Hotel Loyalty Programs

Hilton Honors has launched its new summer promotion, and this time it’s bringing back another familiar name: More Nights, More Points. That follows the Points Unlimited promotion Hilton offered earlier …

Most travelers assume hotel room assignments are pretty simple. You check in, they hand you a key, and that’s that. In reality, assigning rooms can be a daily puzzle involving …

The outrage of the day in the Hyatt world is that Park Hyatt Sydney and Park Hyatt Tokyo are apparently being treated as resorts for late checkout purposes. That matters …

The Marriott Bonvoy program’s Terms and Conditions webpage scrolls on seemingly forever. When your program encompasses dozens of different brands worldwide, there are endless exceptions and carve-outs that need to …

The largest hotel chain in the world is Marriott International, which, as of early 2026, reported roughly $20.77 billion in revenue. The company was founded in 1927 by John Willard …

Hyatt has released its 2026 hotel category changes, and while this happens every year, the implications are getting harder to ignore. If this feels familiar, that’s because it is. Hyatt …

When Americans first start traveling overseas, there’s a natural tendency to look for hotel names they already know. That’s how we ended up staying at a Best Western on our …

Hyatt has always had a different kind of loyalty following. It’s smaller than Marriott or Hilton, the elite program has historically felt more meaningful, and many longtime guests stuck with …

Citi is quietly making one of its lesser-known transfer partners a lot less useful. If you’ve ever moved ThankYou points to hotel programs—or even just like having backup options for …

It’s surprisingly easy to waste a Marriott Free Night Certificate. Not by letting it expire—although that happens more often than people admit—but by using it for the wrong stay. On …