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Re: Hotel Deposit and Cancellation Policies



At 10:53 AM 06/20/2001 -0400, Debra Nolan wrote:
You may be surprised to know that, for most convention hotels in major
cities, a prepaid deposit of one night's room and tax and a forty-eight to
seventy-two hour cancellation policy is standard procedure.  Given three days
notice, it is much easier to "resell" a canceled hotel room then if the room
is canceled the day of check-in.
While the hotel is simply trying to protect themselves from lost revenue,
this could be an unwelcome surprise to the unsuspecting convention go-er.

When I called to make my reservation, I was told that my card would be charged
for one night right away (which I didn't really appreciate either, but I've got to
be there, so I'll end up using it anyway).  But I was led to believe that it was being
done because this is a conference block of rooms, and that if I can't make it to the
conference, SAA won't lose money by losing a room in its block.  As some of you may
recall from the hotel chain discrimination suit surrounding the Denver conference, if a group
cancels its conference, then the group (SAA) gets charged a very hefty cancellation fee.
Perhaps Debbie can say if this also applies to a certain number of canceled rooms in the conference
hotel.

Margie


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Margaret A. Compton
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Special Collections - Margaret Herrick Library
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