Hotel Jumping

[I❤MICKEY]

I've been trying to figure out our best options for our vacation on a very limited budget. I've been researching hotel stays and I see a lot of Good Neighbor Hotels are offering 3rd night free, 4th night free, etc. Most don't give you the discount every 3rd night (or whichever promo). So I am thinking about making multiple reservations and switching hotels mid trip. I may even consider making two back-to-back reservations to the same hotel.

Has anyone ever done this? Any issues? Did you use the same reservation channel (ie: getawaytoday.com, disneyland.com, AAA)?

Any insight you can provide is appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

 

[oumagic]

I think I would ask the hotels you are looking at. The one time I considered this (not at DL, but a similar deal in San Diego) I simply mentioned to the hotel that I was going to have to make two reservations so that I would get my 3rd night free and my 6th night free and they took care of it. I was going to make one reservation for me and one for my wife using two different credit cards but they just let me stay in the same room once I mentioned it.

 

[TigerlilyAJ]

Oh, this topic interests me greatly. Anyone else have tales?
OP, are you interested in trying different hotels, or is it just a hassle? The third night free deal could be a great excuse for a hotel sampler platter.

AJ

 

[FlameGirl]

We booked through Costco and are staying 10 nights - we got 3 nights free with the 3rd night free promotion.

 

[moonbill2002]

We used GAT and received 2 free nights by staying 6 nights. We will be at the Holiday Inn Resort and theirs was for every 3rd night free. Our total is $627 for 6 nights, after taxes, etc and our room is the kids room with queen bed/bunk bed/video games. Not sure how well it will work for our family of 5 but we are looking forward to our trip down this weekend!

 

[I❤MICKEY]

We booked through Costco and are staying 10 nights - we got 3 nights free with the 3rd night free promotion.

May I ask what hotel you reserved for and what time period? I'll have to look into that.

We used GAT and received 2 free nights by staying 6 nights. We will be at the Holiday Inn Resort and theirs was for every 3rd night free. Our total is $627 for 6 nights, after taxes, etc and our room is the kids room with queen bed/bunk bed/video games. Not sure how well it will work for our family of 5 but we are looking forward to our trip down this weekend!

That's very interesting. May I ask if you booked online or if you called? I have been trying to book online but it only shows one night discounted and there's a message on the site that says one free night offer per reservation unless otherwise noted.

Oh, this topic interests me greatly. Anyone else have tales?
OP, are you interested in trying different hotels, or is it just a hassle? The third night free deal could be a great excuse for a hotel sampler platter.
AJ

My preference would be to stay at the same hotel for the entire stay but I would consider moving if necessary. My favorite hotel is Homewood Suites but it looks like they don't have a free 4th night until after January 4 and we are planning on December 30 - January 6, 7 or 8 (depending on the deal I can get).

 

[FlameGirl]

Of course. We are staying at the Best Western Stovall's Inn between 11.24 - 12.4

We were going to stay at BWPPI but they don't participate in the 3rd night free so we switched. Knocked $450 off of our stay.

 

[moonbill2002]

We booked online and I looked at our reservation paper just to make sure....it says "For 7 days and 6 nights (2 Free Nights)". So they did give us 2 nights free....we are staying from 8/14 - 8/20. HTH!