So originally I booked 15 rooms at a hotel for our block, I dunno what I was thinking since we have a good amount of people drivng 1 + hrs and I just found out today after I increased our room block 2x to 20 then 25 (we now have 25) that they are completely booked up and the hotel is full. I even tried booking online through their main site and through expedia and they all say rooms not available. I found out from a guest who said "your hotel you blocked is full so we went with xxx hotel instead". I realized that there is a large amount of people who will prob still need a hotel room so I plan to call xxx hotel room tomorrow (I tried today and the mngr is only there M-F to book blocks of rooms). That said, if they have rooms available. . .Im not sure which route to take, what do you think?
1 - Ask xxx hotel if they have 40 rooms and then call the 25 people who book at original hotel to cancel reservation and rebook at xxx hotel? No one was charged yet for their room.
2 - If I decide to just do another 15 block of rooms at xxx hotel, how do I get the word out there? I don't have a website and would hate to post on FB and since I still have not heard from 109 people I don't want to presume by calling them if I havent gotten their RSVP or assume if I do that they want to stay over. The original hotel says they cannot refer guests who call in to xxx hotel because they are not affiliated.
Help? What would you do?