Marriott Fall Mega Bonus 2017

Marriott has offered this promotion before and I think it is one our family will participate in again this year.

From the website:

“Get a free night after two stays* with MegaBonus^®—and unlock more. Register from September 6 to November 30, 2017.

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• Register by November 30, 2017
• Stay at any of our participating hotels and resorts worldwide between September 12 and January 15, 2018
• Earn a free night after two paid stays*.

Book direct to get our lowest rates worldwide. When you’re ready, redeem points for free nights, flights, exclusive experiences and so much more.

Earn a free night – and more bonus points for your stays through January 15, 2018.

*A ‘stay’ is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.”

Register here: Marriott Promo

 

 

Power of Three Promotion for Marriott, SPG and Ritz-Carlton Rewards

Unlock the power of three.

Marriott Rewards®, SPG® and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® are linked to provide you with even more earning opportunities, including our newest promotions: Marriott Rewards MegaBonus®, SPG Double Take and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards Rewarding Adventures.

• Register separately for each by March 15, 2017.
• Double your earnings on your first three stays with each program from January 16 through April 15, 2017.

You can register each account here: http://members.marriott.com/news/

 

 

Marriott 2016 Summer Global Promotion

Marriott has a new summer promotion that earns bonus points starting with your second stay after registering.

Marriott Megabonus

Earn a free night — and unlock your new bonus points offer. Let your winnings begin.

See Details

It’s a win-win-win:

• Register by April 15, 2016
• Stay at participating properties between February 1 – May 15, 2016
• Win #1: Earn a free night after two stays
• Win #2: Unlock your new bonus points offer – and register when it appears in your online account
• Win #3: Every stay counts at 4,000+ hotels worldwide

Remember to book direct on Marriott.com.

You win some, you win some more with MegaBonus.

More information here: http://www.marriott.com/rewards/promotion.mi?promotion=MS16

Residence Inn Alamo Place

We spent our one night in San Antonio at the Residence Inn Downtown/Alamo Plaza.  We had many Marriott choices when picking where we wanted to stay.  Husband had his free anniversary stay certificate to use for our trip so we needed a category 5 or lower Marriott.  We could have done the Fairfield Inn across the street, Sprinhill Suites or Towneplace Suites all in the same area.  Residence Inn had a one bedroom suite available so they won by default.

The hotel is a five minute walk from the riverwalk.  Its so close!  Even closer is the Alamo!

Our one bedroom looked just like any other Residence Inn so I must not have taken a picture of our room.  Daughter was pleased to take over the couch and her own tv.  We were a bit worn from our hike earlier so Daughter elected not to visit the pool with Husband and I .  The pool are was empty at 4pm and we had the hot tub to ourselves.

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Night in Round Rock

We took our annual Christmas vacation last week.  I guess its annual now that we were discussing where we were going next year on Christmas night.  This years destination was middle Texas.  Husband wanted seafood and beach. I wanted BBQ and the kid is along for the trip.

We flew in Saturday afternoon to Austin.  I had two night reserved in Austin starting Sunday that could not be adjusted since they were booked in April under the second night free policy.  I really needed a place to sleep and did not want to use many points for it.

I used the hotel reward mapper site and found a Residence Inn in Round Rock that is only 15,000 points a night for a one bedroom.  A little leg work on Tripadvisor showed me there was enough to do in the area for 24 hours before moving onto Austin.

Residence Inn Round Rock

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Marriott MegaBonus is Back

Marriott is offering another MegaBonus opportunity.  Apparently there are four offers floating around. You will not know which offer you receive until you sign into your account and enroll.

Residence Inn Holland Michigan

I have stayed at this location a few times for work.  We find Residence Inns to be very consistent and solid.  I was very surprised on my last stay to be upgraded to a room with a fireplace.

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Residence Inn Holland studio w/ fireplace.

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The suites area very basic, kitchenette, tv, couch and a bed off to one side of the room.  The bathroom comes off next to the bed area.

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Residence Inn Holland

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Residence Inn Holland

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They also offer a nice pool and hot tub area.  And a small gym.

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Residence Inn Holland pool

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I always find the staff to be very friendly at this location.  They even had a nice gentleman helping us dig out our cars after a heavy snow last month.

More information here: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/grrho-residence-inn-holland/

631 Southpointe Ridge Road  Holland  Michigan  49423  USA 

Rates are generally $99 for a basic studio room and up to $159 0r the two room suites.

Residence Inn Grand Rapids Airport

We had a very late return flight and I hate to drive a couple of hours after landing in the dark.  Usually in those situations we figure the cost of a hotel room into the plane ticket expense.

Husband had a Marriott night that was going to expire so he suggested we use it after our flight.  Great idea!

We booked a studio suite at the Residence Inn.  That allows daughter the couch to sleep on and we got our own bed around the corner.

Check in was very friendly and when asked provided a couple of pizza menus for the local area.  We had not passed much beyond fast food on our drive from the airport.  Pizza places usually have pasta for Daughter so everyone is happy.

The room was standard Residence Inn, like it that we always know what we are getting with them!

This room had a desk in the seating area and a table with two chairs.

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Residence Inn Grand Rapids

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And the standard queen bed and bathroom to the side.

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Residence Inn GR

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With the design of these rooms we fell less on top of each other than in some hotel rooms.  Usually we have all been together for a week and its nice to get a little space.

We arrived too late and tired to mess with the pool.  We looked at it in the morning and it was the standard hotel pool.

More information here: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/grrri-residence-inn-grand-rapids-airport/

4443 28th Street SE  Grand Rapids  Michigan  49512  USA 

Rates are usually $10 9 for the studio rooms and two rooms are $169.  We used a category 4 certificate for our stay.

 

Marriott New Mega Bonus Promotion for Early 2015

Marriott Rewards Mega Bonus Promotion

As usual this promo is targeted, with there being several versions of the offer. For example:

• Register by March 31, 2015
• Stay at participating properties between February 1 and April 30, 2015
• Earn 2,500 points on every paid stay, starting with your second stay, up to 25,000 bonus points

Log in here to register: https://www.marriott.com/signIn.mi