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What "kind of guest" does this attract? I sometimes do this, especially in ski towns. I also sometimes negotiate at rural hotels to get a fade rate. Do hotels

• giarc 9y ago
  Not the commentor but I imagine those that are willing to find out the name of the hotel after they pay (to save some money) are not the type of customer that orders room service, get's spa treatments etc etc. Basically the opaque booking customer doesn't result in upsells during their stay.
• DonHopkins 9y ago
  Not rich ones like Shatner.
• lotsofpulp 9y ago
  The big problem is it attracts hookers/pimps/drug dealers, and a lesser problem is that it attracts price conscious customers, but that's fine since if you are opening up that channel for customers, then you need their business. But it's not worth it if you're also getting the aforementioned problem parties. It would be unreasonable for a hotel to hate you just for asking for a negotiated rate, but hotels (and any business) will hate you for being annoying, especially when they bring up stupid reasons like "well I paid $x in nowhere, kansas"....