BOOK NOW: 200 IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks hotels bookable

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• JamesB says:

  30 Jan30 January 06:44

  Given that all pointbreaks used to be 5000 points, the relatively small number of 5000 point properties on this new list is notable.

• Paul Giddings says:

  30 Jan30 January 06:46

  My partner and I stayed at the Crowne Plaza Five Lakes last summer and it was, quite frankly, a dump. So much so in fact that my partner and I checked out the same day we arrived. No wonder it’s only 10,000 points per night.

• BP says:

  30 Jan30 January 06:47

  Snapped up 2 nights at Crowne Plaza Vientiane. Already had a reward booking so saves some points!

  Looks like the nicest Crowne Plaza in the world. Almost IC standard rooms judging by the photos.

• Simon says:

  30 Jan30 January 07:04

  The Hammersmith HIX is arguably better than Wandsworth if you want to be “in London”. Bit of a drag to the tube, particularly with bags – but then you’ve got 3 lines, including to Heathrow, once you are there. Buzzier neighbourhood as well.
  Felbridge Crowne Plaza is worth looking at if flying from Gatwick. It’s on the north west edge of East Grinstead. If you don’t drive then you’re looking at a taxi to/from East Grinstead station (1hr from Victoria) and to/from the airport.

  • David says:

    30 Jan30 January 10:33

    The issue is 15k points.
    Even with point inflation I would still value these at £60 minimum.

    On most days that has got to be beatable by cash, potentially in a better location.

    • Michael Jennings says:

      30 Jan30 January 11:56

      Yeah, the advantage of everything in a sale being 5000 points is that this is so cheap that any hotel in the sale you can make work for you is a bargain – pretty much always. At 15,000 you are going to want to check cash prices, and alternative hotels, etc etc, except in a few cases. (Those three hotels in Helsinki are undoubtedly bargains, for instance).

    • Tommy says:

      30 Jan30 January 11:59

      £60 has to be beatable to be cash? On most days? In central London, and in a better location?

      As someone who stays in London often, this doesn’t sound plausible.

      • Lady London says:

        30 Jan30 January 12:06

        With reach of Central London in reasonable locations without too long a journey, Yes you’d definitely check cash options against 15,000 points. IHG isn’t the only chain out there and many of their hotels are fine for cash most of the time. So are other people’s hotels.

        If you’re looking for something during the Easter holidays or other peak period though, yes 15,000 points is worth considering.

      • David says:

        30 Jan30 January 16:59

        For this level of ‘central’ London (I wouldn’t call it central London, but it’s not Heathrow either) yes I’d say so – beatable with cash.

        If you are willing to go off chain, unquestionably.

• Tony says:

  30 Jan30 January 07:05

  I’ve said some unkind things about the Holiday Inn Express Wandsworth in my time but never that it’s “opposite the municipal tip” because it isn’t. The recycling site is 100 metres up the road. It’s actually between the B&Q car park and the BP petrol station, which has an M&S mini food store BTW, opposite Homebase on the other side of the Old York Road bypass, and 100 metres or so from the 24h Mcdonalds on the Wandsworth Bridge roundabout. The nearest tube station is Fulham Broadway, a 10 minute bus ride away on a good day, 40 minutes or more on a bad day, and the number 44 bus will take you all the way into Central London if you want to take the scenic route. Alternatively take the train 4 stops to Waterloo from Wandsworth Town Station just across the road, or 3 stops to Victoria, changing at Clapham Junction.

  • Doug M says:

    30 Jan30 January 07:18

    Also Wandsworth Town is one of those small village like areas in London that have become an estate agents dream. Decent restaurant choices and a good Young’s pub.

    • Rob says:

      30 Jan30 January 08:09

      Agreed, although only been through it once despite my many tip and Roche Bobois trips (and a mattress run to the HIX once).

• mark2 says:

  30 Jan30 January 07:24

  Crowne Plaza Venice East – Quarto D’Altino is not in Venice or even very near.

  • John says:

    30 Jan30 January 09:19

    It’s in la città metropolitana di Venezia which is in la provincia di Venezia, just like the Newbury Park one is in London.

  • Allan says:

    30 Jan30 January 22:59

    But its right next to the train station and you can park.

• Robert says:

  30 Jan30 January 07:32

  TBH I find this a devaluation of the Pointbreaks offer, and while there might be a couple of decent properties, there really is nothing to get excited about, and most of them now require more points than before.

  • Prins Polo says:

    30 Jan30 January 08:53

    OMG someone should tell IHG that Brazil is not in North America…

    • Rob says:

      30 Jan30 January 08:59

      Probably my fault actually ….

    • Roger I* says:

      30 Jan30 January 09:48

      Ditto Panama and Colombia.

  • Mr Dee says:

    30 Jan30 January 09:25

    Better to have some discount on properties that some may book than a load of rubbish ones

• Ed Chrome says:

  30 Jan30 January 09:26

  I had never used points break before but the attraction of a UK hotel break with a pool etc. for 5,000 points a night was enough to make me take out the IHG premium card.

  Shame these have disappeared for the UK.

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