Luxury Hotels Offering Confirmed Upgrade at Booking, 2026

Which Luxury Hotels Confirm an Upgrade at Booking in 2026? One of the top requests we receive from TravelSort clients is for a confirmed upgrade at booking. Most hotels only provide an upgrade at check-in, if one is available, but there are some hotels that will confirm a one category upgrade at the time of booking, if the next category is available at the time the reservation is made. There are also a few hotel preferred partner programs (Peninsula PenClub, Hyatt Prive, Shangri-La Luxury Circle, and Oetker Pearl Partner) that provide a confirmed upgrade at time of booking, which we note below.

Here are the Virtuoso hotels that upgrade at time of booking for 2026 stays:

North America (Canada, U.S., Mexico) and Caribbean

ANI Private Resorts, Dominican Republic
Cliff House Maine
Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica (select categories)
The Halekulani, Waikiki, Hawaii (select categories)
Live Aqua, San Miguel de Allende
The Mark, NYC (room to room, suite to suite)
Montage Deer Valley (view category for hotel rooms and suites only; residence upgrades upon arrival, subject to availability)
Montage Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina
Mr. C Miami Coconut Grove
Presidente InterContinental Cozumel Resort & Spa, Mexico (Pool View Room up to Reef Room, suites excluded)
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Nomad (confirmed within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability)

Central and South America

Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires (excludes Grand and Lounge Suites
Faena Hotel Buenos Aires
Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro
The Retreat, Costa Rica
Txai Resort Itacare, Brazil

Europe

Le Bristol Paris (when booking Deluxe Double up to Junior Suite)
Capelongue, Bonnieux, France
Carlton Cannes
Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London ( for Superior and Deluxe rooms. All other room categories will be confirmed 72 hours prior to arrival, subject to availability)
Chateau Saint Martin & Spa, Vence, France, Oetker Collection
Grand Hotel Kempinski Riga
Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
Hotel Barriere Le Normandy Deauville (up to Deluxe Sea View)
Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Munich
Hotel Chais Monnet, Cognac, France
InterContinental London Park Lane
InterContinental Marseille, Hotel Dieu
InterContinental Paris Le Grand (Cosy to Classic only; other upgrades based on availability on arrival)
Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London (for Superior and Deluxe rooms. All other room categories will be confirmed 72 hours prior to arrival, subject to availability)
The K Club, Kildare, Ireland (when reserving a Deluxe Room or higher category)
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest
Kempinski Palace Portoroz, Slovenia
Lutetia Paris (for guest rooms, up to Junior Suite, excluding the Eiffel Deluxe Room w/ Balcony)
Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome
Ritz Paris
Sina Brufani, Perugia, Italy
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
Steigenberger Icon Wiltcher's, Brussels
Waldorf Astoria Berlin

Turkey, Middle East, Africa

David InterContinental, Tel Aviv, Israel
Giza Palace, Egypt
Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab Resort, Dubai (room to room; one-bedroom residence to a higher tiered one-bedroom residence). For suites, upgrade is available on arrival, subject to availability
Macakizi, Bodrum
Raffles Istanbul
Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul

Asia

Ananda in the Himalayas, India (upgrade to a Deluxe Valley View Room from Palace View Room at time of booking; not applicable to suites and villas)
Anantara Desaru Coast Resort, Malaysia
Anantara Ubud, Bali
The Capitol Kempinski Hotel Singapore
The Fullerton Bay Hotel
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore (up to Esplanade Room only)
The Imperial New Delhi
InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort
Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong (excludes suites)
Kimpton Maa-Lai Bangkok
The Mandarin Oriental Singapore (selected rooms)
Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa
The PuLi Hotel and Spa Shanghai (not applicable to any twin bed room categories)
The PuXuan Hotel and Spa, Beijing
Raffles Udaipur
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore
Shangri-La Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Taj Palace, New Delhi

Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands

InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa
Shangri-La Hotel Sydney (not valid over certain peak holiday dates)

Peninsula PenClub, Hyatt Prive, Shangri-La Luxury Circle, and Oetker Collection are luxury hotel programs that provide a confirmed upgrade at time of booking:

Peninsula PenClub confirms a room to room or suite to suite upgrade at time of booking
Shangri-La Luxury Circle confirms an upgrade at time of booking, for select room categories only (note there are no room to suite confirmed upgrades, and no upgrades from regular rooms to Horizon Club rooms)
Hyatt Prive can confirm an upgrade within 24 hours of TravelSort making the request, but this is not guaranteed; it depends on whether the hotel anticipates high occupancy during the stay dates.
Oetker Collection confirms one category room to room or suite to suite upgrades at time of booking, if the next category is available when booking.
There are also exclusive Four Seasons Preferred Partner confirmed upgrade offers for select hotels and resorts; TravelSort Clients can check with us for current confirmed upgrade offers.