When guests with guaranteed reservations cannot be accommodated by the hotel due to overbooking or unforeseen circumstances, the hotel is responsible for arranging alternative accommodation. This is referred to as walking a guest.
The hotel should take all action possible to minimize inconvenience to the guest.
When a guest is walked to another hotel, one night’s accommodation would initially be booked. All attempts should be made to ensure that the guest will return the following day.
The hotel would have to pay all transportation cost incurred by the guest when relocating to another hotel. However, the hotel will not be responsible for accommodation charges in excess to what the guest would have paid initially.