Room Upgrades on Vacation

During the course of booking your vacation, you must decide which type of room to book.  Do you want just a garden view room?  Do you want an oceanview?  Oceanfront?  Do you want a suite?  Do you want a Grand Luxe Concierge Premium Honeymoon suite? (…and what does that even mean?)

The thought has occurred to some vacationers to book the minimum room and try to talk themselves into a no cost or low cost upgrade at check in.  Perhaps slip the clerk a large tip and get a deal on an upgrade.  Sounds good, right?

Like many other aspects of booking and taking vacations..it pays to be informed.

With most resorts, onsite room upgrades are a big profit center.  They have a captive audience for selling the upgrades.  You’re in the destination.  You’re at their resort. When you’re standing at the resort check in counter your options are limited because it is much harder to change resorts. The hotel knows that once you’re there, and you ask about an upgrade, and you’ve got that glass of rum punch in your hand, you’re much more likely to part with your hard earned money.

Granted, when you’re talking to us on the phone or sitting at our desk it’s hard to imagine what you’re getting for your extra money.  But, when you’re still at our desk, you can even still opt for another resort altogether perhaps with a better deal on that oceanfront room.  Also, you can be sure that that upgraded room is actually available.  Who knows what will be available at check in?

The fact is that usually the upgrades are less expensive purchased in advance than they are at the hotel.

Rather than making a rum flavored decision, why not review the room options ahead of time and make a fully informed decision?  We can even upgrade your room after you initially book your vacation, but before you travel.

Just the other day we had a wedding couple come in just a few days before their trip.  They had been given some unexpected money and decided to upgrade to a much nicer room at the last minute (but still before departure).  Very smart.