BOOK NOW: 108 new IHG PointBreaks hotels for just 5,000 to 15,000 points

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• Paul says:

  27 Nov27 November 06:28

  Great if your Chinese or visiting remote parts of China!

  Not a single EU, north, Central American hotel at 5000 points on the list I saw yesterday, though I note the inclusion of two Texas hotels above. Pretty poor from IHG who have clearly decided that the Chinese market is what they need to focus on.

  I stick with Hilton!

  • Delbert says:

    27 Nov27 November 08:54

    Last week we had a three night stay at Shinjuku Hilton (cash-paying punter). What a great hotel. Our first time at a Hilton, btw.

    • Mark says:

      27 Nov27 November 11:23

      I loved that Hilton too, they upgraded up to an exec room with a wet room. Hilton Gold gets you treated very well in Asia from my experience.

      • Mr Dee says:

        27 Nov27 November 17:28

        agree

• Tim W says:

  27 Nov27 November 09:26

  “I am stunned to see anything in the UAE available during peak holiday periods.”
  You won’t catch me ever visiting the UAE given recent events.

  • BlueHorizonuk says:

    27 Nov27 November 09:44

    If you aren’t a spy then not sure what the issue is.

    • Anna says:

      27 Nov27 November 09:47

      Well, 5 minute trials in a foreign language with no legal representation for starters…

    • Kai says:

      27 Nov27 November 11:50

      +1 Luckily it was UAE not some tougher countries where he could have spent years in prison!

    • Paul says:

      27 Nov27 November 12:04

      Or gay. Or one of many other reasons I can think of for not ever going there

  • Anna says:

    27 Nov27 November 09:46

    +1

    • BlueHorizonuk says:

      27 Nov27 November 09:49

      It’s not like they jail thousands of brits each year for spying. This was a one-off case meaning there was a lot more to the story than what the government and/or media have been saying about it.

      • Anna says:

        27 Nov27 November 12:26

        Whether he was guilty or not, a fair trial is a human right – and I’m generally involved in prosecutions!

  • Mr Dee says:

    27 Nov27 November 17:32

    For fair comparison, what do people see the plus points of visiting?

    • Shoestring says:

      27 Nov27 November 17:47

      Well it’s not the sightseeing or history/ culture. Nothing to see.

      I guess it’ll mostly be guaranteed heat & sun out of European season, pool, beach if you look hard, quality international food, decent hotels, souk & shopping, not as far to go as somewhere better such as Thailand.

      Fwiw I’ve been & would never dream of returning given numerous other superior options. Horrible, stifling place – but if you want a hotel holiday in the sun, fair enough, horses for courses.

    • Rob says:

      27 Nov27 November 17:57

      Astonishingly high quality hotels, guaranteed good weather, world class eating and shopping, short and cheap flights from the UK, excellent beaches, desert adventure trips, exceptionally practical for kids (excellent healthcare, huge hypermarkets selling UK brands of baby milk, nappies etc), silly stuff like the dancing fountains / ski slopes, 100% English speaking. You can begin to add to that world class museums and some decent theatre / opera (eg La Perle in Dubai).

      • Will says:

        27 Nov27 November 19:52

        Some good golf courses too

      • marcw says:

        27 Nov27 November 21:11

        You do it once, and that’s it! It is a boring place: you may have the most amazing infrastructure, shopping malls… bla bla bla… but if a place lacks interesting things to do… you go once, and that’s it. And it is also very fake, no charm, no nothing, nada.

      • Shoestring says:

        27 Nov27 November 21:29

        @Will – I think you might qualify that. Isn’t it mostly sand with a bit of grass thrown in around teeing off & the 18 holes?

      • Mr Dee says:

        28 Nov28 November 03:48

        Thanks I have not been and was curious.

      • Alex Sm says:

        28 Nov28 November 12:40

        @marcw The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The same applies to “interesting”, so subjective.
        Rob provided a good bunch of reasons – all perfectly valid (at least for 1 or 2 trip for definite)

      • Shoestring says:

        28 Nov28 November 17:42

        Raffles – istr you have good family reasons to go, ie visiting the rellies. If those reasons didn’t exist – and you weren’t going for business reasons – would UAE even figure in your holiday destination plans ever again?

        • Rob says:

          28 Nov28 November 17:49

          We went before we had the kids and before the rellies moved. If you only have a week off it is far easier than Asia, say, where you are on Day 3 before the jet lag clears. No reason to go for longer than 5-6 days though.

      • Leo says:

        28 Nov28 November 18:03

        Excellent beaches? Really?

• rob says:

  27 Nov27 November 09:58

  Slightly OT: I need to book a few different hotels in different brands (Hilton, Marriot, IHG) for stays at the end of Jan. When do the chains release their points bonuses for around then? If it’s in the next week or 2 I can hold off from booking.

  Thanks

  • Anna says:

    27 Nov27 November 12:29

    What do you mean by bonuses? Hilton have got a bonus offer on buying points until mid December, I’m not aware if they ever do “sales” of points nights? (It would be great if they did, I have 3 nights in NYC in May and there’s nothing for less than 70,000 per night).

    • Alan says:

      27 Nov27 November 12:33

      I’m guessing he’s meaning the different promos most chains have on? IHG (sometimes) and Accor (almost always) have requirements to book after a certain date but Hilton (and ?Marriott) pretty much always honour them for existing bookings too.

      • Anna says:

        27 Nov27 November 13:04

        That would make sense! I think Hilton might have one at the moment, I recall signing up for something recently.

        • Alan says:

          27 Nov27 November 13:05

          Yes they’re doing double base points just now, although very slow to post after IT merger!

  • Lady London says:

    27 Nov27 November 20:06

    You could book something flexible and then rebook if a promotion you like comes along?

• Alex Sm says:

  28 Nov28 November 12:42

  These two Japanese places (apart from Hiroshima) made me do a lot of googling as I never heard of them before. Now I have a new place on my bucket list for my next trip to Japan – Matsuyama.

  PS Warsaw Indigo hotel is a must – well located and the building/decor are amazing, stayed there with my partner in Aug 2017

  • Beppo says:

    28 Nov28 November 19:16

    Matsuyama (and Shikoku) is a nice play for your maybe third/forth trip to Japan. Not many tourists, nice hikes (the most important pilgrimage route is there), onsen, a little bit slow to navigate with public transport though.
    I have enjoyed it.

    • Alex Sm says:

      29 Nov29 November 15:46

      I have been four times to Japan already, but hopefully it will still be good for the fifth trip? 😉 thanks for insights, it looks exactly like a place my partner and I would like to visit

• Beppo says:

  28 Nov28 November 19:19

  How about that IC Medellin?
  I will be there in February and wonder if it is too far away, safe area, still suitable for a holiday, etc…

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