Online check in?

[dachsie]

What is the purpose or advantage of online check in? I am supposedly able to do that tomorrow but wasn't sure why or what it was

 

[bumbershoot]

This question has been asked soooo often in the last week! Weird!

I like doing it because it lets them know when I plan to be there. This gives a stronger possibility that they'll assign me a room that will be ready when I get there.

Some people like to make the basic room requests allowed there; we rarely make room requests.

You can put a CC down to pay off the rest of the room (if you have a room only reservation with a balance) and to set up charging to the room. I generally just click through that screen without entering cc info.

Depending on circumstances it can cause you to not have to go to the front desk at all, which some like. Of course nothing prevents you from going to the front desk.

Basically to me there are no downsides, no reason not to do it, so I do it.

 

[Dug720]

And just as a caveat, just because you might get a text or email that you CAN skip the front desk does not mean you MUST skip the front desk.

 

[tinkerbella16]

I never did it until my last trip, in November. I will do it again for this years trip. I got a text before I was even on DME, saying that my room was ready, with my room number and that I could go straight to my room if I wanted to. This was very convenient and knowing my room was ready before I even got to the resort was a relief. When my plane landed, I got a text that it was not quite ready yet, but then got another one after that. When you do online check-in, you can give your time of arrival - this is good, so they know when your expected arrival time is, I assume to try and get the room ready. It doesn't hurt to do online check-in. I also did NOT check the box off, that my room being ready took priority over my room requests.