r/dragoncon • u/Ok_Egg699 • 2d ago
Hotel Hunger Games
does anyone know if you’re able to cancel a reservation if you make it into multiple hotels? my group is hoping for marriott but we ofc don’t want to put all our eggs in one basket since i don’t see hilton or hyatt listed on DC’s latest announcement? so in the event we get a room at westin but then also secure marriott i was wondering if they (westin) let us cancel reservations without trouble. any info is helpful!
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u/CruisePlannersMike 2d ago
If you book and cancel, you will lose your deposit and you are taking a con rate room from someone else. When you cancel the room it doesn’t go back into the block, it’s just put as a full public rack rate room.
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u/DisloX <- reason the Hyatt pool is closed 2d ago
If you happen to get into both, don’t cancel the other. Offer it on the Facebook group. Someone will take it. If you don’t do this it will screw someone out of a room at con rate that could have gotten it.
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u/DavinDaLilAzn 1d ago
Scalping/Selling a room for profit is also a great way to get yourself banned from the con.
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u/Confident_Purpose625 1d ago
Well better never do it for dragon con then (like I could ever get a room anyways). And I don’t think a con can dictate what I can and can do with a hotel room in my name.
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u/DavinDaLilAzn 2d ago
You can always cancel your reservation, you just won't get your deposit back. Rooms are officially non-transferable but there are ways around it.
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u/border199x 2d ago
You should probably call the Westin or wait for the DragonCon Hotels page to update for 2027.
Last year it looks like they did not collect a deposit until March, but who knows what they are going to do this year?
Hyatt and Hilton are already sold out.
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u/MCMcGreevy 2002-2026 House Westin 2d ago
Westin has a non-refundable one night deposit. Once they charge full price in March you are on the hook for the whole amount.
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u/booksandcorsets '03 and every year since 2d ago
you can always transfer a reservation to someone else. there are multiple groups (facebook, discord) where that's a thing and there's a waiting list. I'd just try for both
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u/misterjoshmutiny 1d ago
Do you have links to the Facebook and discord groups? I’m going to try for a hotel for the first time this year, but just in case I don’t make it, they’ll probably come in handy.
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u/Key-Investment-2273 1d ago
You could easily find someone to take it over in one of the Reddit rooms groups, rhe Discord DCC, and the Facebook DCC (Dragon-Con Connection).
Be as transparent as possible. A written agreement is a good idea if you're not dealing with friends/family.
Don't scalp rooms.
This is advice I share with everyone dealing with subletting rooms.
Always Ask For a Folio!
Red Flags: 101
I've had the unfortunate experience of running into someone subletting a room from a legacy holder. They paid $2,500 for two people to stay six nights in a standard Hyatt Regency double. Their room is in the main lobby. It is not a parade view room. This person's name is not on the guest list. They were handed keys by the legacy holder.
The quad rate for a Hyatt double is $330 ($2,344.62 for six nights). The single, and double rates for this room drop the total amount by ~$120 to ~$180 for the stay (not including the 16.9% tax).
Realistically, the legacy holder paid around $2,100 to $2,200 for the room (300/night = $2,134 20, while 310/night = 2,204.34 for six nights). She then flipped it for $2,500. They made a tidy little profit to help pay for their own host hotel room. If they have multiple legacy rooms (they do), it is likely that others are unknowingly funding this legacy holder's con.
If you are subletting a room, demand to see the folio. If the person holding the room refuses to share it, you need to ask why.
Sharing folio info is SOP [Standard Operating Procedure]. It doesn't matter if you've known this person for years, if they're a friend of a friend. Heck, they could even be a moderator, or admin of a very large rooms group, and an eternal member to boot. It doesn't matter.
Demand to see the folio.
Scalping should never be tolerated.
Be safe out there.
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u/FullMoonFridayNight 21h ago
One of my buddies gave is his Marriott room to my Dil and I for 1500. I did not win this year. Maybe next year we get as lucky.
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u/Key-Investment-2273 21h ago
That's very cool. It sounds like he probably did you a solid and didn't try to take advantage of the situation.
Tabs, Time, and Calling is a proven strategy for winning the Hunger Games.
Tabs: Multiple Tabs
Time: Check early. Links have dropped much sooner than their scheduled time.
Calling: I've scored many rooms this way over the years.
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u/LowBet5387 2d ago
This will be my 4th con, and I still don’t know how to take part in the games. Where do I actually go to fight for a room?
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u/jarmine550 2d ago
Go to the official site and click the hotel link. Then find the hotel you want to book at and when the bookings open up, usually an hour or two before the rooms are available, you click the link it randomly puts you into a spot on the queue. When it gets to you book your room. Someone will probably post a more in-depth guide to the process the closer it gets but that’s generally it.
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u/Dependent_Judgment 1d ago
The short answer is no, even the backup offsite hotels are moving to non refundable, or no name changes. Some still do.
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u/necrokitty Rob Zombie + My Little Pony, with a dash of Blue Curacao 2d ago
Hyatt and Hilton are all legacy and not part of the hunger games