Hotel room blocks: the group rate, and the clause behind it.
A hotel's group rate is easy to get. What decides the real cost is whether the block is courtesy or contracted, the attrition clause, the cutoff date, and the fees the rate leaves out -- resort fees, parking, taxes. We ask all of it, in writing, from every hotel you name.A hotel's group rate is easy to get.
Asking is freeNo cardNo accountAny vendor you name
What you get
Every hotel who answers, side by side in one comparison: their number, what it includes, and what it comes to for your date. If one doesn't reply, you'll see that too.
| Who | All-in | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Harborview Hotel | $189/night | Courtesy block, no attrition |
| The Maple Inn | $159/night | Contracted, 80% attrition clause |
| Riverside Suites | $209/night | Resort fee $25 a night extra |
| Parkside Lodge | — | No reply yet, asked twice |
A sample comparison with invented hotels. Yours is built from what the ones you pick tell us. Click through the sample →
The five questions we ask every hotel
What the website says instead of a number:
“rates vary by date”
- Do you have rooms available for a block over that weekend, for our out-of-town guests?
- What's the group rate per room per night, and how does it compare to your best public rate for those dates?
- Is that a courtesy block or a contracted block -- is there an attrition clause or a minimum, and what's the cutoff date for guests to book?
- Are any comp rooms, an upgraded room for us, or a shuttle to the venue included at that block size?
- What's not in the rate -- taxes, resort or destination fees, parking, breakfast?
Asked in one email, in plain words, with your date and your numbers in it. Then chased -- most of the real numbers come from the second or third try, not the first.
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