Hilton

This is one post in a series on visiting Paris: 1. Surprising Someone With a Trip to Paris 2. The Newark Lufthansa Senator Lounge 3. Lufthansa Business Class from EWR-FRA 4. The Hilton Frankfurt Airport 5. Roaming Frankfurt Wild 6. The Radisson Blu Le Metropolitan Hotel, Paris Eiffel 7. The Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme 8. Dining in Paris: …

My mother and father are visiting this week, and as per usual, they are staying at a Hilton. They are very loyal to Hilton and had been Gold Status with Hilton for a while.  The benefits to having this status are: Quick Reservations & Check-In based on room preferences Late …

I may not be going for Hilton status anymore, but I do still have it and recently stayed at a Hilton.  Something about free breakfast in the morning is amazing.  (It is tastier because it’s free!)  But I do really like the way the Four Seasons and Hyatt handle their …

The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card I wrote a post earlier about why I don’t actively go after Hilton status.  But there’s another reason not too–which gets into my final credit card application, the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card. The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card offers a signup …

My twitterfeed has been filled with uproar over the change in Hilton Honors’ program the last two days.  And rightfully so!  Some properties’ redemption rate has gone up by 90%.  Insane! While most people are taking their points and running to a different program, I’m sitting here feeling validated for …

Hyatt just released news about a promotion where every 3 nights, you can earn 3,000 points.  (If you have a Hyatt Credit card, you get a 20% bonus on these points too).  This maxes out at 45,000 points, or 45 nights in a three-month period, March 1-May 31st.  Mommy Points …

After my, well, interesting post-it note from the Hampton Inn, I received a friendly note from the Hilton Garden Inn: Again, I was glad to see this. With mid-range hotels, it is hard to tell how clean you should assume they are.  The wet carpet of the Days Inn I …

On a recent trip to Chicago, I had a choice between the equally rated Hilton or Doubletree O’Hare for the same price.  Keri was tagging along, so I thought I’d try something new–and at the very least it would be a blog post.  Boy was I right. I ended up …

In a first ever for me, I arrived at a Hampton Inn Room to find a post-it note reassuring me that my bedding was clean: At first I thought it was silly.  But the more I thought about it, the more I was glad they put the post-it note there.  …

Below are our Freddie Awards ballots for general edification and mostly the amusement of our readers. Disclaimer: We don’t know about programs we haven’t tried. We mostly voted for the programs that made us feel special, not necessarily the ones who provided the most widespread value. YRMV. Best Promotion for Redemption …