Update 5/20/25: New code is Social Sent Me
Update 10/24/24: New code is It’s Giving
Update 5/17/24: New code is Good For The Sol
Update 12/1/23: New code is Chalet All Day. Valid through February 29, 2024. Hat tip to The Gate
Update 5/23/23: New code is No Shade. May 26 – September 3, 2023
Kimpton Hotels has something called the ‘secret password’, you basically say the password when checking in for some free goodies. The freebie varies hotel to hotel and you might need to repeat the phrase to a manager if the front desk staff give you a weird look. Often you’ll pick your freebie out of a bowl or they will have a wheel to spin as well. The current secret password is “No Shade” and valid on stays until unknown. Here are some of the freebies readers have reported receiving in the past:
- Daily free breakfast
- $30 food and beverage credit
- Free bottle of wine
- Two free drink vouchers
Previous passwords:
- Update 11/6/22: New code is The Snuggle is Real. Starts from 11/25/22.
Just stayed at Kimpton Monaco Seattle… nothing. They didn’t know there was a promo going on at all.
Just stayed at Kimpton Gray Chicago. Only got $15 credit and because the bar was closed, I could only pick from expensive soda and snacks 🙁 At least I got upgraded to a suite for being Platinum Elite, I guess!
Don’t be like me.. make sure you whisper it to an official employee and not to a random guest
Does anyone else overthink this and get social anxiety from playing in your head how these conversations might go down?
Andrew, *whispers in ear* “social sent me” *while grinning*
Any news of a new secret password? Looks like the current one expired at the end of January
I was diamond/ ambassador last year, used password at kimpton San Francisco, got only a tiny wine bottle.
Last time I whispered one of these at the hotel.. i was arrested and taken to jail for a week
Ooo. So their prize was a “Hertz hospitality package”? Must’ve been a joint marketing venture!
I got four letters for ya: BYODs
got a stay at a Kimpton on December 7,first time trying this so hopefully it’ll be around by then
Stayed at Kimpton Banneker in DC. Got a wine plus chocolates for being Platinum. Used the secret password and got to spin the wheel. Won 5000 points. Other options were, two free drinks, snacks, free parking etc.
Tried this at a Kimpton in New York City on Sunday and was told it was “too early”