Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Category Archives for California Hotels.
Disneyland with my parents in the days before Thanksgiving was precious. Thanksgiving with even more family members was a blessing. Burning 50,000 Best Western Rewards points for 5 room nights at hotels across the street from the Disneyland park entrance was a steal. Driving 900 miles across California spending $255 for 3 IHG hotels and…
Some of the best hotel rate discounts of the year can be yours with Choice Privileges points saving hundreds of dollars in lodging costs for a Central Coast California road trip between September 16 and November 30, 2018.
Bidding for Good has a Dollars for Scholars auction with dozens of hotel stay items, mostly across California, sponsored by the California Lodging Industry Association – CLIA. The auction runs through 10pm PDT April 22. Some of the hotels available for bids include: Grand Hyatt Manchester San Diego Le Meridien San Francisco Marriott Santa Clara…
A massive landslide dropped a mountainside of dirt and rocks on the Pacific Coast Highway 1 in rural southern Monterey County, California this past weekend. The highway is buried under 40 feet of debris for 1/4 to 1/2 mile and will likely be closed for more than one year for repairs. Highway 1 had already…
California’s coast attracts millions of visitors each year. However, according to a study by UCLA for the California Coastal Commission in late 2016, most California residents who visit the beach do not stay overnight within one mile of the beach, primarily due to the high cost of lodging. 75% of Californians surveyed state the high…
Santa Maria is often where I stop for a hotel night when driving between Monterey, California and Southern California. This city tends to be the lowest priced hotels between Monterey and Los Angeles when driving U.S. 101 and Highway 1 along the coast. The drive from Monterey is 175 miles and about 3 hours without…
Tens of thousands of tourists over the next few months will drive the coastline of California along State Route 1, aka Highway 1 or Pacific Coast Highway or PCH. The drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles, staying mostly on Highway 1 is over 400 miles and around a ten hour drive with no stops.…
Choice Privileges points can be used for more than 500 Preferred Hotels & Resorts reward nights on points. These Choice Privileges partner hotel rewards are priced from 30,000 points to 60,000 points per reward night. You need to be logged into your Choice Privileges account to see the nightly points rate for Preferred Hotels &…
Last week it was announced that Avenue of the Arts Hotel in Costa Mesa, California is rebranding from Wyndham to Starwood’s Tribute Portfolio in spring 2016. The hotel is set to undergo a major upgrade with all newly redesigned hotel rooms. The post-renovation Avenue of the Arts Tribute Portfolio hotel is planned to have 238…
Club Carlson is offering 15,000 bonus points for one stay at a Park Inn hotel in the Americas between September 30 and December 31, 2015. There are 16 participating hotels. This is not as lucrative an offer as the 44,000 points deal a few years ago, but sufficient incentive to send me to Fresno again.…
