Since I’ve now updated our Complete Maps, I decided to go through each chain and pick out the best deals.
The idea is that category 1 hotels can cost a fraction of the top tier hotels, and yet some are actually really nice or in great locations.
For example, you could get 19 nights at a category 1 Hilton for the price of 1 night at the top tier… and that’s before 5th night free. And still 9 nights of a category 2, which actually has decent hotels.
Generally, these are hotels I would actually want to visit because of the hotel and destination. Maybe I wouldn’t go back and spend a lot of time in Jakarta, but I seem to layover there a bit, so I included it.
IHG
Category 1 = 10,000 IHG points
Holiday Inn Express : Lisbon – Alfragide
Holiday Inn : Porto – Gaia
Holiday Inn : Lyon – Vaise
Holiday Inn : Skopje
Holiday Inn : Thessaloniki
Holiday Inn Express : Shanghai Putuo
Near the downtown Holiday Inn Skopje
Category 2 = 15,000 IHG points
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Eugene Downtown – University
Holiday Inn Express : Quito ?
Holiday Inn Express & Suites : Medellin ?
Holiday Inn Express : Cape Town City Centre
Holiday Inn : Sandton – Rivonia Road (boring mall like area)
Holiday Inn : Mauritius Mon Tresor (at airport, but good if you rent a car)
Holiday Inn : Dubai – Downtown Dubai
Holiday Inn : Amman (?))
Holiday Inn : Lisbon
Holiday Inn : Andorra
Holiday Inn : Bordeaux – Sud Pessac
Holiday Inn : Salerno – Cava de’ Tirreni (requires car?, but beautiful area)
Holiday Inn : Krakow City Centre
Holiday Inn : Kiev
Holiday Inn : Baku
Holiday Inn Resort : Phuket Mai Khao Beach Resort (I don’t like Phuket, but if you fly in, this is a remote oasis).
Holiday Inn : Tbilisi
Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Siam (paid rate was only $50 when I was last there)
Many HI in Chengdu
Holiday Inn : Central Plaza Beijing
Holiday Inn : Suva (?)
The rooms on the first floor at the Holiday Inn Resort : Phuket Mai Khao Beach Resort has a balcony that goes straight into a pool:
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May 12, 2014 at 9:49pm PDT
Category 3 = 20,000 IHG points
Holiday Inn Resort : Vanuatu
Holiday Inn Express Hong Kong Mongkok (?)
Category 4 = 25,000 IHG points
InterContinental : Asiana Saigon Residences
InterContinental : Nha Trang
InterContinental : Hanoi Westlake
SPG
Let me quick say that the Sheraton Dubrovnik for 3,000 SPG points (on weekends) is an amazing deal. Friends have said it’s awesome. The picture is from Bart.La – whom I got to see show it off on instagram/snapchat.
Category 1 = 2,000 – 3,000 SPG points
Le Méridien N’Fis – Marrakech, Morocco
All over India & China
Four Points by Sheraton Medellin
Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Resort & Spa
Category 2 = 3,000 – 4,000 SPG points
Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera Hotel (!)
Four Points by Sheraton Bolzano (?)
Sheraton Athlone Hotel
Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort, Thailand
Le Méridien Angkor, Cambonia
Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel
Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort, Lombok
Sheraton Hanoi Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn (?)
Le Méridien Chiang Rai Resort
Category 3 = 7,000 SPG points
Sheraton Fuerteventura Beach, Golf & Spa Resort
Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Resort
Hilton
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sighisoara – Cavaler
Category 1 = 5,000 Hilton HHonors points
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sighisoara – Cavaler
Hilton Alexandria Corniche
Hilton Salalah Resort
Category 2 = 10,000 Hilton HHonors points
Hampton by Hilton Bogota – Usaquen (?)
Hampton by Hilton Cluj-Napoca
Hilton Garden Inn Hanoi (?)
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Beijing
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur (HT: Howie)
Category 3 = 20,000 Hilton HHonors points
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sukhumvit Bangkok
Hilton Garden Inn Sevilla
Category 4 = 20,000 – 30,000 Hilton HHonors points
Hilton Nairobi (?)
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Zanzibar – Stone Town
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Queenstown
Hyatt
Hyatt Regency Kathmandu
Category 1 = 5,000 Hyatt points
Hyatt Place Los Cabos
Hyatt Regency Kathmandu
Hyatt Regency Kolkata
Park Hyatt Chennai
Hyatt Regency Kinabalu
Category 2 = 8,000 Hyatt points
Park Hyatt Mendoza
Hyatt Regency Mumbai
Hyatt Place Yerevan (?)
Hyatt Regency Montreal
Hyatt Regency Osaka
Hyatt Regency Xi’an
Category 3 = 12,000 Hyatt points
Grand Hyatt Amman
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin
Hyatt Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi
Hyatt Regency Tokyo
Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur
Marriott
Category 1 = 7,500 Marriott points
Courtyard Guayaquil
Protea hotels all over Africa!
Protea Hotel by Marriott Kruger Gate
Category 2 – 10,000 Marriott points
JW Marriott Absheron Baku
JW Marriott Hotel Medan (sometimes only $50)
Mulu Marriott Resort & Spa
Category 3 = 15,000 Marriott points
JW Marriott Hotel Beijing Central
Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel
JW Marriott Hotel Chengdu
JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi
JW Marriott Hotel Jakarta
JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel
Courtyard Gdynia Waterfront
Renaissance Santo Domingo Jaragua Hotel & Casino
JW Marriott Hotel Chengdu
Category 4 = 20,000 Marriott Points
Courtyard Hong Kong Sha Tin
Club Carlson
Category 2 = 15,000 Club Carlson points
Radisson Blu Resort, El Quseir
Park Inn by Radisson Meriton Conference & Spa Hotel Tallinn (?)
Park Inn By Radisson Berlin City-West (?)
Radisson Blu Beke Hotel, Budapest (crappy hotel, good location)
Radisson Blu Hotel Chennai City Centre (?)
Radisson Blu Haridwar (?)
Balcony at the Radisson Blu Resort, El Quseir:
Radisson Blu Resort, El Quseir
Map of low category hotels
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