Agreed, and check if breakfast is included in the price.
]]>I agree! Hotel.com has been my go-to for the same reason. Also if you use enough nights in one year you get special discounts and added free nights to use ANYWHERE in their system. They also list smaller places, and I’ve even seen them listing nights for cheaper than the hotel’s website. If you travel at least once a year, your reward nights will NEVER expire. (They expire after one year from your last booking, even if you earned the free night years ago) So you can save them up free nights and Europe and spend them at a resort in Asia (or similar) to stretch the dollar value of each night. Last time I used about 5 at a resort in Croatia.
]]>Tried this method last time I traveled and found myself a good deal.
]]>You didn’t mention Hotels.com (that I noticed) and we use them exclusively. While I can probably find slightly cheaper rates if I use multiple services, I think the Hotels.com Rewards Program is wonderful.
For every 10 nights you stay at ANY participating hotel, you get 1 Free night to use at ANY participating hotel. The value of the Free night is based on the average price of those 10 stays.
Additionally, over the last 10 years when I have had the need to use their customer support they have gone above and beyond not just to make sure my problem was resolved but to make sure I was happy with the resolution.
]]>Agree, that’s not bad… I only use the $5 plan because I don’t travel much but that has worked for me so far…
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