DizMe
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If you're cheap like me and hate to fork over that 1-night deposit at the time of booking, here is something I discovered by accident a few years ago and use from time to time:
*book the cheapest room at any of the 3 resort hotels. I do this online but you can do it over the phone. They will charge you the price of that room + tax for 1 night as a deposit.
*call back in a little bit and change the reservation to the room/hotel you want. They won't charge you more for your deposit even if it's a much more expensive room.
As an example, I booked a standard room at DLH the other day at the Fall Rate and my deposit amount was $206 or something like that. I called back and changed it to GCH concierge, which had a rate of $399/night plus tax but I did not have to pay any more on the deposit. I saved over $200 in deposit money.
Of course, you still have to pay the difference eventually and this tactic is only good if (a) the room you want is a lot more expensive than the basic room, and (b) if you're not worried about the room you want booking up before you can call back. I wasn't too worried about (b) but I still opted to make my reservation at DLH just in case I couldn't get the Grand when I called back. Also, PPH was only a few dollars cheaper than DLH anyway.
*book the cheapest room at any of the 3 resort hotels. I do this online but you can do it over the phone. They will charge you the price of that room + tax for 1 night as a deposit.
*call back in a little bit and change the reservation to the room/hotel you want. They won't charge you more for your deposit even if it's a much more expensive room.
As an example, I booked a standard room at DLH the other day at the Fall Rate and my deposit amount was $206 or something like that. I called back and changed it to GCH concierge, which had a rate of $399/night plus tax but I did not have to pay any more on the deposit. I saved over $200 in deposit money.
Of course, you still have to pay the difference eventually and this tactic is only good if (a) the room you want is a lot more expensive than the basic room, and (b) if you're not worried about the room you want booking up before you can call back. I wasn't too worried about (b) but I still opted to make my reservation at DLH just in case I couldn't get the Grand when I called back. Also, PPH was only a few dollars cheaper than DLH anyway.
