Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
In the final weeks of 2019 there seems to be an unprecedented opportunity to buy hotel loyalty points at discount rates. Many of these deals match the lowest price for buying points seen all year. Hotel points have provided me thousands of dollars in hotel rate discounts in 2019 over 65 hotel nights in 8…
Radisson Rewards has a CyberSale for bookings today through December 3, 2019 for good value 25% to 30% off discount rates on 2020 weekends and Easter Week stays for most regions of the world, except Asia-Pacific region. I see some winter travel deals available at several hotels I checked. The more intriguing part of Radisson’s…
Dog friendly spaces, scenic beauty and more than a dozen wine tasting rooms steps apart in the middle of the city center commercial blocks are attractions for this small community of 5,000 residents on California’s Central Coast in Monterey County. Carmel-by-the-sea or simply Carmel, the name generally used by locals, is the upmarket residential community…
Choice Privileges Members Only Madness promotions this week culminate in a good value ‘mattress run’ worthy offer to earn 10,000 points for one stay booked by Friday, November 22 and completed by December 31, 2019. Promotion registration is required for the 10,000 bonus points. The deal here is the opportunity to earn 10,000 Choice Privileges…
There were 134 hotel brands in nine major hotel loyalty programs when I compiled a list 21 months ago in February 2018. Today I compiled a new list to find more than 160 different hotel brand names, hotel chain parterships and vacation rentals in these same nine hotel loyalty programs. That amounts to about a…
Spain can be a real budget travel deal with Marriott Bonvoy points. There are 100 Marriott brand hotels in Spain with 20 of those hotels sitting at Marriott Bonvoy category 1 with a standard reward night rate of 7,500 points. All 20 of these Spain category 1 hotels are AC Hotels by Marriott. Summer 2019…
Qantas celebrates 100 years with a USA to Australia Birthday Sale offering four days of flash sales for $100 one-way fares on USA-Australia round trip travel this week. There will be 100 tickets offering $200 round trip airfare available each day starting today Monday, November 18 at 2pm PST/5pm EST. This deal requires a round…
AC Hotels is a Spain-based chain acquired by Marriott International in 2011 and integrated into Marriott Rewards in 2011. There are currently AC Hotels in 40 cities across Spain. Several of the upper upscale AC Hotels were rebranded years ago as Autograph Collection properties by Marriott. What has always attracted me to the AC Hotels…
Last month Marriott International acquired Elegant Hotels Group, which owns and operates seven hotels on Barbados. Several of the resort hotels are all-inclusive resort properties located on the powdery white sand beaches of Barbados west coast, known as the ‘Platinum Coast’. Marriott reports it will operate all seven properties as all-inclusive resorts following upgrades. Elegant…
IHG – InterContinental Hotels Group has a global Cyber Sale offering up to 25% off Best Flexible Rates when you book a prepaid, nonrefundable room by Dec 17 for stays through May 31. I see potential value with this sale for travelers needing hotel stays over Thanksgiving and New Year’s holiday weeks. While it depends…
