Tips for booking Hotel Room Blocks Part 2 #travel #traveltips

you need to book hotel rooms for your upcoming wedding your company family reunion your youth sports team we're going to talk about what kind of freebies you can ask for and what to expect and what not to expect if you want to know what you need to make the block make sure you check out the first video and the first part of this series and the other videos to get all the information so that you are successful when you need to book a block of rooms at a hotel but today we're going to be talking about freebies what you can ask for what you can't ask for what to expect some specific things that they will honor some that they won't but this is generally an overall just information piece so that you guys can make your best informed decisions the first thing that you can absolutely ask for when you are booking a block of rooms are hotel rewards points so even if you're booking a block of rooms for your wedding you can ask for meeting planner points on the Block which means you can start earning some free nights just based on your overall group now keep in mind meeting planner points are usually awarded at a one per one ratio so one meeting point per dollar this could be Hilt and honors this could be choice privileges they don't earn at the same rate as hotel rooms which are usually like 10 points per dollar five points per dollar but hey every little Point helps another thing that you can ask for is a complimentary hospitality room in hotels like Hampton in fairfields Comfort space there's usually a small meeting room or two on property where if you fill up your entire block of rooms you can ask for complimentary use this is great for sports teams to keep them out of the hallway out of those noise complaints or if you want want a rendevu after your wedding it is a nice place to get a bunch of people together and hang out now keep in mind this won't always be complimentary some hotels might do that to help seal the deal with your contract if it's during a need-based time of the year but hey if you don't ask you don't know another comp thing you can ask for is a comp upgrade to a suite or potentially a free room based on the amount of rooms that you book now if you're booking a block of 10 rooms the likelihood of being able to get a comp room is pretty low most hotels usually operate on one 20 room nights one per 30 room nights ratio but you you can always ask you never know this last one is going to be for my folks getting married or want to hand out goodie bags to their guests if you ask the hotel generally speaking they will hand out these gift bags that checking for you keep in mind if it's busy one might get missed so please don't get mad at the front desk but it is something that you can check off your list and take off your plate I hope these tips help make sure you check out my other hotel room block tips videos in my bio