What is a GDS booking
Book Your Block secures contracted group blocks with our event hotel partners that we make available to groups and individuals. Once the inventory sells out, we provide a mechanism to families that missed the group block option, to book and stay in the same hotel as other event attendees or teammates.
The hotel subsequently passes available room inventory to the tournament booking site. The room rate is the market rate the hotel sells on the brand website. These rates and reservations are known as GDS bookings. The GDS bookings' rates, terms and conditions differ from the group block rates, terms and conditions.
Book Your Block are unable to to provide the Lowest Available Rate parity on GDS bookings as these continually adjusted by the hotel and fluctuate based on market conditions.
Why can Book Your Block not assist me with modifying a GDS booking?
The GDS bookings are controlled exclusively by the hotel and brand. The hotel must review and complete any modification or cancellation requests utilizing the brand reservation system.
If you have a GDS booking that requires a modification, please get in touch with the hotel directly. Advise the front desk that you have a GDS booking and are seeking assistance. Provide the hotel confirmation number received in your guest receipt.
If you mention that the booking is for the tournament, the hotel will assume your booking is part of a group block, and incorrectly refer you back to Book Your Block.