D.C. Area Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Total waste of money and totally my fault - hotel cancellation
I was supposed to go on a trip for work, so I reserved my hotel room. I then got unapproved to go and like an idiot I didn't cancel my room. Their no show policy is to charge one night's stay plus taxes. This was all totally out of my mind until I just got my credit card bill and saw the charge.
I'm out of luck, yes? Of course I called and the hotel says yes, that's the policy, no recourse. I totally get it - they have to make their money.
This it toally my fault - I feel like crying. Would it help to contact headquarters with a sob story or something? What a huge waste of money. 
Wife, Musician, Fed, WW-er, and Mom of three little kids - not necessarily in that order.
Re: Total waste of money and totally my fault - hotel cancellation
That stinks.
I was in the same suitation last year except DH and I completely forget we had hotel reservations until we saw the charge go through. I ended up calling them the day after and made up a story about a family emergency and because of the stress we forgot.
They ended up refunding the entire amount. We do still stay at the hotel when we travel.
I did the same thing a few weeks ago except it was for a personal trip. We were all sick, cancelled the trip at the last minute, and I forgot to cancel the hotel.
I called the corporate office up on Monday and asked if they would waive the fee. It was Marriott and I'm a member of their rewards program and have been for years, but they said it was up to the hotel manager. They sent him an email/put in a request on my behalf. I got a lecturing email, but they did say they've waive it this one time.
So, I'd say if you have a relationship with them, it's worth a phone call to try.