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Who should join the Choice Privileges hotel rewards program?

Choice Privileges is the rewards program of Choice Hotels and has been rated the second best hotel rewards program by US News & World Travel, coming in behind budget competitor Wyndham Rewards, but ahead of Marriott! Similar to Wyndham, this program has been widely ignored by travel bloggers and point enthusiasts, but Choice has made […]

DealDispatch: airberlin topdeal rewards sale – discounts up to 80%!

airberlin has been mostly in the news for their restructuring (I reported here), but they continue their deeply discounted reward “topdeal” sales as part of their topbonus rewards program – or maybe because of the news! You can get free tickets from 1,500 miles and discounts of up to 80% – that’s a great deal. Check

Tripadvisor – Will it help you find the best deal on hotels?

I have previously reviewed Tripadvisor, one of my go-to internet sites to find hotel reviews – and I have pointed out its pros and cons. But Tripadvisor has moved beyond its roots and now also provides a meta-search function to find hotel prices from different booking sites around the web. Most recently, it started to

Deal Dispatch: US to Italy from $457, Germany to Asia, US from EUR169

Do you just need to get away from it all? This week’s Deal Dispatch brings you some bargain fares around the world. Delta and their partners will take you from the US to Italy starting from $457 round-trip. And Eurowings, Lufthansa’s budget subsidiary, will fly you to Thailand from EUR169 or the US from EUR179, each

Deal Dispatch: Accor Hotels Singles’ Day Sale 11/11/2016

Singles’ Day, November 11th (11/11) is the biggest online sales day in China and it’s expanding across Asia and anywhere Chinese want to shop. There will be a Singles’ Day online sale in Manila and Accor Hotels is getting into the action with a big worldwide sale. Continue after the break to see if there

How I saved more than 50% of my hotel with IHG PointBreaks!

One of my favorite hotel rewards promotions is Intercontinental Hotel Group’s (IHG) quarterly PointBreaks promotion: You can book a select number of hotels worldwide for only 5,000 points/night. IHG just released the Winter 2016 promotion and you can book stays until January 2017 – find out where I saved big and great value destinations you could,

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