Why hotel blocks cut off at 30 days

Ever wonder why most hotel blocks close at 30 days? It’s when the property returns unpicked rooms to general inventory and tallies attrition, but if I flag a few late special requests — say an ADA tub or a quiet floor for a CPAP user — many sales managers will still honor the block rate for 2–3 rooms past cutoff. Have you had success stretching that window, or do your hotels stick hard to the 30-day rule?

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“rate for 2–3 rooms past cutoff. Have you had success stretching that window, or do your hotels stick hard” — I lock it in with a last-look clause: if we’re 80%+ picked up at T-30, they’ll honor block rate for up to 5 adds, especially for ADA tub or CPAP-quiet floors. Resorts with Sat-night mins rarely budge — anyone gotten Marriott Select-Service to put this in writing?

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