Hotwire Hotel: Downtown Toronto...smoking rooms 09/19/09

[CRUISNDIVA]

Trying to guarantee I get a smoking room downtown for this coming weekend, looking for 4 stars or better, any advice???

[thereuare]

You can't guarnatee a smoking room, best you can do is try to ID the HOTWIRE hotel offered, make sure it's not a Smoke Free property, and make a request with the hotel once you learn the name of the hotel.

Is anything currently offered on HOTWIRE that is within your prefered zone and budget?

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[CRUISNDIVA]

HOTWIRE is currently showing:

$89.00 for September 19th

4 Star Downtown Toronto West

Amenities:

Fitness Center

Pool

Restaurants

Business Center

High Speed Internet

3.5 out of 5 rating on Tripadvisor

If this hotel is either the Hilton or the Hyatt, I'm good since both have smoking rooms, just wondering if it could be anything else?

[thereuare]

It could always be something else, but the Hilton, Hyatt, Sheraton Centre, Renaissance, and InterContinental on Front have all been reported in this zone with this amenity combination so most of these would be possibiltiies as well.

The TA ratings can't really be trusted too much anymore as there is no indication of when they were last updated (they're not realtime, just a snapshot at one point in time, updated about once a month or so), so even though HOTWIRE shows a 3.5*, it could still be one of the above showing a 4.0 TA rating if the user review rating has changed since the last HOTWIRE update.

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[CRUISNDIVA]

Not sure what to do since the Sheraton Centre is a non-smoking hotel & if I end up with that one I'm screwed. Would I be better off trying my luck on PRICELINE?

[thereuare]

The Renaissance may be non-smoking as well.

PRICELINE would be worse as then you wouldn't even be able to take an educated guess as to the property... you'd be subject to any hotel in the zone.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases. (or a link in our support page if you decide to book direct)

Let us know what you decide or if we can be of further help.

[tilepusher]

The TripAdvisor information is not consistent with the Sheraton or the InterContinental. The Renaissance is non-smoking (as are all Marriott properties), but I don't know if it has been reported without the Smoke Free icon since the icon was introduced by HOTWIRE. I think this hotel is very likely either the Hilton or the Hyatt Regency.

[CRUISNDIVA]

I'm very tempted considering the price to just try my luck & hope I get a smoking property.....I'll let you know how I made out.

[thereuare]

The TripAdvisor information is not consistent with the Sheraton or the InterContinental...

I agree with the assessment that the Hilton and Hyatt are more likely, but i've been relying on the TA information less lately since it's unknown when it was last updated... if HOTWIRE is showing a 3.5 rating the current rating could easily be 3.0 or 4.0 if recent reviews (or the dropping off of old reviews) has effected the rating since the last update.

If this was a matter of preference i'd be more inclined to "give it a shot"... but this sounds more of a need then a casual want.

Ultimately it comes down to whether the savings are worth the risk.

Please use these PRICELINE and HOTWIRE links to begin your travel purchases.

[CRUISNDIVA]

Downtown Toronto (East) 4*

September 18th-20th

$94.00/night

Amenities:

Suite

Fitness Center

Restaurants

Business Center

High Speed Internet Access

TA Rating 4 out of 5

Any ideas as to what hotel this might be?

[thereuare]

Please keep all posts for the same stay in the same thread.

From the Hotwire Hotel List this is a match for the Suites at 1 King West so that would be my best guess for this one.

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[CRUISNDIVA]

Sorry about that. Thanks for the info! 1 King West is a non-smoking hotel, so my search continues....

I've now decided to stay 2 nights downtown (18th & 19th), still in search of a hotel that allows smoking, when I request both dates I'm getting this offer:

Downtown Toronto (West) 4*-$89.00/night

Amenities:

Fitness Center

Pool

Restaurants

Business Center

High Speed Internet Access

Points of Interest: Kensington Market

No TA rating

Would this be the Hilton or the Hyatt Regency by chance?????

[thereuare]

You're now back to where you started with post #3 of this thead, excpet you now have less information to make a guess given there is no TA info.

[tilepusher]

In terms of identifying the hotel, I think you're much worse off now. Aside from not having a TA rating, the very presence of the rating is, in my experience, an indication that HOTWIRE is showing the full list of amenities for the hotel. In this case, I was confident that the hotel listed before was not a hotel that had been previously reported with the Smoke Free amenity. Without the TA info showing, all bets are off; this could now be one of the non-smoking hotels that HOTWIRE is showing without the Smoke Free icon.

[CRUISNDIVA]

Crap!! I knew I should of went for it yesterday.

[CRUISNDIVA]

Thanks for the help, I decided not to take the gamble & booked a smoking hotel direct.

[thereuare]

Please check out support page for your hotel direct purchases.

Hope you enjoyed your stay.