Loyalty Programs: Many of the large hotel chains have both upgrade and value add incentives for simply signing up.
Upon check-in, ask the guest service agent if the hotel brand offers a room upgrade or other such promotion for signing up.
A few moments of your time filling out an application could lead you to a room on their Executive Floor, with complimentary free breakfast in the morning! You may even find the agent is more than willing to fill the form out for you (as they have most of the pertinent information from your registration, and, are typically rewarded for enrolling you.
) Call Ahead: As the saying goes; it costs nothing to ask! In large markets, such as Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto hotels typically find themselves in either undersold or oversold positions.
Both of which work in your favor.
If the hotel isn't very busy on the night your staying, they may choose to upgrade random guests into suites and/or executive type accommodations for the promotional value - you might as well call ahead to see if you can get on that list! If the hotel is oversold, management may choose to allocate guests into upgraded inventory ahead of time in order to open up standard capacity.
You won't know if you don't call! If you don't like what you see, speak-up! Here, in our backyard market of Toronto Hotels, the product range is vast.
Hotel product goes through cycles of refurbishment.
What was impressive five years ago is now ready for a renovation, and, that downtown Toronto Hotel that wasn't so pretty five years back is now all redone.
Last thing you need after a long day at Toronto Pearson airport is to be underwhelmed by your accommodations.
If you don't like what you see when you walk through the door - ask to speak to the Front Office Manager.
More than likely they have a superior room type to offer you that will be much more impressive.
Book often! Book smart!