{"id":23495,"date":"2018-08-08T09:04:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T07:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/?p=23495"},"modified":"2024-12-09T11:42:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T10:42:22","slug":"select-your-preferred-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Select your preferred room &#8211; is it worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Really, the holiday should be perfect. So you&#8217;ve booked a room with sea view. Well, you can see the sea, somewhere between the trees on the ground floor. That&#8217;s not how you imagined it. The room facing the garden turns out to be the one next to the driveway and the noisy ventilation shaft. Somewhere in the background you can make out a garden. Something like this wouldn&#8217;t have happened if you&#8217;d selected your room beforehand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7a6ae9d996\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7a6ae9d996\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#What_is_the_%E2%80%9Cselect_your_room%E2%80%9D_option\" >What is the &#8220;select your room&#8221; option?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#Example_%E2%80%9Cselect_your_room%E2%80%9D_booking\" >Example &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#Show_available_rooms\" >Show available rooms<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#Filter_and_select\" >Filter and select<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#Select_your_room_pros_and_cons\" >Select your room pros and cons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/select-your-preferred-room\/#Select_your_room_Direct_booking_is_worthwhile\" >Select your room: Direct booking is worthwhile<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_%E2%80%9Cselect_your_room%E2%80%9D_option\"><\/span>What is the &#8220;select your room&#8221; option?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hotels such as those at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui-blue.com\/en\/en\/home\/\">TUI BLUE<\/a> have recently started to allow guests to select a requested room at the hotel for a fee. In principle, just like how you can select a particularly comfortable seat on a plane for a fee. Similarly, you can reserve the exact location and even the exact room number with a &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking. You&#8217;re guaranteed to have a top-floor room with uninterrupted ocean views or the room next to the pool &#8211; your preferences dictate which room will be your dream room.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_%E2%80%9Cselect_your_room%E2%80%9D_booking\"><\/span>Example &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can see what the selection of a preferred room can look like with an example of the &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking at TUI BLUE. For 10 euros per night per room, you can book your dream room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23245\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0.jpg\" alt=\"Select your room - TUI BLUE\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wunschzimmer-schritt0-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After clicking, the map appears &#8211; in this example, the person booked a Duo Extra double room at the Hotel TUI BLUE Palm Garden. All available rooms of this category are shown in blue.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Show_available_rooms\"><\/span>Show available rooms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23265\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1.jpg\" alt=\"Select your room step 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt1-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The site is vast. Therefore, you can zoom in on the map to see the individual rooms better. Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re travelling as a family of three, so parents with a toddler. Because of that, you&#8217;d like to select a room on the ground floor. As properties of your preferred room, you choose &#8220;Near Kids Club&#8221;, &#8220;Near Beach&#8221;, and &#8220;Near Pool&#8221;, so the walks are as short as possible. Wellness lovers can select a room close to the spa, people with reduced mobility can see immediately where the barrier-free rooms are, and so on. A dream room according to your needs and preferences! So just check the desired options and see which rooms are available.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filter_and_select\"><\/span>Filter and select<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23237\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2.jpg\" alt=\"Select your room step 2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt2-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can see which rooms meet these criteria. All blue rooms are available. The room next to the pool (red box) speaks to you. Click on the desired room and you&#8217;ll see the room number. Since you have selected the room, the color of the room has changed from blue (available) to red (selected). The grey rooms aren&#8217;t available due to the room category or the selected filter criteria, or they&#8217;re already occupied.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23241\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3.jpg\" alt=\"Select your room step 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selectroom-schritt3-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select and save selection, done! You&#8217;ve reserved the perfect room for you!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Select_your_room_pros_and_cons\"><\/span>Select your room pros and cons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of course, you have to pay for it. Some guests, especially regulars, write to the hotel prior to arrival and ask for a specific location or would like to return to room 312 because it was so nice there last year. The hotel can never guarantee such requests. With the &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking, you buy yourself the right to a room and you can look forward to the sea view, sunset view, panoramic view, or whatever you want to see from the balcony even more. Again, the hotel can&#8217;t 100 percent guarantee that you&#8217;ll get that exact room (e.g. because it suddenly has a water damage and is uninhabitable). The fee for the &#8220;select your room&#8221; booking is paid on-site. Of course, if your selected room isn&#8217;t available, you won&#8217;t be charged.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Select_your_room_Direct_booking_is_worthwhile\"><\/span>Select your room: Direct booking is worthwhile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How long before arrival can I select my room? This depends on the hotel and may be possible at the time of booking (direct booking on the website of the hotel) or one week after booking (if you have not booked directly with the hotel, e.g. a package holiday through a tour operator or another hotel reservation platform). The hotel or the tour operator will remind you of the option by email two weeks before arrival. In any case, be quick and secure your preferred room before someone else snatches it up!<\/p>\n<p>[vc_text_separator title=&#8217;Info&#8217; title_align=&#8217;separator_align_center&#8217; border=&#8217;no&#8217; border_color=&#8221; background_color=&#8221; text_color=&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To select your preferred room, log in with your booking number on the &#8220;<a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Select your room<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tui-blue.com\/en\/account\/login\">&#8220;<\/a> portal or register for it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> The most comfortable way to select a room is in the desktop version.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually, more and more TUI BLUE hotels are adding the option to select your room. We&#8217;ll be updating this article again and again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secure your preferred room at TUI BLUE. 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