My “Travel Made Easy” posts are meant to provide easy access to new destinations, hotel groups or airlines, by providing a quick summary of the most important information and giving you access to more details via links to related posts. Today’s post provides a summary of all the information around Thai Airways, one of my […]
The Hilton chain of hotels is one of the largest in the world with more than 4,200 hotels in 93 countries. And the Hilton rewards program is one of the easiest to earn points via creidt cards – there are a total of 4 cards from American Express and Citibank. Today, I’m reviewing the Citibank
Radisson is the midscale, full-service brand of the Carlson Rezidor Group. After a miserable stay in the 90s, the chain went through a re-branding exercise in the 2000s and modernized significantly. I’ve stayed a few times with them and I’d consider them comparable to a Holiday Inn – reliable, if not very exciting…
I have previously reported on the power of promotions to earn lots of points and miles (here), save money on hotel stays and gain elite status in hotel and airline frequent guest programs (here) more quickly. My upcoming Baltic Explorer trip is also fueled by promotions to make it cheaper and better by getting the
The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is one of the largest hotel companies in the world, with over 4,900 hotels in close to 100 countries, offering over 700,000 rooms! With 168 Million guests per year, chances are you have been to one or at least heard of one of their hotels! Their brand Holiday Inn is
Singapore Airlines (SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore and one of the most highly awarded airlines. SQ was my home-carrier while I lived in Singapore and I traveled a lot with them, both on business and for leisure. I was fortunate enough to fly mostly in Business Class, making it my second most-frequent business
The Hilton chain of hotels is one of the largest in the world, with over 4,200 hotels in 93 countries. And their rewards program makes it easy to earn points via credit cards – with four cards from two issuers. The American Express Hilton Surpass card is AmEx’s best offer – read on whether it’s
This Weeks Deal Dispatch brings you an airline deal to South Africa (which is pretty rare) and the best hotel deal in the rewards world with nights for 5,000 at select IHG hotels (which happens every quarter)!
This week’s Deal Dispatch offers a few great deals for earning and using miles with programs from airberlin, Singapore Airlines and Hilton! Sometimes, you get discounts in the form of lower rates and sometimes as points in the rewards program. If you look at points and miles as just another currency, it can make for
The Accor group has more than 3,700 hotels in 92 countries, making it one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Yet, its LeClub hotel rewards program gets very little coverage in the blogosphere – let’s find out if that lack of coverage is deserved or it is a hidden gem?
Summer is a busy time for hotels all around the world. Even some Asian destinations that experience their rainy season during the Northern summer are receiving a growing number of tourists. That makes it difficult to find hotel bargains and there are slim pickings for hotel reward program promotions. So, here are the ones I
Recently, I reviewed options to get elite status with a Hotel Rewards program by signing up for a credit card (read here). One of the cards with this benefit is the HilonHHonors card from American Express. It was one of my first rewards cards and I signed up for it, because it didn’t carry an