Hotel Loyalty Programs

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 …

There’s a good chance the “independent” hotel you booked recently wasn’t really independent at all. Choosing a hotel used to be pretty simple. There was a clear difference between staying …

For years, one of the more frustrating parts of the Marriott Bonvoy program has been trying to use Free Night Awards. These are the free nights you get from credit …

Owning stock in a publicly traded company is a way to potentially earn money. You always hear wild stories about people who purchased stock in a company, and X amount …