So I rolled into my hotel lady night about 1:30am. The doors were locked, and I had to wait about 10 minutes for the front desk clerk to come back to let me in. The parking lot was packed, a sure sign of a sold-out hotel.
Once inside, he promptly informed me that he had no rooms left. I told him that I had a reservation. He told me all confirmed guests had checked in. So...being patient and kind, confirmed I was at the correct hotel and then showed him my confirmation number. He advised I had already checked in. Since I'm standing I'm front of him, and I hadn't remembered to drive the warp-speed work truck, knew he was mistaken. I showed the kind gentleman my confirmation number and he have me a key.
Upon entry into said hotel room, I was convinced that I would be met by an angry husband wondering what I was doing in their room. Turns out, it WAS empty. But the lesson learned here is always have your confirmation number handy.
I use Worldmate, a free app for Android and Apple, that tracks all your travel data, hotels, rental cars, airline tickets, etc on one site. There are a few other good ones out there too, such as TripIt.
But I'll never leave home without my cell phone, and now, my confirmation numbers!
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