Reply To: US (DC, NYC, Philly): timing hotel bookings

[Blair Waldorf Salad]

masaccio wrote:

I’ll do refundable, probably at hotels I don’t really want as I’m not paying $800 per night for a 4* when the floor is closer to $250 for the ones I am looking at.

I emailed the Roxy in NYC and they wanted $1300 for a small suite.

DC and NYC are points bookings for me most of the time. I can usually deploy my IHG Ambassador free weekend night there too. Hilton points are awarded like penny sweets, so my threshold for redeeming them is quite low.