Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
Category Archives for Starwood Preferred Guest.
SPG has one of their deepest points discount sales happening through March 16, 2018 with 35% off the regular $35 per 1,000 points purchase price when you buy 5,000 or more points. This brings the price of Starpoints down to $22.75 per 1,000 points. Each member may buy up to 30,000 Starpoints during the calendar…
SLS Las Vegas, a Starwood Tribute Portfolio Hotel, has a limited time offer for $39 weekday rates and $79 Fri-Sat rates for stays through June 30, 2018. This offer is available for bookings made by December 31, 2017. There is a $32 mandatory resort fee, so the total rate after tax and fee is $80.50…
Starwood Preferred Guest opened registration today for Great Weeks, Grand Weekends, its initial 2018 promotion of double points (4 points/$1) beginning second stay, plus 500 bonus points per stay for a weekend night from January 16 to April 15, 2018. Bonus points only start with second stay during promotion period. Great Weeks, Grand Weekends promotion…
This article looks at potential for some hotel deal savings with Marriott and SPG low category hotel rewards. SPG has a 35% discount on points purchased by Dec 29, 2017 reducing the price to $22.75 per 1,000 points. Discount kicks in when buying 5,000 or more points. Members can buy up to 30,000 points. Starpoints…
On my walk across Monaco I ended up at Le Meridien Beach Plaza with a desire to refill my water bottle after starting the day at Riviera Marriott La Porte de Monaco in Cap d’Ail, France across the street from the western border of Monaco. Le Meridien Beach Plaza is about 200 meters from the…
Sense Hotel Sofia, a member of Design Hotels, is a Starwood affiliated boutique hotel in Bulgaria’s capital city. The 9th floor Rooftop Bar offers terrific panoramic views. The hotel is located one block from Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Bulgaria’s largest Eastern Orthodox cathedral. Sense Hotel Sofia (SPG hotel website) is SPG category 3 at 7,000 Starpoints…
Feeling Grand Walking the Staircase I felt compelled to walk the stairs every step of the way to and from the lobby and my room simply for the wonderful feeling when gliding my hand along the wide Italian marble handrail along one hundred-plus marble stairs from my room at the top 5th floor of Sofia…
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…
Amsterdam has 49 chain hotels in 9 major loyalty programs available for points. The hotels on my Google maps hotel rewards map are either in Amsterdam city or Amsterdam Schiphol Airport hotels. After creating several of these hotel rewards maps in the past week, one of the most time-consuming tasks is determining the reward rate…
After four trips to Krakow, Poland in the past 14 months, this city is a place with loads of fond memories for Kelley and me. We are debating whether to go there again this winter. Gdansk, Poland is also an attractive destination that also appeals to me for a winter trip to the chilly Baltic seaport.…
