Hilton has a free night offer for 166 hotels in 44 different countries running through the summer months for participating hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia/Pacific regions.
Hotels in North America, Caribbean, Central and South America are excluded from this offer.
Offer: Valid 7 days a week from for stays from May 1 thru September 30, 2009.
Rates include breakfast.
1 free night on a 3-night stay or
2 free nights on a 5-night stay or
3 free nights on a 7-night stay.
Free nights are valid for actual booked stay and do not carry-over to another stay.
Link to Hilton Extra Nights Free offer.
Loyalty Traveler Analysis:
I’ve been searching Paris Hotel rates for someone planning a week in the city of lights. I checked this Hilton Hotels offer to see if the free nights is actually a discount rate. While the free nights rate was not available at all the Hilton Hotels in Paris for dates I checked, I am happy to report that where I did find the special offer rate I found the free nights rate to be a rate discount for Hilton Hotels in Paris.
The problem with many free night offers is the discounted nights are based on purchasing a rack rate or some rate substantially higher than rates otherwise available. About half the time I analyze free night offers I discover they are not the best deal available.
Case Study: Paris, France 7-night hotel stay for September 7-14
Hilton Paris La Defense is not participating in the Extra Free Nights rate.
Hilton Arc de Triomphe does provide a savings on the nightly room rate for dates I checked.
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Hilton Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France for 7-night stay, September 7-14, 2009 |
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Lowest rate |
7-night cost on AAA rate |
Extra Nights Rate (Pay only 4 nights) |
7-night cost on Extra Nights rate |
Extra Nights Rate Savings |
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280 EUR King Deluxe |
1,960 EUR |
415 EUR King Deluxe |
1,660 EUR |
300 EUR |
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337 EUR King Deluxe Plus |
2,359 EUR |
475 EUR King Deluxe Plus |
1,900 EUR |
459 EUR |
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375 EUR King Executive |
2,625 EUR |
515 EUR King Executive |
2,060 EUR |
565 EUR |
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404 EUR King Executive Plus |
2,828 EUR |
545 EUR King Executive Plus |
2,180 EUR |
648 EUR |
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537 EUR Junior Suite |
3,759 EUR |
685 EUR Junior Suite |
2,740 EUR |
1,019 EUR |
Based on the offer of 3 free nights with a 7 night stay a guest would expect to save about 3/7 or 43% on the hotel rate. Unfortunately, the standard practice for hotel free night offers is to base the free nights on higher rates than otherwise available. When calculating actual savings with a special offer the hotel guest should base savings on the otherwise lowest rate available for the hotel stay.
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7-night cost on AAA rate (lowest rate found in regular search) |
7-night total rate with Hilton Extra Nights offer |
Actual savings using Extra Nights offer |
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1,960 EUR King Deluxe |
1,660 EUR |
15.3% |
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2,359 EUR King Deluxe Plus |
1,900 EUR |
19.5% |
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2,625 EUR King Executive |
2,060 EUR |
21.5% |
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2,828 EUR King Executive Plus |
2,180 EUR |
22.9% |
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3,759 EUR Junior Suite |
2,740 EUR |
27.1% |
The Extra Nights free offer does provide a substantial discount, but the discount in this sample is far less than the 43% one might assume with a Pay 4 Nights, Get 3 Nights Free offer.
The savings are greater as one buys up to higher category rooms. This is a good offer to keep in mind when searching international hotel rates.
Loyalty Traveler Promotion Rating for Hilton Extra Nights Offer = 3 of 5 hotel keys.
