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If you have an evening flight departure or don’t want to leave a St. Regis hotel around 12 midday, you need late checkout. Usually, checkout is around 12:00 or 1:00 pm, and check-in is around 3:00 pm. Therefore, late checkout is likely to be anytime from 1:00 pm to 8:00 or 9:00 pm.
While evening checkouts are rare, our luxury travel concierge agents can sometimes secure crazily late checkouts for our clients, so it’s always worth asking – we are delighted to try and help you. We can always secure prioritized late checkout, which means that you’re first in the queue for late checkout privileges. Our agents can also get you prioritized room upgrades, free breakfast for two, and more at luxury hotels for all our clients, so get in touch if you could use any of these perks. You will also get all your usual loyalty points and perks when you book with us.
And where should you stay? We have reviewed the best St. Regis hotels in the world along with the cheapest St. Regis hotels and we have compared Ritz-Carlton vs. St. Regis hotels.
Read on for our superb tips below to increase your chances of securing a late checkout at a St. Regis hotel.
1. Book Via An Agent That Specializes In Late Checkout
Book via a specialist agent who can prioritize late checkouts. If you book your next St. Regis stay via our luxury travel concierge, you will get prioritized late checkout, prioritized room upgrade, free breakfast, hotel credit, welcome amenities, and more. Our agents can put you at the front of the queue, so if there is any possibility of securing late check, our priority means you will get it.
2. Book Via An Agent Who Can Personally Contact The Hotel
Book your next St. Regis stay via our luxury travel concierge, and you will have your own personal agent looking after you while you make the booking as well as throughout your stay.
Our agents have access to an agent-only database of hotel General Managers and Sales Managers. These are the people who can decide whether to give guests late checkout. By contacting these managers, we can ensure that they know why you need late checkout, and this personal touch will help us increase your chances of getting late checkout.
Our luxury agents have direct contacts at every St. Regis hotel and can request and may be able to confirm late checkout in advance.
3. Become a Titanium Marriott Bonvoy Loyalty Member
Members of hotel loyalty programs often receive perks and prioritized benefits such as late checkout privileges. Joining these programs can increase your chances of getting a late checkout.
With Marriott, the loyalty scheme is Marriott Bonvoy, and if you are a Titanium Member, which is the top tier member, you are apparently guaranteed late checkout. On the Bonvoy website, it currently says (at the time of writing):
Late 4:00 pm Checkout guaranteed at all Participating Properties, except Resorts, Convention Hotels, and Design Hotels™, where it is based upon availability. Marriott Vacation Club®, Marriott Grand Residence Club®, and Vistana properties are also excluded from this benefit.
At Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy™, Platinum Elite Members and above are guaranteed a late checkout up until 2:00 pm local time and may request to check out as late as 4:00 pm local time based upon availability.
This benefit is reserved exclusively for members with Marriott Bonvoy® Titanium Elite Status. Even if you are not Titanium, the higher your membership tier, the more priority the hotel will likely give to your late checkout. So, it is worth concentrating your stays on one hotel brand to increase your chances of late checkout.
What does this mean in reality? You should be guaranteed late checkout at 4 pm at St. Regis hotels as long as the property is participating and is not a resort or convention hotel.
I know what you’re thinking. This is as clear as mud and probably only always relevant to some vacationers. Many St. Regis hotels you will want to holiday in will be resort hotels in the Caribbean, Hawaii, or on a beach. If you’re staying in a city, how do you know if your hotel is considered a convention hotel?
You’re right; this late checkout is not relevant for resort hotels, and it is not clear which St. Regis hotels are considered convention hotels, but having elite status combined with the benefits you get booking via our luxury travel concierge is probably your best bet to secure free late checkout.
4. Stay Regularly
if you are a repeat guest at a particular St. Regis hotel, all your benefits will likely be prioritized. You are likely to get a better room, you are more likely to get a welcome amenity, and crucially, the hotel is more likely to try their best to shuffle rooms around to give you late checkout.
6. Explain Your Situation
Reception staff are real people. Try to appeal to their kind nature and explain why you need a late checkout, like a late flight departure or a special occasion.. These details may help staff justify your late checkout to management, making it more likely.
6. Offer to Pay
In some cases, offering to pay an additional fee for a late checkout or an extra half-day stay may increase your chances of success. We recently had a client who booked a St. Regis hotel via our luxury travel concierge, and because his flight was arriving at 6 am he needed his room at 7:00 am. This was too early for a free early checkin, but the hotel happily offered him a half-day fee so that he could access his room first thing in the morning rather than at 3:00 pm in the afternoon. Our agents were able to negotiate this as we have direct contact with management at every single St. Regis hotel.
7. Book When There’s Low Occupancy
Hotels are more likely to gift late checkouts when occupancy is low. It might be worth booking your stay in low seasons or incorporating an unpopular night at the end of your St. Regis stay. For example, if you are traveling to a hotel for the weekend, staying on a Saturday night rather than a Friday night is probably better. This is because, on a Friday night stay, you will checkout on Saturday, which is usually one of the most popular nights of the week, particularly at hotels used for weekend breaks, so you are unlikely to get late checkout on a Saturday.
Conversely, if you checkout on a Sunday, Sundays are often the least busy nights at a hotel, so, you are far more likely to be able to secure late checkout at St. Regis and late checkout at other Marriott hotels.
8. Can You Use Hotel Facilities After Checkout?
If all else fails and you can’t get a late checkout, some hotels permit you to use all the facilities until you leave and have a communal room or changing area to use and shower in.
This means you can enjoy all the hotel facilities, the pool, the lounges, the gym, and the beach, even without having a room. You can then clean up in the hotel’s shared changing rooms before heading to the airport.
Our booking agents can determine whether the hotel you want to stay in has this option, as this facility is a huge advantage if you have a late flight.
9. Call Reception Again On The Day Of Checkout
If you can’t secure a late checkout during check-in, consider following up with the front desk staff on the checkout day. Sometimes, last-minute accommodations can be arranged or juggled, depending on hotel availability.
10. Book Club Lounge Access
If your hotel doesn’t allow late checkout, consider paying for access to the club lounge. You could book a club room for your entire stay or try to book it for the last night. This option is only relevant to a couple of the St. Regis hotels in China, as most St. Regis hotels don’t have club lounges.
A club lounge is a place to relax and grab a complimentary bite to eat and drink. These lounges are brilliant and almost as good as having your own room while you wait around in the hotel for your flight. Lounge access late into the evening can be very useful for an extended stay.
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