Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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This week I changed two of my hotel reservations for my current travel in Europe from Club Carlson hotels, where I booked free nights using points, to paid stays in order to redeem hotel gift cards I received from Hilton Honors and Best Western Rewards. Both hotel stays refused my travel card credits. Hilton Nordica…
American Airlines has San Francisco SFO to San Juan SJU Puerto Rico at $350 for nearly every date from November 2015 to September 2016, with the exception of the last two weeks in December. This is a great fare for travel via Miami or New York JFK. American Airlines San Francisco SFO – Charlotte CLT…
Mobile app bookings are all the rage now with most hotel chains promoting their hotel app bookings with bonus points offers. Carlson, Choice, Hyatt, IHG have given bonus points recently. Now, SPG App 500 bonus points per stay for 3 stays booked with the SPG app 500 points per stay for 3 stays by March…
Choice Privileges points go on sale next Wednesday, May 21 at 1:00pm ET through U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways sale. There are four packages of points at 20,000 to 40,000 points for a price as low as $3.70 per 1,000 points. A Choice Privileges member may buy a maximum 2 sets from each item and…
I have to face the fact that I do not like staying at the St. Regis San Francisco. The hotel has many endearing qualities like a fantastic bed and linens, great bathtub, a large fitness center and pool. There is even a yoga room. But I get a bad vibe every time I stay at…
The hotel room is truly the environment that matters when you really want to be inside from the world. The room at the St. Regis Bal Harbour met nearly all my needs. Access to ice and a coffee maker without staff assistance would have been better. Room 1110 at St. Regis Bal Harbour is a…
Watching the surf roll into shore while taking a shower in a luxury hotel room is a very different experience than my last stay on Kauai 35 years ago when I lived on the beaches of Kauai. Hanalei Bay view from St. Regis Princeville, Kauai. In 1977 I flew from California to Honolulu with a…
Last month I stayed at the W New York Union Square. I am happy to report that no young republicans harassed or assaulted me. I didn’t even notice any condoms in my room – used or new. Lindsay Lohan news stories this week showing the outside of a familiar looking hotel triggered my recall that I…
Reader Alert: Make it through this post and you will find out how to enter a Loyalty Traveler contest for a $250 American Express giftcard courtesy of SPG American Express. Anyone who knows me would likely say I am the least qualified person to be writing about fashion week. I did put on a pair of…
One of the Daily Getaways offers for Friday April 27 is two nights at Loews Hotels for $350 ($315 with Amex). There are five hotels for this offer: Loews Miami Beach Resort, Miami Beach, FL Loews Don Cesar Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando® Loews Coronado Bay Resort, Coronado…
