Summer Reflections

I am not able to travel during the summer because of the job I have so we only went away on the weekends.


Hotel chains had great promotions this summer, they wanted to bring people into their hotels so they offered pay for 2 and get 1 weekend night for free. I have not paid for hotels in a very long time but this promotion was well worth the price. Not only did you get a free night, the price for the rooms were so low (it didn't pay to use points)
NYC for $150 per night. We paid for 4 nights and we had 2 free nights which we used for another stay in NYC. We stayed at LeParker Meridian and this weekend the Westin in NYC.

Last weekend we went to Vermont for a free stay at the Equinox Resort and Spa. The place was lovely and the cost for a night over Labor Day weekend was $495 per night. We met some very lovely people, many of them were there using their summer promotion nights(above promotion), but there were many people that paid for their stay and had no idea that they could sign-up for free nights. They knew about airline frequent flier programs but had no idea that hotel chains had the same type programs.

When I told them of all the free hotel stays we have had they were very interested in signing up. Please sign up for every hotel chain, you never know when you might stay at one. If you don't want the hotel points sign up for the points to go into your frequent flier account. DO NOT let the money you spend at a hotel chain go to waste. For me I only need one hotel chain for points (Starwood is my choice) but then if I need to stay somewhere else I have those stays go to an airline frequent flier program.

1-Choice Hotels are still having a promotion stay 3 nights and get another 1 for free.
2-Marriott is having Mega Bonus which members can earn 2500 Mega Bonus points for every stay, starting with your second stay, up to a maximum of 25000 points. You must pay with your VISA card between 9/15-1/15/10 and register by 10/31/09.
3-IHG Priority Club Rewards promotion-earn double points beginning paid stay 9/15-12/15.Registration is required and check out all the details for the promotion on the site.

Please go on the the actual hotel site to read the actual promotion for all the details.

Summer reflections

Because of the job I have I do not travel during the summer except for weekends, so my travels have been limited. We went to the Swan in Orlando over July 4th weekend for free. We used Starwood points. During the summer Starwood and other hotels chains had great promotions that if you paid for 2 stays you would get 1 free weekend night. We actually paid for 4 hotel nights