. I booked it via Hotels.com.

Beachchaser

2016 Hyatt Place pittsburgh North Shore I got the hyatt credit card so I could use my 2 free unrestricted nights at a category 3 hotel costing $225 a night, I was able to get the 5k au bonus and used the $50 statement credit for 2 nights parking and a small room charge for food/drink. I have since redeemed for stays at hyatt zilara cancun (p2 free night certificates), hyatt ziva cancun, hyatt Regency Clearwater, and hyatt Regency atlanta but nothing will ever top that first overly horrific redemption.

soy

Hyatt Madeline Paris - great location

demue

The earliest Hyatt I recall was the former Park Hyatt San Francisco on Battery St around 2001ish I think. I got it at a very low rate via Hotwire back then (5*, Financial District) IIRC.

River in Sight

Looking way, way back in my spreadsheet my first Hyatt Stay was the Hyatt at the Bellevue (Philadelphia), August 2010. According to the spreadsheet there was a promotion where I was earning 3,000 AA miles per stay and I went on to complete 13 more stays through mid-October to keep running that promotion. I had many, many stays at that property and really liked it, even with its quirks and age.

Pickles

Hyatt Orlando, 1974. No GP, no computers, no cellphones, no flat panel TVs, no record except the memory.

59Impala

yikes you beat me, too, with my 1984 stay!
1974 was the year I first visited a Hyatt, just for tea/coffee, did not stay there over night, It was the HR San Francisco and as a 9-year old I was totally fascinated by the atrium. This visit laid the foundation for my Hyatt Loyalty with my first actual stay in '84 (still pre-HGP)

madipides

You beat me by 2 years. Summer 1982, and we returned each summer for a few years. Always on the Regency Club floor. As I was a child, the staff in the Regency Club taught me to play a Ukulele there!

nufnuf77

My first hyatt stay was at PH Hamburg - I was absolutely taken how at home i felt there compared to hilton properties, especially room decor which was to my liking.. the rest is history

PointWeasel

For me it was the Hyatt Place Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico after driving past the property that was brand new at the time (2015?) and I signed up for GP with this stay and a promotion was being offered at that time as well which helped convince me to try it out instead of the mediocre Hampton Inn nearby.

Being Canadian, the Hyatt footprint is sorely lacking, which makes retaining status a challenge every year, but I have had some great experiences at Park Hyatt, Andaz and the Unbound Collection properties which makes Hyatt a nice back-up option when travelling worldwide.

oc2005

My wife (then girlfriend) and I stayed at our first Hyatt for Valentine's day 2003 at the then Hyatt Islandia in San Diego, where they surprised us by upgrading us to a suite. I remember at check-in they told me about a program called Gold Passport which they said I really should sign up for, since they had a promotion going on called Faster Free Nights. I was hooked and by the next year I hit Diamond for the first of many years to follow. My wife and I got engaged while staying at the Park Hyatt LA, stayed at PH Vendome, PH Milan, and HR London on our honeymoon, and Hyatt has been a big part of the vast majority of our vacations and work trips ever since. We look forward to the world eventually getting back to some sort of normal to again enjoy our favorite Hyatts and to continue to show Hyatt our loyalty for the incredible way they've always treated us.

Trustguy

I recall the old Hyatt in Long Beach, CA near our home. My grandparents took us out to brunch there when I was very young, probably in the early 1970's. I recall it being fancy for that time.

Fast forward years later, my first Hyatt stay was at the old Hyatt Islandia in probably 1996 or 1997. The bar/restaurant was in the tower at the water-end near the pool. I stayed in the older part of the hotel near the lobby.

txhyattlvr

Park Hyatt Los Angeles... the old one. What a treat. Most gorgeous hotel room I’d ever seen. We were “Priceline trash” but they still treated us like royalty.... and many many years later, earned my full price loyalty.

LA2CDG

Hyatt Jerusalem, I was there in 1993, didn't even have a Hyatt Gold Passport number at the time and didn't even bother getting one for that stay. I had just started working and my boss and his boss were Marriott Rewards people, so that's where we stayed.
My next stay was at The Park Hyatt Los Angeles-Century City in 1996. It was for a conference (stayed there even though I lived about 15 miles away). I did get a Gold Passport number and over the next 4 or 5 years opted for miles instead of points. I would stay at 3 or 4 Hyatts annually.

Lastly as others have mentioned this as well, on several family trips to the bay area in the eighties, I visited the Hyatt Embarcadero with family friends, I was quite impressed with the lobby architecture and we went to the revolving bar at the top. Although I have never stayed at that property.

I do miss the old Hyatt Gold Passport. In Dec of 2013, I received the list of 100 stays at different properties along with 2 free worldwide stays which I used in France the next summer.