Changing or extending a stay

Projects move. Tell us early and most of it is straightforward.

Changes to a confirmed booking go through your account manager rather than through the portal. That is deliberate: an extension usually means checking whether the property is free beyond your dates, and a change of plan often has a better answer than the one you were about to ask for. One email or call and we take it from there.

The one rule worth knowing. Tell us before you cancel anything. Almost every change we are asked about can be amended instead, and amending is nearly always cheaper for you than cancelling and rebooking.

The my stays list in your account, with the reservation reference against each stay
My stays, in your account. The reference in the first column is the one to quote when you ask us to change something.

The changes we handle most

Extending, because the job has run onThe most common one by a long way. Ask as soon as you know, even if you are not certain. Holding your existing property is far easier than moving a crew mid-project, and the earlier we ask the owner, the better the chance it is still free.
Shortening, or finishing earlyTell us the new finish date. What comes back depends on the cancellation policy on that property and how far ahead you are, and on a long booking the rate itself may be revisited, because a long stay was priced on its length.
Changing who is stayingSwapping one person for another is routine and usually costs nothing. Give us the new name so check-in and access work. Changing how many people are in a property is a different question, because every property has a hard capacity.
Adding a property mid-projectA crew growing by three people does not need a new enquiry from scratch. Point us at the existing booking and we will source the extra space, keeping it on the same account and the same invoice for that city.
Moving the datesShifting a stay a week either way is a re-quote rather than an amendment, because availability and price both change. We check whether the same property can take the new dates first.
Something wrong at the propertyReport it to us, not to the owner. The contract is with us, we log it and we chase it, and anything that makes a property unsafe or unusable is treated as urgent rather than queued.
A stay page showing the booking summary and the add guest name button
The one change you can make yourself. Who is staying defaults to the name on the account, and Add guest name puts the person who is actually travelling on the booking.

Extending a stay

Send your account manager the booking reference and the new finish date. We go back to the property first, because staying put is better for your team than moving.

If the property is free. You get a quote for the extra nights and the extension joins the existing booking. One invoice for the city still applies, so it does not turn into a second thing for finance to reconcile.

If it is not. We source alternatives for the extra period and tell you honestly how far they are from where you are now. On a long project it is worth telling us your likely finish date even when it is uncertain, because we can flag it with the owner well before anyone else asks for those dates.

On price. A long booking is priced on the length you booked, so an extension is quoted on its own terms rather than inheriting the original nightly figure automatically. In practice a longer total usually prices better, not worse.

If a stay has to come off entirely, what you get back depends on the cancellation policy carried by each property in the booking, worked out against your check-in date, plus a few other things that can affect the figure. All of it is set out on Refunds and cancellations. Read that before cancelling rather than after.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Not at the moment. Changes to a confirmed booking go through your account manager. You can cancel an enquiry yourself before you have accepted a quote, because at that point nothing is committed.

Something changed on site?

Send your account manager the booking reference and the new dates. We would rather hear about it early and do nothing than late and have fewer options.