When Rob and I went to Hawaii on our honeymoon back in 1998, we stayed at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa on Poipu Beach. It was on the “sunny side” of Kauai and was really nice as I remember. During that visit, we took a trip up to Princeville, the “rainy side ” […]
Category: Starwood Preferred Guest
We Used Starpoints To Book 3 Nights On Oahu And Saved $1,050
On Oahu, I booked the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa, Waikiki Beach, an SPG Category 6 hotel. I booked the hotel using 75,000 Starpoints for 3 nights. The hotel room was 25,000 points per night. The hotel room would have cost about $350 per night. I saved $1050 using Starpoints! […]
5 Free Nights In Whistler And A Savings of $900
In Whister, we are staying in a studio suite with a full kitchen! at The Westin Resort and Spa, Whistler. This hotel is an SPG Category 5 hotel, and I booked the suite for 5 nights using 48,000 Starwood points. The hotel suite was 12,000 points per night and when […]
Take Advantage Of Hotel Loyalty Programs That Offer The Fifth Night Free
Are you are planning a trip in which you will be using hotel points and changing hotels during your trip? If any of the hotels that you are planning to book are a Starwood, Marriott, Ritz or Hilton hotel, try to stay at one (all?) for at least 5 nights. Reason being, the loyalty programs, […]
Earn Extra Starwood Points When You Spend $ With Uber
You can earn 1 Starpoint for every dollar you spend with Uber and you can even earn more Starpoints if you use Uber during your Starwood stay. The chart below shows that during your Starwood stay, Preferred members earn 2 Starpoints per $ spent on Uber, and Gold/Platinum members […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Used For Rob’s Incidentals Bill At The Westin Riverfront Beaver Creek
Rob just got home from his annual boys ski weekend, that he takes with our boys. They flew for free with American Airlines AAdvantage miles and stayed for free on Starwood Preferred Guest points. They stayed at the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Beaver Creek. But Rob did […]
A Free Delta Trip To Denver For The NFL Second Round Playoffs, A Savings of $1,800
My 11 year old son, Mason, is a huge Broncos fan! He has made my husband, Rob, somewhat of a Broncos fan as well. Once we knew the Broncos were playing home in the second round of playoffs, Mason, started a very impressive, determined, endless pursuit to find reasonably […]
Three Free Nights At the Sheraton Tel Aviv, A Savings of $1,500
We just returned from the most amazing trip to Israel. For the first time, I let go of the reins and had another person plan our itinerary. I had some safety concerns so I did not feel comfortable making our family plans alone. We used Susan Loves Israel. You […]
Earning and Accumulating Starpoints
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. As an SPG member, here are some ways on how to earn and accumulate Starwood Points… 1. Visit a Starwood […]
About Starwood Preferred Guest
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. As a member of the Starwood Preferred Guest program, you can EARN Starpoints. You can then USE these points for free […]