Hotel Value for Frequent Guests
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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…
This page is a summary of the current hotel loyalty promotions across the major hotel chains in October 2019. The links below for each hotel loyalty program link to Loyalty Traveler articles for each program. I have a permanent hotel promotions guide page accessible from the top bar of Loyalty Traveler’s home page. That page…
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre rebranded as Leonardo Amsterdam Rembrandtpark as of August 1, 2019. Wyndham Rewards entered Netherlands in 2012 when Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre opened in a corner of Rembrandtpark as the flagship property of Apollo Hotels. The 17-floor hotel with 446 rooms is known for its top floor restaurant and rooftop bar. Apollo…
Wyndham Rewards day on Daily Getaways is Wednesday May 8 at 10:00am Pacific / 1:00pm Eastern. You can buy 15,000 points for $175 or a maximum 30,000 points for $350. There are 1,143 sets of points for sale. Despite changes last month raising nearly 200 hotels to 30,000 points for a free night, there are…
On April 3, 2019 Wyndham Rewards restructured their hotel rewards program to a three tier model for hotel reward nights using points. High Tier Go Free 30,000 points; Go Fast 6,000 points + 70% Best Flexible rate Medium Tier Go Free 15,000 points; Go Fast 3,000 points + 70% Best Flexible rate Low Tier Go Free 7,500…
Wyndham Rewards unveiled its latest iteration on April 3, 2019. The primary change is from all hotels worldwide available as GoFree rewards for 15,000 points to a three tier system at 30,000 points; 15,000 points and 7,500 points. The vast majority of hotels remain at 15,000 points. GoFast reward nights correspond to three tiers at…
Wyndham Rewards restructures its reward night program once again on April 3, 2019. While the new changes raise the rate for a free night to 30,000 points at some 200 hotels and lowers the rate to 7,500 points for about 3,000 hotels, the vast majority of hotels, some 6,000 properties worldwide will remain at 15,000…
Nine major hotel chains with loyalty programs currently number 152 different hotel brands for earning and redeeming points. Most of the major chains had at least one new hotel brand become part of their respective hotel loyalty program within the past year. Smith Travel Research provides a hotel industry standard market segment ranking for most…
‘Next time book KLM nonstop Amsterdam to SFO’ is Kelley’s request. Our trip shutdown clock was two days more than planned after completing 13 wonderful days of travel from San Jose to London to Windsor to Amsterdam, then back to London for our British Airways flight to Fort Lauderdale and onward flights home to California.…
Wyndham Rewards has a Motor to Miami Sweepstakes running for the next six weeks to promote NASCAR racing. Each week there are 10 weekly prizes consisting of a Matt Kenseth T-shirt, plus 3,000 Wyndham Rewards points. The chance to win 3,000 Wyndham Rewards points is my primary motivation for mentioning this sweepstakes. First Prize (five): Each First…
