I have reported a few times on deals of Accor Hotels – they run frequent promotions that offer great deals, both to accumulate points or take advantage of big discounts. Today, you can take advantage of either, so check out the details for the current promotions to either collect points and earn Accor Leclub status […]
Wyndham Rewards has been rated the best hotel rewards program, yet it has been widely ignored by travel bloggers and points enthusiasts! What is the reason for the wildly different opinions – is it really the best or is it forgettable? Wyndham has completely revamped the program over the last two years, making it a lot
As the season turns towards fall and winter and hotel occupation goes down, there are more and better promotion from hotels trying to fill their rooms. Accor has one of the best promotions, offering up to 10,000 points (worth $220) after four stays, Hilton HHonors offers Double Points and Marriott offers up to 50,000 points
You would never stay at a Wyndham, Ramada or Days Inn hotel? I never did until I noticed that they started to move their hotels upscale, overhauled their rewards program and launched aggressive promotions. Their sale of up to 30,000 points during the Daily Getaway event sealed it for me – I could stay at
Are you tired of reward programs where you never seem to earn enough points for a free flight or hotel stay? Don’t stay with any hotel chain that much? Help is on the way: IHG Rewards is running a new promotion to make it easier to earn free points for a free night at one
If you are reading this blog, you are probably booking at least some of your hotels online and are looking to pay the lowest price for the hotel you want. There are plenty of booking sites promising you the lowest price, including the hotel’s own website. To make sure you really get the best price,
This week’s Deal Dispatch focuses on hotel deals and promotions. They become increasingly rare in the busy summer travel season, with hotels full and prices sky-high. So, it’s good news that Accor is running another of their large “private sales” and IHG has their popular PointBreaks reward stays for only 5,000 points per night! Find
I have used TripAdvisor for years and have mentioned it many times on this blog, mostly for its reviews of hotels around the world. I have used TripAdvisor to find hotels at new destinations for years, have read hundreds and written quite a few. TripAdvisor has helped me found some great hotels – but it
In the last few weeks, I kept you posted on the annual Daily Getaway promotion, offering hotel, car rental and amusement park promotions. This week’s Deal Dispatch documents what promotions I was able to buy and what I want to get out of them, as well as which ones I missed and why! See, how
This week’s Deal Dispatch is full of deals for air fares and hotels around the world. Usually, summer is when deals and promotions disappear and prices are sky high in much of the world, thanks to vacationers on school holidays, combined with business travelers. This year has seen a surprising number of deals from hotels
If you are looking to book a hotel, there are certainly enough booking portals to choose from, with hotels.com and agoda.com among my favorites. The challenge is that each of these portals has their strength and weaknesses: Agoda is very strong in Asia and good in Europe, but looses out regularly against hotels.com in the
This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you an overview of current hotel promotions that you can use to save money on travel around the world. I’m highlighting IHG’s ShareForever promotion, as well as promotions by Hilton, Choice, Wyndham and Best Western – all of which are participating in the current Daily Getaway promotion as well, so you