Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has launched a very generous promotion which could allow you to earn a significant number of .....

Le Club Accorhotels, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Sofitel, Ibis, Mercure, M Gallery, Pullman etc, has .....

4 May 20154 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

A lot of good hotel promotions ended on April 30th with no obvious replacements.  As we are now into May, I thought it was worth doing a quick recap of the best hotel promotions currently available. .....

A lot of good hotel promotions ended on April 30th with no obvious replacements.  As we are now into May, I .....

3 May 20153 May 2015 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

News in brief: Qatar Airways 2-4-1 sale has tickets under £800 I won’t write about this in huge detail because I have covered the recent Qatar Airways ‘£800 tickets to Asia’ a .....

News in brief: Qatar Airways 2-4-1 sale has tickets under £800 I won’t write about this in huge detail .....

27 Apr 201527 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Le Club Accorhotels loyalty scheme. This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus. .....

In my article yesterday, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Le Club Accorhotels loyalty scheme. This .....

11 Apr 201511 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the scheme, the other .....

This is the fifth of our overview series of the main hotel loyalty schemes. Each scheme will be covered over .....

10 Apr 201510 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major hotel loyalty schemes. Each programme will be covered in two posts on consecutive days: The .....

Starting tomorrow and continuing over Easter, I am running updated versions of our overviews of the major .....

1 Apr 20151 April 2015 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

I wrote last week about how the Sofitel Heathrow hotel, the five-star directly connected to Terminal 5, was being offered cheaply via lastminute.com and their ‘top secret hotels’ .....

I wrote last week about how the Sofitel Heathrow hotel, the five-star directly connected to Terminal 5, was .....

30 Mar 201530 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

News in brief: Accor’s 3-4-2 global sale returns Accor, parent of Ibis, Novotel, Sofitel (Sofitel St James pictured below), Mercure, Pullman, M Gallery and other chains, has brought back its .....

News in brief: Accor’s 3-4-2 global sale returns Accor, parent of Ibis, Novotel, Sofitel (Sofitel St .....

29 Mar 201529 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Two interesting new promotions from Le Club Accorhotels have appeared. 250 bonus Accor points (worth €5) on your next stay Via this link, you can register for a promotion which offers 250 Le Club .....

Two interesting new promotions from Le Club Accorhotels have appeared. 250 bonus Accor points (worth €5) on .....

27 Mar 201527 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

If you collect Avios points via your hotel stays, there are two hotel schemes which let you earn in Iberia Plus and British Airways, but where Iberia Plus is more lucrative. The origins of this date .....

If you collect Avios points via your hotel stays, there are two hotel schemes which let you earn in Iberia .....

21 Mar 201521 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Last Thursday I was at a major London charity event with a friend.  Unfortunately, this event was serving fruit flavoured cocktails which appeared to contain disproportionately large amounts of .....

Last Thursday I was at a major London charity event with a friend.  Unfortunately, this event was serving .....

19 Mar 201519 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

News in brief: Massively inconvenient Indian Visa changes for British visitors This story had passed me by until a HfP reader emailed me this week to tell me how much money he has lost due to changes .....

News in brief: Massively inconvenient Indian Visa changes for British visitors This story had passed me by .....

18 Mar 201518 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible deal.  The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but .....

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible .....

11 Mar 201511 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near Heathrow Airport in March. The Mercure London Heathrow Hotel is shown here on the Accor website. .....

Mercure, the four-star brand owned by Accor and part of Le Club Accorhotels, is opening a property near .....

8 Mar 20158 March 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments