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Chase offered three months of complimentary Marriott Bonvoy Gold Elite status in July to Sapphire Reserve cardholders. You could register anytime until September 30, 2022. If you stayed for 3…

The main purpose of having a hotel room is to have a place to sleep, so many higher-end brands put a special focus on that. They make rooms that are…

Despite putting zero effort into it, we’re going to be Marriott Bonvoy Platinum Elite members for another year. It’s the hotel status we’ve earned every year since 2018, even though…

It was just a couple of days ago that we reported Marriott was opening the world’s first Luxury Collection all-inclusive adult-only resort. And now IHG is getting into the act,…

We’ve booked our fair share of hotels over the years and always have to decide whether to reserve the advance purchase rate or the best refundable rate. Hotels offer a…

Fun fact! The Marriott brand began as, of all things, a root beer stand in 1927. That eventually grew into a restaurant chain which slowly evolved into the Marriott International…

Compared to most of our friends in, for example, Europe, workers in the United States don’t get a whole lot of paid time off (PTO). Unlike countries that have a…

One of the things I most often forget when we travel is cash for tips. It’s proper to tip the airport parking shuttle driver, bartender at the lounge, valet staff,…

For sure, there are famous hotels that have been in movies. But there are some movies where a hotel becomes part of the story. Luckily, with hotel points, you are…

Trying to figure out what type of room you’re booking is difficult enough without hotels giving fancy names to the categories. No hotel is worse than W Hotels. I discovered…