Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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Holiday Inn Lisbon was the second of four IHG hotels we stayed in central Lisbon during our two weeks in the city. Be aware there is another IHG hotel, Holiday Inn Lisbon Continental in the same area about 1.2 km away near Metro Pequeno Campo. We stayed at both hotels. The distinguishing feature of Holiday…
Having stayed at 4 of the 5 central Lisbon IHG hotels during our summer trip, I have opinions about the positive and negative aspects of each property. For those unfamiliar with Lisbon and interested about location, Holiday Inn Express Lisbon Av. Liberdade is the best location of the IHG hotels due to its walking proximity…
My recent trip to Europe included 11 hotel nights in Portugal, 9 in Greece, 2 in Spain, 1 in Canada and 1 in California. 20 of those 24 hotel nights were at IHG hotels. 12 of those 20 nights at IHG were booked using IHG points after I arrived in Europe due to necessary changes…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Hotels partnership with IHG launched in October 2020 with more than 400 boutique hotels around the world participating in IHG Rewards loyalty program for earning and burning points. This deal added hotels in several countries where there had not been an IHG hotel presence like Croatia, Iceland and Sweden for Europe.…
IHG moved to reward night dynamic pricing. While many comments I have read on other blogs lament an IHG devaluation, my reaction is to lament my inability to travel to many places where I see fantastic hotel deals available for booking discount reward nights over the next year. Generally speaking, I do not find IHG…
IHG Rewards Club has unveiled their new promotion to earn up to 4x points for stays from February 15 to May 15, 2020, but the registration page is not yet operating correctly. This offer is structured based on total nights completed and differs from their last 4x points promotion based on stays. The previous offer…
Each year I examine my hotel stays for the calendar year adding up what I earned and burned and the cost for my hotel nights to estimate my hotel average nightly rate. For 2019, I spent $3,444 and booked 65 hotel nights for an average nightly rate of $53. After 30 years traveling with the…
There were 134 hotel brands in nine major hotel loyalty programs when I compiled a list 21 months ago in February 2018. Today I compiled a new list to find more than 160 different hotel brand names, hotel chain parterships and vacation rentals in these same nine hotel loyalty programs. That amounts to about a…
IHG – InterContinental Hotels Group has a global Cyber Sale offering up to 25% off Best Flexible Rates when you book a prepaid, nonrefundable room by Dec 17 for stays through May 31. I see potential value with this sale for travelers needing hotel stays over Thanksgiving and New Year’s holiday weeks. While it depends…
Kimpton Last Minute Deals offers discount rates posted for the next week at 14 Kimpton Hotels across the USA with half of these hotels in California. $110 for Kimpton Palomar San Diego sounds like a great deal for a Veteran’s Day weekend hotel getaway. However, my searches showed Sunday Nov 10 as the only…
