If you are planning a trip to Manchester before the end of the year, Travelzoo is running two good hotel deals at the moment. Your Travelzoo voucher is fully refundable if you end up not using it, so .....

If you are planning a trip to Manchester before the end of the year, Travelzoo is running two good hotel deals .....

20 Mar 202120 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

Hilton has brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  What makes this offer different to the last one is that the annual .....

Hilton has brought back its offer of a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy .....

20 Mar 202120 March 2021 by Rob Burgess

I spent 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. I had to use a variety of techniques to get the cost of this trip down, since we booked at short notice and hotel costs were not far .....

I spent 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. I had to use a variety of techniques to get .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

I was doing some tidying up of broken links on HfP when I discovered that two of our favourite Hilton properties were throwing up 404 errors, meaning that their webpages had disappeared. The first is .....

I was doing some tidying up of broken links on HfP when I discovered that two of our favourite Hilton .....

3 Mar 20213 March 2021 by Rob Burgess

Hilton has extended its ‘3 for 2’ offer for its most luxurious hotels in Europe.  Even better, this can be combined with the extra benefits that come via Hilton’s Impresario scheme .....

Hilton has extended its ‘3 for 2’ offer for its most luxurious hotels in Europe.  Even better, .....

24 Feb 202124 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Travelzoo is currently selling prepaid vouchers for a number of high-end hotels in major cities across Europe and beyond. You can see the list here. It’s a simple formula. You buy a voucher .....

Travelzoo is currently selling prepaid vouchers for a number of high-end hotels in major cities across Europe .....

17 Feb 202117 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

When we compare the major hotel loyalty schemes on Head for Points, we generally look at them in terms of the number of nights you need to stay. For most people, this is the correct approach. Whilst .....

When we compare the major hotel loyalty schemes on Head for Points, we generally look at them in terms of the .....

12 Feb 202112 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

With very little fanfare, presumably because this is not necessarily the best time to be spending the marketing budget, Hilton has opened a new resort in Qatar, around 85km from Doha. It looks very .....

With very little fanfare, presumably because this is not necessarily the best time to be spending the .....

4 Feb 20214 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 131 comments

Hilton Honors has historically offered some excellent Formula 1 redemptions for points due to its sponsorship of the McLaren team. A new virtual event is now available. For 15,000 Hilton Honors .....

Hilton Honors has historically offered some excellent Formula 1 redemptions for points due to its sponsorship .....

2 Feb 20212 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win Hilton Honors Gold status on Wednesday. I particularly want to thank the seven readers who got in touch during the day and also offered to give .....

Thank you to everyone who entered our competition to win Hilton Honors Gold status on Wednesday. I .....

29 Jan 202129 January 2021 by Rob Burgess

I just realised that I have only four days left to give away Hilton Honors Gold status to a friend. This is a special benefit that Hilton Honors gave to all Diamond members in December, but it must be .....

I just realised that I have only four days left to give away Hilton Honors Gold status to a friend. This is a .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Hilton Honors has launched (another) promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The Hilton ‘buy points’ page is here.  You have until 5th March to buy. Regular readers .....

Hilton Honors has launched (another) promotion offering a 100% bonus when you purchase 15,000+ points. The .....

27 Jan 202127 January 2021 by Rob Burgess

Hilton Honors has offered a status challenge program for years, letting you match your elite status from Marriott Bonvoy, IHG Rewards Club etc for Hilton Gold or Diamond. Hilton has now reduced the .....

Hilton Honors has offered a status challenge program for years, letting you match your elite status from .....

16 Jan 202116 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and have them all count as qualifying nights for elite status or for a promotion? I’m not .....

Is it possible to book multiple rooms at the same property on the same night, earn points from them all and .....

7 Jan 20217 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments