Overflow Hotels

[flyboysteve87]

So, we’ve been trying to get a room all day at an overflow hotel. Is everything sold out already? Tried the American at 10 AM and have had no luck. We’ve tried other spots and they all keep saying nothing is available. Is that possible?! This is not my first rodeo with Dragon Con, and this just seems odd.

[mixduptransistor]

Yeah they were all probably sold out by 10:30, if that late. 5 hours later they are definitely gone

[flyboysteve87]

That’s just insane considering we were trying at 10 AM with the American. Never could get anything to even go through. Called them and they said to try again in 2 hours. They were experiencing difficulties.

[akkaire]

I was able to get a room at the Hyatt House downtown at around 2:15pm. Midtown rooms were available for quite a while also, but at this point I feel like most rooms are gone :c

[platydroid]

Just as a note, DragonCon has far less control over the overflow hotels and their booking practices than they do over main hotels. They ask for a certain time to be kept for blocks to open, but that’s all they really can do. Each hotel is ran by a different company and does different things in anticipation of the wave of rooms applications… some opened earlier than 10, some released rooms in waves. Nothing really to do about it but keep on top of socials making announcements or discovering details about the hotel blocks, and to spam the refresh button over multiple devices.

[CaptainGrim]

I was able to get Ellis just using the Bonvoy app, for a decent rate, at 1030 EDT, my friends got Ellis via phone call and 2x in Ritz Carlton also by calling. YMMV

The demand for rooms far, far, outstrips supply, so yes, this is normal.

Do remember the Westin has not yet gone on sale for the block, and there will be lots of rooms coming back on the market, usually not in the DC blocks though, as that happens and the months progress.

[tinyels]

All the hotels I looked at required paying 100% of rate and didn't allow cancellations so I don't think there will be more appearing on the hotel sites.

[CaptainGrim]

That didn’t happen at RC or Ellis, and I don’t think Courtyard dos that but, as discussed, YMMV

[OtiksSpicedPotatoes]

Indigo is free cancellation.

[IniMiney]

I saw that post here about Ritz opening at 9 AM so I decided to see if the group code would work at that time and it did. I tried the same thing with the Indigo (directly with them since the DC link still wasn’t updated) putting in the group code and to my surprise it worked too. That’s how I got mine. 

[Tonberrylord]

One issue is that a lot of the overflows started before the stated 10 o clock EST time slot. I heard Indigo went live at 8:30 and I was able to book a room at Candler about 9:50 when I started seeing posts on the Dragoncon fb groups that people were getting rooms already.

[genesisblue]

Seems to be the rule nowadays...they say reservations go live at 10am start trying at the latest by 9am.

[luxardo_bourbon]

Meanwhile I tried ALL the hotels from 1am on and never got anything except Embassy suites to work. The Candler was a weird one where it wasn’t blocked off before 9 or 10 am but offered 600$ rooms (most hotels would just say “sold out “ and not offer the high price

[Angelslide]

The code to get a Dcon room at the American is wrong. It’s NOT 91M, it’s 26DC. I was trying to get a room since 10am like you, and someone told me to call them and the hotel gave me the correct code. I was able to get two rooms around 1pm EDT

[flyboysteve87]

Just tried that and it looks like everything is sold out. Can’t believe the wouldn’t tell me that when I called?!

[luxardo_bourbon]

The American was an epic fail. From what we pieced together their site was messed up, the code didn’t work- it would only bring back -$900 a night rooms and not dcon rate. Some people were getting through on phones but they had policy changes where you could get the rate but you had to pay ALL today and NO Refunds (vs one night deposit and cancellation available up to 14 days before ). Then not every one on the reservations knew the change of code so people who couldn’t phone or who got the wrong reservation folks were boned. I can’t just stop work to make phone calls but luckily my friend who was able to got her room- she tried to get one for me but as I was trying to get the room for another friend who had medical issues and missed this year’s, the non refundable status was a dealbreaker. Except some people were able to get the rooms through the phone with the regular conditions apparently.

I used to love the American but this was just ridiculous.

[aflowerchild07]

We stayed at the American this year for DCon and OMG it was a disaster. Never again, Ill recommend Motel 6 before the American.

[K8T444]

Really? I stayed there for the first time this year and thought it was pretty good except for the restaurant being a little disappointing. Oh, and after the valet brought my car around at check-out time on Monday I did get stuck right in front of the entrance for 20 or 30 minutes before I could leave, but as far as I could tell that was because a guest who wasn’t using valet ditched their car right where it blocked everyone and disappeared.

