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U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways is in its second week of five weeks of travel offers. Hilton Honors points are on sale today April 16 at 1pm eastern for $5 per 1,000 points in packages of 30,000 points; 100,000 points or 250,000 points. I read three different blogs this morning mentioning the value of 95,000…
Hilton’s Long Weekender rate is a 50% off Sunday Best Available Rate (BAR) deal when booking 2 to 4 night stays. Several hotels where I checked weekend rates in Europe revealed 50% off Sunday made this rate the lowest I found for dates over Feb 17-19 and Feb 16-19. This is an offer available for…
Hilton Honors announced major changes today to its loyalty program effective April 2018 with the elimination of My Way earning for Points & Points or Points & Miles to be replaced by increased elite bonus points. The net effect of changes means fewer points earned for Blue and Silver members, and about same earn rate…
Hilton Honors released its Points Unlimited promotion yesterday for stays January 1 – April 30, 2018. Members earn 2,000 bonus points per stay + 10,000 bonus points every 5 stays for 20,000 bonus points after 5 stays. 1 stay = 2,000 Bonus Points 2 stays = 4,000 Bonus Points 5 stays = 20,000 Bonus Points…
Hilton Worldwide has 26 hotels in Germany, 5 in Austria and 2 in Switzerland as of Dec 2017. This is a relatively small footprint for Germany, where there are 48 Marriott brand hotels, 39 Starwood hotels, 156 Best Western hotels and 39 Choice Hotels. Loyalty Traveler – Marriott-Starwood Germany 87 hotels reward category map I am…
Hilton Honors offers 80% bonus points on purchases of 20,000 points or more by December 29, 2017. This offer reduces the price of points from $10 to $5.56 per 1,000 points. Member login is required to see the Hilton Buy Points 80% bonus points offer. Members can purchase up to 80,000 points in a calendar…
This article is a travel planning piece to show how a budget traveler like me flying from San Francisco Bay Area can travel to Romania for 10 days next winter or spring 2018 via Stockholm for about $1,200 to $1,500 all-in, including all airfare, hotels, ground transportation and daily living expenses. No shared hostel rooms…
This post includes a map of 58 Hilton brand hotels in the USA with Hilton Honors standard reward nights priced at 10,000 points and one hotel at 5,000 points. Six months ago Hilton Honors dropped their ten categories for hotel reward nights ranging from 5,000 points to 95,000 points per night, although they supposedly maintained…
Hilton Honors former category 2 hotels still offer reward nights at 10,000 points per night on most nights. Hilton’s March 2017 shift to a dynamic reward nights system correlated to room rates means 32 hotels offer reward nights at varying points levels in a range from 8,000 points to 14,000 points for standard rewards. There…
A map of Poland chain hotels reveals two common trends of hotel development and major chain loyalty programs seen in Europe. Two points I want to make with this article and two hotel maps: 1. Major chains are emphasizing growth in European markets where there are few hotel chain competitors. There are few major chain…
