Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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Most of my summer travel is planned with flights ticketed and hotels booked for Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Norway and Poland. This article is about the value I found with different hotel loyalty point currencies for different cities. My summer travel plans use hotel reward nights in 7 different hotel loyalty programs. This…
The focus of this post is where hotel points in different chains have higher than average value for reward stays. Knowing places where hotel points offer good value makes it more likely you will get a great deal when buying hotel points. Does it make sense to buy hotel points? My answer is it depends…
Major hotel loyalty promotions for hotel stays December 2017 – February 2018. Several programs had November buy points discount offers. SPG and Hilton have buy points discount rates to December 29, 2017. Hilton Honors: Hilton Honors buy points 80% bonus to Dec 29, 2017 SPG Buy Points Discount to Dec 29, 2017: SPG points for…
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre is a 4-star hotel on the Tram 13 line adjacent in the northwest corner of adjacent Rembrandt Park in the Amsterdam New-West area of the city. For those not too familiar with Amsterdam, the location is about 15 minutes tram ride to the city center at Dam Square. This hotel is…
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre is a 4-star hotel in the northwest corner of adjacent Rembrandt Park in the Amsterdam New-West area of the city. For those not too familiar with Amsterdam, the location is about 15 minutes tram ride on the Tram 13 line to the city center at Dam Square. Ramada Apollo #13 tram stop…
When I travel I tend to balance my hotel loyalty with hotel options that balance my points earning, points redeeming, and paid stays hotel spend with consideration for hotel location, transportation convenience and room quality comfort. Warsaw, Poland Originally, I planned to power our way into Warsaw city center after a 9pm arrival from Barcelona,…
In 2016, I stayed 94 nights in hotels. I paid $5,510 for 93 of those hotel nights on six trips to Europe with 61 hotel nights and one trip to New Zealand with 7 hotel nights. The remaining 26 hotel nights were in USA hotels for travel to Las Vegas, southern California and New Orleans. London…
The Shrinking Value of Hotel Loyalty Programs is an article examining changes to Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott and SPG by Vikram Singh, global hospitality and travel strategist. The central argument he makes is most travelers are more focused on hotel location than hotel loyalty points, complimentary upgrades due to status and loyalty amenities. My sentiments…
If you had told me 5 years ago Wyndham Rewards and Choice Privileges hotel loyalty programs would be considered U.S. News & World Report top hotel rewards programs for consumers in 2016, I might have laughed in your face and given you many reasons why these programs suck. Ask me today? I have to say…
This weekend I made most of my hotel reservations for 2 weeks in Slovakia and Austria next month. Similar to Krakow, Poland, where I traveled last month, Slovakia has a mix of high and low hotel room rates and hotel reward rates using points. Some hotels are low room rates with high reward night rates,…
