Best time to call looking for cancellations?

[MamaToDavis]

Our trip is 12/6-12/13 and I'm pleased with most of the ADRs. However, I was unable to get a Crystal Palace ADR before 9:00 a.m. and have been calling every morning looking for a cancellation. So far no luck.

Is there a better time of day to call? Is it worth it to call more than once a day?

Thanks!

 

[mbanks21]

Id say early in the morning and of course at the 45 day mark and of course the morning of check with the front desk

 

[Tricia1972]

When calling for a cancellation, you can't go very wrong with morning. However, I can say that I have canceled MANY reservations and I have never ever called right away in the morning to do it. No way I want to sit on hold with all of those calling to get their ADR's to cancel my reservation. I'll call in the middle of the afternoon to do my cancellations, when the phones are quieter.

 

[wdwrich]

Thinking about this, I would expect that people making reservations would be most likely to call first thing in the morning in order to have the best chance of getting the restaurant/date/time they want. For cancelations, there would be much less incentive to call early since one wouldn't be "competing" with others for time slots. With that in mind, I would expect cancelations to occur at any time of the day, without any predictable pattern.

 

[MamaToDavis]

Thanks. I will keep trying and hope something will open up!

 

[lucytootsie]

I was going to guess later also. On a different thread I read where someone could not get a ressie @ CM even after arrival so they just showed up 1 morning and were seated fairly quickly. You could go earlier and see how long the wait would be.

 

[1andrea]

I tried today to get a ressie for breakfast at Crystal Palace on 7th of December the 7th at 8.05 but nothing was available for that day or the next 7 days and it was the only ADR we wanted for this trip, so I too will have to keep trying and hope for some Christmas pixie dust! And heres some for you too