Tonight I am staying in Amsterdam and I don’t know where, c/o Hotel Tonight

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• James67 says:

  2 Jun2 June 07:00

  Haha Rob, if you don’t have an IHG redemption or some other back-up plan in place I would be astonished! Using hoteltonight in conjunction with flexible rates or redemptions might be a good stategy though so I may give it a try.

• Mrtibbs1999 says:

  2 Jun2 June 07:16

  I signed up for over a dozen accounts using the 2 codes, including the story one. £55 an account. They were due to expire on 4 May, but they screwed up and had to let every one keep their credit. I’ve had some lovely stays. Amsterdam always seems really dear though, so good luck.

• Geoff says:

  2 Jun2 June 07:20

  Hotel Tonight offers a VERY poor selection of hotels, this a not a great way to book late rooms, avoid at all costs.

• E14 says:

  2 Jun2 June 07:29

  One word botel ….. Yikes

• PJK says:

  2 Jun2 June 08:03

  Hi Raffles, I used HT a couple of weeks ago in Dublin and it worked a treat. I installed it after your post & the credit was handy as I was staying with a colleague so we needed 2 rooms. Sadly the rooms I had originally booked were for the wrong night (!) And so at 7pm on a busy Tuesday evening I tirned to the app & found that only a couple of hotels had space and the one which was nearest was £130 per night. I called them directly and they quoted €220 per room so the HT rate was very good – especially with the credit – and when we got there we found that the hotel was an incredible 5* one – The Merrion Hotel opposite some very grand Irish Government buildings near St Stephens Green. Sadly the rate didn’t include breakfast but the HT credit covered that. The app did struggle initiallt to book tge room but after calling their helpline I was advised to log out & back in again and it worked. I was also unclear how to book multiple rooms but it was as simple as going through the Book a Room procedure more than once! All in all we had a great stay and I was relieved I’d booked the wrong room on a flexible rate so we could cancel it & stay at The Merrion! So I could honestly (but not literally) say that HT saved my life tonight!

• ankomonkey says:

  2 Jun2 June 09:18

  Does anyone know if HT booked stays earn loyalty points with any of the big chains (Hilton, Starwood, etc.)?

  I have some credit in an account. Every time I’ve looked at the app for cities I’m likely to need to stay in at some point, the range has not been great, so I massively doubt I would use it for anything other than trying to get some free points in a tiny mattress run. Although I suspect I wouldn’t get points anyway as it’d be treated like an Expedia stay. Anyone with experience?

  • Rob says:

    2 Jun2 June 09:57

    Gut feeling is that you would not get points, although as the hotels contract directly with Hotel Tonight you could get lucky I suppose.

    • pazza2000 says:

      2 Jun2 June 16:41

      I’ve received points twice now at the Radisson Blu LHR on HT bookings.

• Raffles says:

  2 Jun2 June 09:54

  Currently in the airport looking at my options and, frankly, it is not looking good. The problem is that tonight is very expensive in Amsterdam and prices are loopy or, when not, the hotels on offer have serious issues. (I will probably be having a quiet night in tonight so need a decent room, not a crashpad.) Time to look at Plan B …..

  • Michalis says:

    2 Jun2 June 15:19

    Hi Raffles,

    Have you thought/looked at the top secret hotels at lastminute.com?
    You can find some pretty decent properties there most of the time (and for most you can actually know the hotel prior to booking)
    I know 2 weekends ago in Prague I could get the Boscolo hotel for £163 for 2 nights through lastminute topsecret hotels. The price on their website at the time i was looking, was £169 per night!!

    • Rob says:

      2 Jun2 June 15:52

      I have activated Plan B and it has worked out very nicely. But you will need to wait until Thu to learn what happened!

• Jeremy I says:

  2 Jun2 June 10:17

  We had a very successful HT stay on the credit gained through HFP a couple of weeks ago in Seattle so it really is hit and miss. Properties do change throughout the day and it’s worth checking later on.

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