Park Hyatt Shanghai - REVIEW - MASTER THREAD
Mar 19, 2012, 12:32 pm
#271
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....This is where everything started to [un]ravel. I had an early morning flight in from Apia via Auckland. I had informed the hotel about my early arrival. If it hadn’t suited them, I would have just booked an InterContinental hotel where I have guaranteed 8AM check in as a Royal Ambassador member....
Incidentally, the monopoly maglev station taxi operator is well known for scamming customers (see the China forum). Would have been better to go out to the street and get a regular cab.
Mar 19, 2012, 5:12 pm
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This is a bit confusing to me. Did you just mention this to the hotel or did they actually confirm that they knew you were arriving early and would have a room available early? It is not a guaranteed diamond benefit AFAIK. Most hotels would assume that the standard offer to keep your bags until the room became available met the requirements, absent specific other arrangements.
My point was that one of the ladies working on the front desk just said what the normal check in time is before actually checking my reservation.
If the early check in had been problematic, I would have just booked an InterContinental hotel where I have guaranteed 8AM check in.
Mar 19, 2012, 5:39 pm
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They knew that I was arriving early and they had set aside a room, although I had NOT confirmed this with the prior hotel as I made the reservation during my hour long transfer in Auckland.
My point was that one of the ladies working on the front desk just said what the normal check in time is before actually checking my reservation.
If the early check in had been problematic, I would have just booked an InterContinental hotel where I have guaranteed 8AM check in.
My point was that one of the ladies working on the front desk just said what the normal check in time is before actually checking my reservation.
If the early check in had been problematic, I would have just booked an InterContinental hotel where I have guaranteed 8AM check in.
But I am still not sure what you had confirmed. If your complaint is about a single bad front desk clerk, sadly that is not unique to either Hyatt or China, although admittedly it happens more regularly in mainland China than in (say) Bangkok or Tokyo.
Mar 26, 2012, 4:20 am
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I stayed at the Park Hyatt Shanghai in January and had an all around fantastic stay. I booked through Fine Hotels & Resorts through their "buy three get one free" offer, and then applied a Diamond Suite Upgrade on top of that. I wrote a full review of my stay along with pictures, which can be found here.
Apr 22, 2012, 9:42 am
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Stayed with 6 000 points in a suite. Here are some pictures:
Suite:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....-shanghai.html
View:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....k-hyatt-2.html
Hotel:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....hanghai-3.html
Suite:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....-shanghai.html
View:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....k-hyatt-2.html
Hotel:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....hanghai-3.html
Apr 27, 2012, 2:30 pm
#276
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Stayed with 6 000 points in a suite. Here are some pictures:
Suite:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....-shanghai.html
View:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....k-hyatt-2.html
Hotel:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....hanghai-3.html
Suite:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....-shanghai.html
View:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....k-hyatt-2.html
Hotel:
http://youhavebeenupgraded.blogspot....hanghai-3.html
Do you think it's worth it? Interested in comments from all...
Apr 27, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Nice shots. I'm staying here in a few weeks. They want what amounts to about $130 extra per night (on top of about $400) to bump me up to "rack rate" so I can use 6K points for the suite upgrade. So that's about $300 bucks plus 6K points for my 2 nights.
Do you think it's worth it? Interested in comments from all...
Do you think it's worth it? Interested in comments from all...
Apr 27, 2012, 5:47 pm
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This assumes you'll be there enough to for it to matter. If I was just in-and-out for a night stay and not expecting to spend much time in the room, I'd just stay with the basic, as it is very nice, albeit pretty small. But if you're going to be in the room, it's one of the best upgrade values in the entire program.
Apr 27, 2012, 10:53 pm
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I completely agree. I would value the 6K points at next to nothing and the $130/night an absolute bargain for the suite you'll get at this property.
This assumes you'll be there enough to for it to matter. If I was just in-and-out for a night stay and not expecting to spend much time in the room, I'd just stay with the basic, as it is very nice, albeit pretty small. But if you're going to be in the room, it's one of the best upgrade values in the entire program.
This assumes you'll be there enough to for it to matter. If I was just in-and-out for a night stay and not expecting to spend much time in the room, I'd just stay with the basic, as it is very nice, albeit pretty small. But if you're going to be in the room, it's one of the best upgrade values in the entire program.
Jun 2, 2012, 6:41 am
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I plan to do a reservation...the room either has "Huangpu River or city views".
As Shanghai & the river are surrounding the hotel, which of the views is better and what can I expect to see? jin mao tower would be cool...
As Shanghai & the river are surrounding the hotel, which of the views is better and what can I expect to see? jin mao tower would be cool...
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Jun 2, 2012, 12:07 pm
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. . . because it is the view of The Bund, with all of its resorted historic buildings, as well as the Pudong skyline, which includes the neighboring Jin Mao Tower (containing the Grand Hyatt) and the Oriental Pearl Tower.
The 'city' view is a nice view because of how high you are, but is much less interesting.
It is The Bund views that are coveted, which is why the majority of the hotel's public spaces face in that direction.
The 'city' view is a nice view because of how high you are, but is much less interesting.
It is The Bund views that are coveted, which is why the majority of the hotel's public spaces face in that direction.
Jun 3, 2012, 10:54 am
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It's a matter of what portion of the river you see from your room. The non-Bund river view room won't look over the buildings of the Bund, which are attractive looking when lit up at night, although they don't seem to do that every night.
Sep 21, 2012, 9:58 pm
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Just at the business center @ PH. Checking out in a few minutes. Really a very cool hotel. We got a very good room with Jin Mao / Oriental Pearl view!
Really enjoyed the stay. Unfortunately it was a bit smoggy yesterday (views were good but not perfect). It started to clear this night, but at 6am everything was covered in fog/rain clouds...so you cant see anything anymore.
Nevertheless it was a great stay and I really enjoyed it. There was some picture posted of Pudong in clouds with just the 3 tower peaks coming out of the clouds, but I cant find it anymore. Can anyone provide me with a link?
Really enjoyed the stay. Unfortunately it was a bit smoggy yesterday (views were good but not perfect). It started to clear this night, but at 6am everything was covered in fog/rain clouds...so you cant see anything anymore.
Nevertheless it was a great stay and I really enjoyed it. There was some picture posted of Pudong in clouds with just the 3 tower peaks coming out of the clouds, but I cant find it anymore. Can anyone provide me with a link?