I wrote about this last week, but I wanted to mention it again in case you didn’t see it or meant to book something but forgot. The deadline to book this 50% off award sale is August 28th (Sunday)
IHG is currently offering 50% off awards for a variety of hotels and resorts in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. You need to book by August 28th and stay between September 1st – October 30th, 2016
There are 23 hotels participating in the promotion, in 5 different Latin American / Caribbean countries. Here are the new point values during the promotional period
Mexico
- Holiday Inn Express Manzanillo – 7,500 points / night
- Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Del Rio – 12,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Ciudad Del Carmen – 7,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Ciudad Del Carmen – 7,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Veracruz Boca del Rio – 12,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Veracruz Boca del Rio – 12,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Campeche – 7,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Playa Del Carmen – 7,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Resort Ixtapa – 25,00 points / night (all inclusive resort)
- Holiday Inn Resort Los Cabos – 17,500 points / night (all inclusive resort)
- InterContinental Presidente Cancun Resort – 15,000 points / night
- InterContinental Presidente Cozumel Resort Spa – 20,000 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Puerto Vallarta – 10,000 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Cabo San Lucas – 7,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Cancun Arenas – 17,500 points / night (all inclusive resort)
Panama
- InterContinental Miramar Panama – 15,000 points / night
- Holiday Inn Panama Canal – 7,500 points / night
- Crowne Plaza Panama – 12,500 points / night
Jamaica
- Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay – 17,500 points / night (all inclusive resort)
Aruba
- Holiday Inn Resort Aruba-Beach Resort & Casino – 15,000 points / night
Colombia
- Holiday Inn Cartagena Morros – 12,500 points / night
- Holiday Inn Express Cartagena Bocagrande – 10,000 points / night
Puerto Rico
Using points at an all-inclusive resort can be a pretty good way to maximize your points. If you look at something like the Holiday Inn Resort® Montego Bay, a 1 night stay for 4 people costs $202, or 17,500 points
That’s 1.15 cents per point, which is a pretty good redemption for an IHG point. If you look back at the Daily Getaways from two weeks ago, you could buy 75,000 points (enough for 4 nights) for $443, compared to paying $808! You can actually get it a bit cheaper as you can manufacture IHG points as low as 0.6 cents per point, which would count those 75,000 points for as low as $420.
Good luck out there and happy booking!
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I stayed at the Holiday Inn Los Canoe in June during the same promotion. The food was terrible, the drinks watered down, and the beach is unswimable. The staff was very good though. I would say it’s a meh deal at 17.5k.
Thanks for the post Dan, as I’d somehow missed it.
I’ve stayed at HI Montego Bay before, when it was still “Sunspree” — a fine place, with lots of repeat loyal visitors. (and plat members get treated very well there) Wasn’t quite as “super” as Hyatt Zilara/Ziva pairing, but still quite enjoyable, including the entertainment, food, and nice, if crowded beach…. These fall time slots should be better…. if weather holds. Only prob. with Jamaica these days is every escalating taxes on the flights…. (grrrr)
Went to Aruba last fall…. the HI there is aging, and we found ourselves first two nights in a back room (as in away from the ocean) — and were treated to 12 hours a day of horrendous jackhammer action from nearby restaurant (which actually stayed open amid the dust)….. but they did move us to one of the few ocean-front rooms – very nice. Aruba waters are super placid — sooo very nice. Alas, you get a great view of two surreal sights…. massive drilling ships just off the coast….
Am tempted to try Los Cabos this year — yet heard about the beach/surf problems there too. Anybody been there recently?
Two quick footnotes:
1. If anything interests folks, I’d say book it now — don’t wait til Aug. 28th. (last year several of the properties, including Aruba, dropped off availability well before the booking dealine)
2. re. the obvious — the season & the reason for the discounts….. make travel arrangements that you can cancel. (or insure)…. Southwest again comes to the head of the class.
Booked us to Montego Bay the first day they were bookable at 17,500. Can’t wait to get there!
Awesome! Sounds like a great time!
The Intercontinental Cozumel is coming up as 40,000 points per not rather than 20,000.