How do I book a hotel?

Use AmTrav to find a hotel room and rate that works for you with your travel policy, negotiated rates and loyalty account automatically applied.

Note on adding a hotel to an existing booking: to add a hotel to an existing booking, locate and select that booking in My Trips, then select "Add a Hotel" on the righthand side of the page.

Step 1: To start a new booking with a hotel click Hotels on the left side of the AmTrav site.

Step 2: Enter the city, address, airport or landmark (like the San Diego Convention Center or Empire State Building) in the Destination field. Select your check-in and check-out dates, then update the number of rooms, number of adults, number of children, filter for hotel chain or hotel class from the drop-down menus as needed. Note: if you’re booking for a hotel for someone else, you can select that traveler at the top of this page, and you can repeat recent searches with the box on the righthand side of the page. Click Search:

Step 3: On the top of the page you can filter your search results by Preferred hotels only (as selected by your company), In-Policy hotels only, specific Hotel Chain, hotel Star Class, Price per Room, and Neighborhood. Zooming or moving the map will also filter your hotel results for the area on the map.

You can scroll through pictures of each property using the arrows on the pictures, see which properties are selected as Preferred by your company and see which are out of your travel policy. Click Details to see Details about the hotel, Amenities at the hotel and Reviews for each hotel. Choose a hotel by clicking the Rate on the result or the map.

Step 4: Select your Room and Rate on the Select a Room page. Rates are organized by room type, your company's negotiated rates are sorted to the top for each room type (if available). You can filter for rates including Payment (pay later or pay now, if available), Free Cancelation, In Policy and Earn Points. Learn more about the hotel by clicking Overview, Amenities and Reviews, learn about each room by clicking Room Details, see amenities included in the rate and the rate’s cancelation rules by clicking Rate Details for each rate.

Step 5: Confirm the details of your itinerary on the Hotel Review page including the cancelation rules and penalties listed under Terms, alternate hotels to consider. Click Continue.

Step 6: Enter the remaining trip details including Traveler information (add your hotel loyalty account here, or it will be automatically added if it's saved in your profile), Payment, Trip Title, Alternate Email addresses, any special instructions for AmTrav's Travel Advisors, Billing Tags required by your company, and a reason and explanation if your booking is out of policy. Click Book Now to complete your reservation.

Step 7: From the Trip Details page, you can email or print your itinerary, add your itinerary to your calendar, and easily add a flight, rental car or another hotel to the same booking, change or cancel your hotel. If you need to change or cancel your hotel later you can locate your booking via My Trips and cancel the room (subject to the cancelation terms).