Posted 10/27/2014
Vancouver has been on my list of places to go for a very long time. I think we will finally go this summer.
Right now I booked The Westin Grand, Vancouver. This hotel is a Starwood Resort and an SPG Category 4. This is a boutique, all-suites hotel located in downtown Vancouver. Right now I booked 6 nights for 10,000 points per night with the 5th night free. So the room is costing us 50,000 Starpoints for the 6 nights. The room would have cost about $250 per night, so we will be saving about $1500 using our points. (There is no 5th night free when you pay for your room). I realize that $250 for a room is pretty reasonable, but, in my opinion, so is 10,000 Starpoints. We will likely stick with the points.
After Vancouver, I am thinking we will check out Seattle for a couple of nights. In Seattle, we will be staying at the Westin Seattle. (SPG Category 4). There, I booked 2 nights for 10,000 Starppoints per night for a total of 20,000 Starpoints. The room would have cost about $300 per night so we are saving $600 using Starpoints.
Both hotels are SPG Category 4s and I am sure they are nice. I want to point out that to me this is a city/tourist vacation and I foresee us spending very little time in our hotel. We have made similar choices on our trips to Boston, and New York City, and San Diego, and Niagara Falls and Hershey Park. All of those trips were amazing despite the non-fancy hotel that we were never in anyway!