Basic waitlisting question

[Herding_Cats]

New owner, and I have a general grasp of how waitlisting works, but I don't want to mess this up since this reservation is for someone else.

Trying to book a specific day, but only the day after is available. Do I book the "next" day, and the modify/waitlist for the previous day? (They could probably make the currently available day available with some work schedule adjustments, but are trying to avoid that.) This is a room that has been popping in and out of availability for about a week now, BUT it's next month, which makes me all nervous about holding points because I don't want to deal with those at all.

 

[Sandisw]

If you are within 31 days of thst trip, then any njght you book and cancel will result in holding points.

So, I would only book that night if the person will go regardless if the night before does not fill.

If they won’t, then just waitlist the njght they want. Points don’t get taken unless it fills.

Now, if they will do the back up njght, then book that, waitlist so it cancels thst and books the new night.

You can also then stalk the website and modify the night you do book and see if you change it on your own.

 

[Herding_Cats]

If you are within 31 days of thst trip, then any njght you book and cancel will result in holding points.

So, I would only book that night if the person will go regardless if the night before does not fill.

If they won’t, then just waitlist the njght they want. Points don’t get taken unless it fills.

Now, if they will do the back up njght, then book that, waitlist so it cancels thst and books the new night.

You can also then stalk the website and modify the night you do book and see if you change it on your own.

So if I book the current room, do I waitlist the other night (to have it switch "automatically" if that's a thing) if it becomes available by going through "modify" to get to the waitlist? This is the part I'm unsure of, and don't want to accidentally put things into holding by just clicking around to explore.

 

[intamin]

So if I book the current room, do I waitlist the other night (to have it switch "automatically" if that's a thing) if it becomes available by going through "modify" to get to the waitlist? This is the part I'm unsure of, and don't want to accidentally put things into holding by just clicking around to explore.

Tbh I'm not sure if I'm fully understanding you but only book that night if you actually need it. You can put in a 2 night wait list if you are not willing to book one night without the other. Normally I would say to book the night you can and waitlist the night that's not available but since you're so close to the actual date of the trip I would be wary about booking the 2nd night if you aren't okay with not having the waitlisted room since those points will go into holding if you cancel. If you're okay with having just the second night regardless, go ahead and book it and then put in a waitlist for the other night. You can continually check the website AKA stalk it to see if that other night pops up as well and modify your current reservation to include both the nights if it hasn't already been filled by your waitlist.

 

[Sandisw]

Assuming you just want the one night…the one that isn’t there…it can be done two ways.

Book the back up night if you know it’s a go if the first choice doesn’t come through…then. option 1 is to go back in, modify it, change the date to the new one, and it will show waitlist only, and choose that….when creating the waitlist, choose to replace that current night…if they are the same number of points, or more, have it expire 7 days out…

Option 2 is to just book the back up night. Then go in and try to book the first choice like it is a new reservation and follow steps to create the waitlist…it will give you the option again to replace what you have…chose that and finish like above.

Now, one thing I did just think of…if the night you really want is less points than the night that you can book now, then I’d it did match. you would end up with some holding points because even changws within 31 days will cause that.