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by Ric Garrido
Denver was an expensive hotel city this past week. Finding a best rate guarantee with Hilton Worldwide was the main reason I could afford a downtown hotel over the Labor Day four-day weekend holiday this year running Saturday through Tuesday, November 11. Hilton Best Rate Guarantee and Upgrade Hampton Inn Denver Downtown The first part…
Beating Priceline with hotel loyalty programs in Denver shares how I paid $340 for hotels over the past three nights, yet I look at that as a better deal than I could have found with Priceline, Hotwire or Airbnb. Hyatt Place Denver Cherry Creek was rebranded from Loews Denver in October 2013. Last year I…
Saturday night we stayed at the Crowne Plaza Denver Airport on a package rate of 5,000 points and Breakfast. Our flight arrived at 11pm, which made an airport hotel the best choice. Airport hotel location is relative in Denver where the closest set of hotels are about ten miles from the airport. Crowne Plaza Denver…
Yesterday I posted Live testing Hilton Best Rate Guarantee where I found an exact match room discount on Expedia.com for Hampton Inn Denver Downtown. I booked a $149 room rate on Hilton and then submitted a Best Rate Guarantee claim against a $124 rate on Expedia. Hilton’s response time was less than 8 hours to…
Denver, Dublin, London. I have three trips planned over the next four weeks. That is 17 hotel nights. Trip planning, booking and rechecking trip plans is my take on how I see travel planning. Which comes first in trip planning? The destination, the airline plan or the hotel plan? Circumstances often determine the order of…
This post shares how I stayed more than 50 hotel nights in 2013 spending less than $100 per night on average for hotel rooms for hotels priced much higher than I paid in most cases. There was a surprising insight given to me by a hotel industry CEO a few years ago, “You can buy…
A new meaning for B&B in Colorado lodging is ‘bud and breakfast’. There is a growing need for marijuana-friendly Colorado hotels and lodging as weed tourism gains traction in the wake and bake state. Colorado law since January 1, 2014 makes marijuana usage legal, but where do you go with your newly-purchased weed if you…
The acronym jargon of this title stands for Online Travel Agency (OTA) like Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Travelocity.com limited time offer (LTO) sale where the rates are reduced by 20 to 30% or so and Hyatt Best Rate Guarantee (BRG) comes through. Last night, my parents asked for help in finding a good hotel rate in Denver.…
Hyatt Place Denver Cherry Creek opened October 2 as a rebrand from the former Loews Denver Hotel. This Hyatt Place looked different from all the other cookie cutter Hyatt Place hotels I have stayed. The lobby is far more spacious than the typical Hyatt Place with high ceilings, a business center area with three computers…
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