Sadly for frequent travelers, each new year starts with the announcement of changes to award programs. And even though they are often called “enhancements” they usually mean less value for travelers. Marriott Hotels, is delivering a one-two-punch this year by allowing more limits on available rooms, making it more difficult to book an award stay […]
Updated 2018: The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel companies in the world, with 5,348 hotels in close to 100 countries, offering almost 800,000 rooms! Their Holiday Inn brand is the largest hotel brand in the world and the InterContinental brand is one of the oldest in the world! Find out
Marriott Hotels has for a while run promotions to win new members: Sign up for the Marriott Rewards program and stay twice – and you’ll earn a certificate for one free night at a Category 1-5 hotel (worth $200!). That’s a great promotion and if you are not a member yet, it’s worth signing up for
Radisson Rewards is the loyalty program of Radisson Hotel Group (RHG) and the successor of Club Carlson! Club Carlson went from much praised program to mostly ignored after a number of sharp devaluations. With new owners and a new name, RHG is re-launching the rewards program. Find out what it offers now and who it
The Accor group has 4,195 hotels in 92 countries as of 2017, making it one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Yet, its LeClub hotel rewards program gets very little coverage in the blogosphere – part of the problem was the lack of benefits for elite members and Accor set out to improve it.
There are countless blog posts about “the best” hotel rewards program, but because we all have a different idea about “the best” that discussion will go on forever without a resolution. I wrote recently about rewards vs loyalty – and today want to look at the hotel rewards program with the highest reward rate for
Asiana Airlines is one of two Korean carriers and is flying all around the world. They are a fairly new airline that was founded only in 1988 to break the monopoly of Korean Airlines and has grown rapidly ever since. Because Seoul is a convenient stop-over from Asia to the US and because they are
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