Free Hotel Upgrades
If you’ll stay at any chain hotel or motel, apply online ahead of time for their free ‘frequent visitor’ card. You don’t have to carry the card, just store your account number in your cellphone. The nicer the hotel, the more free stuff they have available to give you, so your mileage may vary. Each branch of a hotel chain can have a different plan.
For example, we recently stayed at a Hilton Hotel. Having their HHonors card meant:
- we didn’t stand in line to check in,
- we got a free room upgrade near the top floor of the building (with a fabulous view),
- free choice of newspapers every day,
- nice free Starbucks breakfasts every day for both of us, or
- for $7, an upgrade to the $29 buffet, including tips,
- discounts on other hotel services, and
- free bottled water from the mini-bar.
Those extras would have easily cost us $300+ over 5 days. We saved an easy 50 bucks just in tips.
Our traveling companions didn’t fare so well. They had a view of the pool, paid $29 for breakfast, and read our old papers. They bought bottled water.
(I’m Sorry!! I thought everybody knew about this stuff.)
Some hotels have free happy-hour drinks. Some have nice free sack lunches, or ???.
All free, and you’ll be treated better. Just sign up online at their website.
Charlie Gosh
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