Hilton Introducing Confirmed Late Check-Out… For A Fee

Hilton will be introducing a standardized program to allow guests to confirm late check-out in advance for an additional fee. What does this mean for the Hilton Honors late check-out benefit, though?

Confirm late check-out with Hilton for $40-60

LoyaltyLobby reports how as of some point in 2026, Hilton will be rolling out a new system that will be used to merchandise various aspects of hotel stays. Hotels of course want to do everything they can to generate ancillary revenue, and this is intended to help with that.

If you stay at Hiltons with any frequency, you may notice the hotel group offering some extra services ahead of a stay in exchange for a fee, ranging from room upgrades, to extra amenities, to late check-out.

However, once this new system kicks in (at some point in 2026), Hilton will offer confirmed late check-out for more consistent fees:

• The late check-out fee will be $40 for Hampton Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, Home2 Suites, Homewood Suites, LivSmart, Spark, Tempo, and Tru
• The late check-out fee will be $50 for DoubleTree, Embassy Suites, Motto, Signia, and Tapestry Collection
• The late check-out fee will be $60 for Canopy, Conrad, Curio Collection, Hilton, LXR, and Waldorf Astoria

There are a few details to note:

• It’s not clear how late confirmed check-out will be, which is kind of an important detail
• Those standardized late check-out costs are before taxes and fees
• It will be possible to confirm late check-out up to 72 hours in advance, either through the Hilton website or app
• Hotels will have discretion as to how many rooms they make available for confirmed late check-out, but the standard will be 20 rooms at full service hotels, and 10 rooms at limited service hotels

What does this mean for Hilton Honors elite perks?

There are lots of things I like about the Hilton Honors program, but guaranteed perks isn’t among them. For example, Hilton Honors Diamond members receive suite upgrades at the discretion of the hotel, rather than based on availability.

While Marriott Bonvoy and World of Hyatt offer guaranteed 4PM check-out for higher tier elite members at all non-resorts, Hilton Honors doesn’t. Actually, if you look at the Hilton Honors elite benefits matrix, you’ll see no mention of late check-out.

However, in the Hilton Honors terms and conditions it says that late check-out “must be requested and is subject to availability,” with no additional details. So I absolutely don’t count on late check-out as an elite perk with Hilton, but some hotels do still offer it.

That being said, what will the introduction of standardized, confirmed late check-out for a fee mean for elite members?

• I have to imagine that many hotels will try to push Hilton Honors members to pay for late check-out, arguing it’s not otherwise available
• If people do take advantage of confirmed late check-out for a fee, it will lower available room inventory for granting elite members complimentary late check-out

So I think this is worth being aware of, but I wouldn’t necessarily expect the implications to be huge. The hotels that already do their best to take care of elite members will likely continue to do so. The hotels that don’t care about Hilton Honors elite status will likely continue not to care, and may request that guests pay for late check-out.

Bottom line

As of some point in 2026, Hilton plans to introduce confirmed late check-out for a fee of $40-60. While some hotels already offer this, it’ll be standardized, and by default, all hotels will be opted in.

In theory, this isn’t supposed to impact elite members who are eligible for complimentary late check-out, subject to availability. However, it’s hard to imagine this won’t have at least some impact, between more rooms being occupied later, plus greedy hotels being able to point members toward the ability to pay for the privilege of checking out late.

What do you make of Hilton’s new standardized confirmed late check-out feature?