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How Can You Guarantee Early Check-In and/or Late Check-Out at a Luxury Hotel? As we wrote in Why Hotels Won't Guarantee Early Check-in, most hotels won't provide this benefit because it prevents them from selling the room or suite the night before (as virtually all hotels have a 12 noon or 11am check-out time, and the hotel can't ask existing guests to depart earlier than that). This is why, for our clients who need an early check-in either due to business meetings or arriving early after a red eye flight, we recommend reserving the prior night.
Nevertheless, there are a few hotels that do guarantee early check-in and/or late check-out. Here are our tips:
1. Peninsula Hotels: Flexible Check-in / Check-out
One of the best benefits of reserving a Peninsula Hotel, whether it's The Peninsula Paris, The Peninsula London, The Peninsula Istanbul, The Peninsula Beverly Hills, or The Peninsula Tokyo, is being able to take advantage of flexible check-in (from 6am on the arrival day) and check-out (until 10pm on the departure day). Red eye flight into Paris or Istanbul? No problem. Late departure from Tokyo or New York? Not an issue.
Just be sure to provide your expected arrival/departure time in advance, ideally when you make your reservation. Plus, with PenClub benefits, you enjoy a guaranteed room to room or suite to suite upgrade at time of booking.
PenClub Benefits for TravelSort Clients
- Guaranteed room upgrade from room to room or suite to suite at time of booking
- “Peninsula Time” flexible check-in and check-out programme
- Daily breakfast for up to two persons
- Upgraded welcome amenity
- $100 dining credit or hotel credit (varies by property, check with us)
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2. Hyatt Privé: Early Check-in / Late Check-out *May* Be Guaranteed
Hyatt Privé, in addition to being able to guarantee an upgrade at time of booking (except during high occupancy periods) can also guarantee early check-in, as early as 9am, and/or late check-out, as late as 4pm, but as with the guaranteed upgrade, high occupancy times are excluded. TravelSort Clients should advise us of their preferred early check-in/late check-out time when asking for a reservation, so that we can request it at the time we book. See all Hyatt Privé Benefits for TravelSort Clients.
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3. Hotel de Crillon Paris (Rosewood): Guaranteed Early Check-in, Late Check-out
The Hotel de Crillon Paris, a Rosewood hotel, also guarantees early check-in (as early as 10am) and 4pm late check-out (some blackout dates apply) as part of its Rosewood Elite benefits, available to all of our clients:
- Upgrade confirmed at time of booking
- Complimentary Full American Breakfast daily for two guests per bedroom
- EUR 95 Food & Beverage or Spa Services credit utilized during stay (not combinable, not valid on room rate, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
- Confirmed 10am check-in/4pm check-out
- One-way private transfer between the airport or train station and hotel for all bookings of Deluxe Suite and higher categories
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
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4. Ritz Paris: Early Check-in, Late Check-out Confirmed at Booking
The Ritz Paris also confirms early check-in and late check-out for our Virtuoso clients, as long as these times are provided at the time of booking.
- Guaranteed upgrade at time of booking
- Daily full breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom
- Complimentary roundtrip private airport transfer (with VIP meet & greet at the airport on arrival)
- Early Check-in / Late Check-out are confirmed at booking time
- Complimentary Wi-Fi
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5. Hotel Fouquet's Paris: Early Check-In and Late Check-Out Confirmed at Booking
TravelSort Clients can take advantage of 8am early check-in and 4pm late check-out, confirmed at time of booking, as well as Virtuoso benefits.
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6. Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel: Early Check-In and Late Check-Out
We'll confirm early check-in and late check-out for TravelSort Clients at the time of booking, as well as provide Virtuoso benefits. Note that the arrival and departure time must be provided at least 72 hours prior to arrival.
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7. Four Seasons George V Paris: Early Check-In
Take advantage of a confirmed upgrade from a Superior to Deluxe Room and also 9am early check-in (both confirmed at time of booking) for stay dates from 10/7/26-4/30/27. Also includes our Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits. While the confirmed upgrade is only from Superior to Deluxe, reservations of any room/suite type can enjoy 9am early check-in for the applicable dates.
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8. The Berkeley Hotel, London: 10am Early Check-In
The Berkeley Hotel in London (part of the Maybourne Hotel Group; sister hotels in London include The Emory next door, as well as Claridge's and The Connaught) offers 10am early check-in to our TravelSort Clients, together with Virtuoso benefits. This must be requested at least 48 hours prior to arrival. If the reserved room or suite isn't yet available, another room will be provided until the reserved room/suite is ready. Our clients' favorite accommodations here are The Park Suite, Grand Terrace Suite, and Knightsbridge Pavilion Penthouse. See the property with our The Berkeley London video review:
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9. Four Seasons London at Tower Bridge: Guaranteed Early Check-In/Late Check-Out for 1BR Residential Suite Bookings
TravelSort Clients enjoy a guaranteed upgrade at time of booking from a One-Bedroom Residential Suite to a Two-Bedroom Residential Suite, as well as guaranteed 6:00 am early check-in and 6:00 pm late checkout, plus Four Seasons Preferred Partner benefits.
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10. Waldorf Astoria London Admiralty Arch (Reservations from March 2027): Guaranteed Early Check-In
Enjoy guaranteed early 8am check-in as well as Virtuoso benefits as a TravelSort Client. Note that check-in time must be provided to the hotel at least 48 hours prior to arrival, and late check-out is subject to availability. As at other hotels, if your booked room or suite is not available, a courtesy room will be provided.
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11. AMEX Fine Hotels & Resorts: 4pm Late Check-out
If you have many hotel stays each year where you need a 3pm or 4pm late check-out, that could make it worth it to have an AMEX Platinum card, which in our experience otherwise rarely justifies its current $895 annual fee, unless you also enjoy crowded AMEX Centurion airport lounges. Keep in mind that because the 4pm late check-out is a liability for the hotel (since it means that those rooms won't be able to be cleaned and ready until later that evening) hotels will sometimes close off inventory to AMEX even while continuing to sell rooms, especially during busy holiday periods.
Also keep in mind that AMEX FHR doesn't help with guaranteed early check-in, which is upon availability.
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12. Marriott Ambassador Elites: Your24
Marriott Ambassador Elites (to qualify, you need both 100 Qualifying Nights annually and $23,000+ in spend) can request this former SPG elite benefit. You can't have both an early check-in and late check-out, but you can guarantee one of them, and depart at the same time on your departure day. So if you need to guarantee early 8am check-in on your arrival day, you'd also need to depart at 8am on your departure day. However, note that hotels can deny a request, so these Your24 requests are not guaranteed.
What have been your favorite luxury hotels where you were able to guarantee an early check-in or late check-out?
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