Booking Efficiency Questions

[DoubleBaconBLT]

1. When I go to book, when in the booking process is the availability "held" for me? So for example, if I click on the dates and room I want and then click proceed, it asks me to enter the guest names and stuff for the whole party. While I'm doing that, can someone else swoop in and take that room? Or is it held for me while I fill that out?

2. Is there a way to save your family members to your profile so they show up as options to select from a list rather than entering them each time?

3. Does anyone have any other tips for making booking faster? Can you book the stay for one person and modify it to add other guests later once it's reserved?

 

[Doingitagain]

I always book myself as lead guest with only required info, then go back and add other guests and info later and correct any defaults that need to be changed.

 

[eticketplease]

2. Is there a way to save your family members to your profile so they show up as options to select from a list rather than entering them each time?

I so wish this was possible, but sadly it is not. It always slows me down because it populate my information with my nine digit ZIP Code and then says this is wrong. Would you like to use the five digit ZIP Code?

 

[eticketplease]

3. Does anyone have any other tips for making booking faster? Can you book the stay for one person and modify it to add other guests later once it's reserved?

I don’t think it’s a much faster, but I leave the search at the default, two people and then once I get to the name selection, I just add myself and continue. As @Doingitagain said I can then go in and modify to add the other people.

 

[Brian Noble]

1. When I go to book, when in the booking process is the availability "held" for me?

I don't think any of us knows for sure. But the langauge used by the site seems to suggest that you do have the room once you hit Continue. That's the point when the site tells you "Your Room is Available!" If you hit Back from that point on, you get a pop up that says "Your Room Is About to Be Released".

 

[DoubleBaconBLT]

I don't think any of us knows for sure. But the langauge used by the site seems to suggest that you do have the room once you hit Continue. That's the point when the site tells you "Your Room is Available!" If you hit Back from that point on, you get a pop up that says "Your Room Is About to Be Released".

Ooh, good to know, thanks.

I noticed yesterday that the very first "Start Your Search" page has a note at the top that says "Room availability is not guaranteed until your booking is confirmed." But it sounds like they put a temp hold on it once you hit Continue, then release it if you don't follow all the way through.

 

[Brian Noble]

 

[Best Aunt]

I so wish this was possible, but sadly it is not. It always slows me down because it populate my information with my nine digit ZIP Code and then says this is wrong. Would you like to use the five digit ZIP Code?

It always asks me a nit-picky question like that related to my address.

I think it's something like the difference between "Street" and "St."

 

[🍀TwinsMom]

For the autofill stuff, on my laptop in the accounts setting somewhere there's a section where I have my name, address, CC saved, and I added my husband, kids, and common guests (sister, BIL, niece, cousin, aunt,, BFF,) so I don't have to keep retyping addresses. I can't find the steps to direct you, but it has come in handy on lots of autofill documents.