Travel Tips & Tricks

June 22, 2025

How Travel Advisors Can Unlock VIP Hotel Perks for You

Couple enjoying champagne flutes with beautiful vie
Private toast, golden hour. VIP champagne welcome at your suite—just one of the perks we can unlock worldwide. (Photo by Jonathan Borba)

The Secret to VIP Hotel Perks? It’s Not Luck. It’s Us.

Travel is about the unscripted moments, and sometimes these special memories are enhanced with a hotel upgrade. That sunrise espresso in Puglia. The handwritten note and local wine waiting in your suite. The last swim before your gloriously late checkout. But let’s be honest – magic doesn’t just happen. It’s arranged.

At Winkaffe Global Travel, we don’t just book hotels. We finesse them. We pull the strings, know the names, and grease the wheels to make your stay feel less like a transaction and more like a wink from the universe. These perks aren’t gimmicks. They’re the small, sexy upgrades that shift a trip from “Great” to “Damn, I didn’t want to leave.”


How We VIP Your Stay

Room Upgrades

Because your view should be vineyard rows, not the parking lot. Whether it’s a suite with a soaking tub in Salta or a high-floor perch above Porto, we angle for that upgrade like it’s our job – because it is.

Luxury suite with soaking tub and ocean view in Turkey
Soaking tubs with a sea breeze? Yes please. This Turkish suite upgrade comes with sunset views and zero regrets. (Photo by Ahmet ÇÖTÜR)

Daily Breakfast

Not your sad continental buffet. We’re talking warm bougatsa in Thessaloniki. Thai iced coffee in Koh Lanta. Croissants so good in Colmar you’ll wish you packed looser pants.

Woman eating breakfast on rooftop with ocean view in Santorini, Greece
Start your morning in Greece with a side of serenity. Daily gourmet breakfast? We can work that for you. (Photo by Wolf Art)

Hotel Credits

Massages, martinis, Moroccan dinners under the stars – covered. Many of our partner hotels offer credits you can use on spa treatments, room service, rooftop cocktails, or whatever tickles your travel fancy.

Breakfast in bed with view of Anterselva di Mezzo, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Room service on repeat. That hotel credit? It covered breakfast with a mountain view—and the second pot of espresso. (Photo by Matteo Milan)

Early Check-In / Late Check-Out

Your 6 a.m. flight shouldn’t mean loitering in the lobby. And if you’re not leaving ‘til 4? Take one last dip. We’ll request early access and late linger time so you can start and end your stay on your terms.

Couple enjoying drinks and lounging on luxury pool deck with ocean view
Why rush? When late checkout is secured, you can lounge by the pool for the afternoon, cocktail in hand. (Photo by Ahmet ÇÖTÜR)

Welcome Gifts & Local Touches

This is where the hotel says, we see you. Maybe it’s a reserve Malbec from Mendoza. Maybe it’s hand-rolled baklava from Istanbul’s best-kept secret. Maybe it’s lavender on your pillow in Provence. Either way – it’s not random. It’s curated. Just for you.

Brut wine, macarons, and French pastry decorated with ribbon on table in front of hotel bed
Macarons, brut, and a pastry wrapped like a present. When your welcome gift is this pretty, you know you’re not just a reservation—you’re expected. (Photo by Engin Akyurt)

Occasion-Based Extras

Birthday? Anniversary? Just escaped a year of PTA meetings? Say the word. We’ll line up something special – whether that’s a dessert with a candle or a suite with a jaw-drop view.

Dessert tart with candle on porcelain plate with eclairs in the background
Suite surprises for any celebration—from birthday tarts to candlelit room reveals. (Photo by Ivan Samkov)

Why Work With WGT

This isn’t about hand-holding. It’s about having someone in your corner who knows the hotel GM, understands the fine print, and can turn your “nice trip” into “when can we go back?”

Book smart. Travel better. Stay spoiled.

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