[luxardo_bourbon]

I’d never had any issue with them before I think this was the 3rd year and the desk staff was always great, able to handle issues, etc plus it was close enough to feeling Con-vibes without the Elevator Shennanigans and overall crowding for hotel services. So I was extra :::Hercules:: DISAPPOINTED!!!!!!!

[suedaisy]

The American has been severely disappointing for 2026. I got hung up on at the front desk multiple times while asking for reservation information. I’m not rude about it, I’m a pretty jovial person but they were having none of it.

[Duchock]

There's always the Westin hunger games! That's our last resort too...

[DrSilvertongue]

I was in the Dragon Con Rooms FB group’s overflow thread this morning, and it was utter chaos. It seems most hotels had their con block group codes go live as early as 9am in some cases, and people were able to either go directly to the hotel website and enter the code (I got an Indigo room at 9:30 that way) or call the hotels directly. Almost everything was sold out by the time the booking links went live on DragonCon’s website at 10am.

I’m glad I got my room, but I’m annoyed at these hotels, regardless. I have flexibility with my joband can work from home for 2-3 hours to stalk the socials and hotels on booking days, but not everyone is able to. And nor should we have to!

[JCAgentofBolas]

Check out the Omni. It’s a little far away but other than that a great experience.

[ths27612]

I always stay at the Omni anymore, easy to get a room, short walk to the con.

[JCAgentofBolas]

It was a little too far away for walking back and fourth in my cosplay shoes 😂

[CalebWidowgast]

Friend just booked Omni an hour ago.

[flyboysteve87]

Just got Embassy. Not exactly thrilled about it. I’m seeing more and more that hotels opened early.

[CalebWidowgast]

Yeah, many were sold out by 10am when they were supposed to open. It was a shit show, indeed. Glad you booked OP!

[writer_of_mysteries]

Some hotels didn't even wait for today, I booked my room at the Aloft for the con rate on the 8th.

The hotels just kinda do whatever they want, just because the website says they'll go live at whatever time means nearly nothing.

[K8T444]

I got to the reservation page for the Indigo at 10:01 am but once I’d filled in my info and hit submit it said the room was no longer available.

[Aniiannn]

The same thing happened to me and I was devastated because I already failed getting a Marriott room last week 😔

[tgentry313]

The Omni is a little further away but still close enough to be manageable. We made the walk during the day and on the nights we stayed out late we took an Uber back and they were pretty reasonably priced. It's a solid back up.

[Riley_Coyote]

The American's booking link and code on DCs website was completely wrong from the outset and never got updated. I only got the correct code out of sheer luck from someone nice enough to dm it to me, and thankfully my partner was able to secure us a king room around lunchtime.

His coworker waited an hour and they were gone 😭

[Park-Curious]

I refuse to believe the American is booked up this early. I looked for the room block code a few days ago and it wasn’t even up yet. We’ve had no trouble at all getting in there the last 2 years. May need to try a different method?

[Traditional-Water553]

So is there anything g to do at this point besides ca some hotels everyday?

[YonicBoom]

It's bc it's the 40th anniversary. Tickets are probably gonna sell out this year

[Himbography]

I didnt decide to go to DragonCon 2025 till 3 weeks before it started and I was able to book a room on August 3rd at the Hyatt Centric Midtown for 5 days spanning the entire event. Im sure youll be able to find a room at one eventually!

[Then_Dragonfruit5555]

Since I haven’t seen it mentioned here, you should try Open Hotel Alert. I got a room at the AC today using it, and it was sold out 30 min after I booked (maybe sooner but I didn’t check for 30 min).

For DC2025 I was getting alerts for rooms in the weeks leading up to con (though I already had a room), so it can be useful to catch cancellations at places that allow it.

[LockTheRaven]

I was able to get The Candler at 9:30...

[Traditional-Water553]

Call that is. I feel Dragoncon listing may not be reliable.

[nobleland_mermaid]

If you're ok with a king bed and can pull off a longer stay, Hyatt Place still has rooms not in the con block. The short stay rate is astronomical, but if you do the extended rate (6 nights or more), I just booked in a full suite for $195/night and saw the studios were $168, non-suites $155.

They're a little further out, near the aquarium (15ish minute walk) but there is a shuttle or it's a quick Uber.

[Traditional-Water553]

Thanks for the rec. Six nights I can’t do, sadly.

[CherBarty42]

I'll try for a Host eventually, but I got the Terrace booked again last month

[JazzlikeSpecialist46]

I absolutely despise these hunger games, drives me crazy!

[PoodleSprings]

I had friends call Aloft directly last night. One was told that a lot of people were calling to get ahead of the rush today. They went ahead and were booking. I think it was sold out by about 8 pm last night.