Choice Hotels has a fantastic “best rate guarantee” policy where if you find a cheaper rate on any competing site they give you the first night free!

You can once again snag a FREE room at the GEM Hotel – Chelsea, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member on ChoiceHotels.com as you can find cheaper rates for the exact same room type on Otel.com.

This is valid for both the Double room and the Standard Queen room.

Note: Choice Hotels offers 2 different double rooms and Queen rooms, make sure you book the “Standard” one (which is the cheaper one) on Choice Hotels, as the other ones will not be a match.

The hotel is located at 300 W 22nd Street, New York, NY, 10011.

Located in New York (Chelsea), GEM Hotel – Chelsea, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member is close to Fashion Institute of Technology, Madison Square Garden, and Empire State Building. Also nearby are Times Square and Broadway.

Things to bear in mind;

• You need to first book the room before making a claim.
• Make sure the room is exactly the same room type with the same amenities, otherwise your claim will be rejected. e.g. if you book a king bed with a sofa bed room type on an Choice Hotels website, and are comparing it to a non-Choice Hotels website, you must find a price with the same king bed with sofa bed room type on the other website.
• You must contact Choice Hotels within 24 hours after making your booking.
• Choice Hotels offers Free cancellation, but it must be at least 6 days out. So if you book a room good within the next few days, and get rejected for the claim, you will be liable for the booking.

To file a claim you will need to fill out the Best Price Guarantee Form

Dates available for this deal are random dates from the end of March through May. If you do not find a Best Rate opportunity right away, be sure to check other dates. Below are screenshots from May 21.

Screenshot from ChoiceHotels with the higher rate.

And here is a screenshot from Otel.com with the lower rates. What you do at Otel.com is actually find a lower rate, you then send the link in the online form (it may also be worth to take some screen shots) to where the lower rate is found so that they can see the lower rate for themselves. You don’t actually book anything on Otel.com.

(Thanks Jake and BRG!)