Late checkout is the elite benefit of keeping a hotel room beyond the standard departure time, in almost all cases subject to availability.
Late checkout is the elite benefit of keeping a hotel room beyond the standard departure time, in almost all cases subject to availability.
How it works#
That condition is not a formality: on busy days and in properties with group business the benefit is routinely refused. Guaranteed times exist in only a few programmes and usually at the top tiers. Resorts exclude it more often than city hotels, because arrival and departure days there run on a fixed rhythm.
Not to be confused with#
Late checkout is not the same as an extra night: it extends the day of departure and creates no right to the room for the following night.
In German#
The German term is Später Check-out. German version of this term
Related terms#
- Hotel elite status: Hotel elite status is a tier in a hotel programme that holds out benefits such as room upgrades, breakfast or late checkout.
- Room upgrade: A room upgrade is the allocation of a higher room category than the one booked, granted as an elite benefit and usually subject to availability.
- Elite breakfast benefit: The elite breakfast benefit is a status perk that includes breakfast for the member and usually one guest at no extra charge.
Articles that use this term#
TopicEvery article and term onStatus and lounges.