Traveling soon: How is 5,000 points a night for some great hotels

[TotallyOz]

Check out the list here and it includes a nice hotel in Bangkok!

http://community.ihg.com/t5/Promotions/Point-Breaks/td-p/27691

[Lucky]

My poor Oz! Once a valued member at Inter-Continental hotels, now a member of ...um, Holiday Inn? I thought you had moved your loyalty to Marriott?

I just can't get past the 50's image of Holiday Inn...or was it the 60's?

[TotallyOz]

Lucky,

I love Holiday Inn Express. I stayed at them last year over 100 nights. LOL

I am still with Intercon and Marriott. But, my Intercon points are now over 1 million and I have to use them sometime!

[Lucky]

Comfort, then, is not the priority if you stay at Holiday Inn Express, or so it seems to me. Although I do like Courtyard by Marriott...

[TotallyOz]

I have never had a family member live in a city with a big hotel. It is Holiday Inn Express or Residence Inn. I like both a lot!

[RA1]

My corporate passengers are "thrilled" to be able to stay at HI JR when they are "on the road". We travel to small towns with limited services and amenities extant. Therefore, a room that is "safe" and heated or cooled as appropriate + a buffet breakfast is much appreciated. Having it convenient to our business is a plus.

Everything is relative, eh?

Best regards,

RA1

[paulsf]

Lucky, I hope you get to try the Courtyard in Bangkok some time. It's the best Courtyard in the system.

[mvan1]

My poor Oz! Once a valued member at Inter-Continental hotels, now a member of ...um, Holiday Inn? I thought you had moved your loyalty to Marriott?

I just can't get past the 50's image of Holiday Inn...or was it the 60's?

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To the contrary!

I often travel to many countries but mostly Brazil.

On a recent (non Brazil) trip to Poland, I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Krakow which came highly recommended by travel agents and friends.

Take a look at what Tripadvisor.com has to say about Holiday Inn in Krakow;

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g274772-d277356-Reviews-Holiday_Inn_Krakow_City_Center-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Southern_Poland.html

Now take a look at what tripadvisor.com has to say about Holiday Inn in Thailand (a five- thousand points per night hotel):

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293916-d3657941-Reviews-Holiday_Inn_Bangkok_Sukhumvit_22-Bangkok.html

I am aware that many Holiday Inn hotels are not as nice as many larger chain hotels. However, there are countless exceptions to the general conception of Holiday Inn.

Conclusion:

Prejudice comes in many forms, not just in judging people.

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[Guest zipperzone]

On a recent (non Brazil) trip to Poland, I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Krakow which came highly recommended by travel agents and friends.

That sentence is so funny. Thank God you added (non Brazil) - we might have thought Poland WAS in Brazil

[Guest hitoallusa]

Oh my Oz, you are leaving me out... Your undercover wife aka Anastasia Beaverhausen.. I live in a big city too..

I have never had a family member live in a city with a big hotel. It is Holiday Inn Express or Residence Inn. I like both a lot!

[mvan1]

On a recent (non Brazil) trip to Poland, I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Krakow which came highly recommended by travel agents and friends.

That sentence is so funny. Thank God you added (non Brazil) - we might have thought Poland WAS in Brazil

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I find it puzzling why you found my post "so funny" as to comment as you did.

Could it be that you are not a native English speaker?

The wording in my post modified the previous sentence wherein I stated I travel often to Brazil.

Although you did not "connect the dots" so to speak, you at least found some humor. Therefore, all is well that ends well.

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[AdamSmith]

I find it puzzling why you found my post "so funny" as to comment as you did.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(linguistics)

[mvan1]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(linguistics)

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Learning how to "connect the dots" is an important step to understanding -

http://books.google.com/books?id=kHAG451C8XIC&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=meaning+of+%22failure+to+connect+the+dots%22&source=bl&ots=jDk8KaIxon&sig=Jv8acpTrPeE6tQSh7EBqD0Ys-_E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CNwZUuCBGIaqiQLU-YGYDg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=meaning%20of%20%22failure%20to%20connect%20the%20dots%22&f=false

[RA1]

It has often been said that the English and the US were two countries separated by a common language but I thought Canada fell somewhere in the middle, neither separated nor included.

Best regards,

RA1

[AdamSmith]

Learning how to "connect the dots" is an important step to understanding -

But your concept of Poland not being Brazil is so subtle and elusive.

I just can't connect the...

[RA1]

Now if it had been stated that Krakow was not in Brazil that would have been confusing.

Best regards,

RA1

[Lucky]

Let it be noted that I did qualify my remark on Holiday Inns by stating that I was stuck with the 60's image it had. I joined the conversation more to tease Oz than to comment on the current quality of Holiday Inns as I clearly am not up to date on that. Perhaps if I went to Brazil and stayed at the Krakow Holiday Inn I might like them better!

BTW, I did look at pix of the Holiday Inn at Krakow, Poland, and it does look really nice.

[RA1]

LOL.

Best regards,

RA1

MEM is the home of the founder(s) of HI and even though the Bass PLC now owns them and headquartered in ATL, many of us still appreciate HI in general.

[TownsendPLocke]

Y'all need to follow my friend John's site LoyaltyLobby.com He often has a one or two day jump on information like this(In this case he let his readers know about the pointsbreak list 24 hours before IHG members in the US knew about it. He also posted about a new promotion for IHG members http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/08/25/ihg-rewards-club-win-big-fall-2013-promotion-default-option/#more-9162

[TotallyOz]

Y'all need to follow my friend John's site LoyaltyLobby.com He often has a one or two day jump on information like this(In this case he let his readers know about the pointsbreak list 24 hours before IHG members in the US knew about it. He also posted about a new promotion for IHG members http://loyaltylobby.com/2013/08/25/ihg-rewards-club-win-big-fall-2013-promotion-default-option/#more-9162

It is a good site Townie.

But, for this promo, he posted on his site Aug. 26. I posted on Aug. 24. Just call me the Intercon Insider.

JK

The promo for Win Big really does depend on who you are with them as you can get points based on your stays but if like last years promo, it depends on each person gets different points. I assume this may be the case. I did sign up for this promo yesterday but it requires a lot of work by Dec. 31. I'll play the game though as it gets me near 200,000 points.

As a side note, I have had several friends get 80k points by getting a Credit Card. If you use that for the 5k points, that is 16 nights in Bangkok. Who is coming?