Getting Started – Hotels

For many travelers staying in hotels represents a large portion of their vacation costs. If you want to save on your vacations, I suggest you start by joining at least two hotel loyalty programs. Some of you prefer to use … Continue reading

Attaining Hotel Status – NYT Article

The New York Times has an interesting article, How to Attain Hotel Elite Status. This article discusses some of the benefits of four hotel programs – Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Starwood. Here is the link to the article Hotel Status. … Continue reading

Hotel Totals and Close to Two Million Points and Miles in 2011

In 2011 my husband and I earned almost 800,000 hotel points. Here is the breakdown: Starwood 218,000 (86,000 plus 7 free nights worth 132,000 points) Priority Club 155,000 (130,000 plus one free night worth 25,000 points) Club Carlson 120,000 Hyatt … Continue reading