Ric Garrido

Choice Hotels Best Rate Guarantee offers free night

Choice Hotels recently changed its Best Rate Guarantee (BRG) policy to offer a free night for approved claims in addition to matching the

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IHG Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites $165m in renovations

Last week IHG announced that 77 extended stay hotels owned by Hospitality Properties Trust and managed by IHG will be part of a

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Accor A|Club 3 nights for 2 rate to April 15

Accor A|Club has a global sale at more than 1,200 hotels for 3 night stays on bookings through April 9 for stays completed

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One&Only Undesirable Guest at Ocean Club Paradise Island

This post is not a bitch piece about the One&Only Ocean Club Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas. I was kicked out of the resort

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Free Airline Upgrade with Chocolate

Sunday morning reading to catch up on travel news is a relaxing way to start the day. One of the articles I came

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Best elite benefits for not-so-frequent hotel guests

The hotel guest has one primary objective – a sense of getting good hotel stay value for the money paid. The goal of

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Choice Privileges 8,000 points for 2 stays March 8-May 8, 2012

Choice Privileges spring promotion allows members to earn 8,000 points after two hotel stays between March 8 and May 8, 2011. The advertising

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2012 Q1/Q2 Hotel Promotions

The major offers from each hotel loyalty program are listed first. The number of asterisks from 1-5 indicates my rating for this offer

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Best Western Premier and Country Inns Moving on Up

Do a Marriott Courtyard and a Hilton Garden Inn have about the same room rate on average? How do Hyatt Place and Starwood

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Hotel Review: Sheraton Nassau Cable Beach Bahamas

I sandwiched my stay at Atlantis three weeks ago with hotel stays at Sheraton Nassau Cable Beach Resort. I stayed on Cash & Points

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