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Holiday Inn to Test Human Bed Warmers

By Darren MakWed, 01/20/2010 - 14:19

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Every once in a while you come across a story online that makes you wonder if someone has come up with a great idea, or one of the stupidest ideas you have ever heard of! This Story which appeared in the Telegraph a couple of days ago is one such story.


Apparently, the thinking is that when you start to go to sleep, if you are in a warm bed, you might fall asleep faster and deeper, than if you start in a cold bed. So instead of providing hot water bottles, or an electric blanket, Holiday Inn is going to begin a test of having a Human Bed Warmer, adorned in a onesie, crawl into bed for five minutes before you do, to warm things up!

Although it sounds like a decent idea... I am not sure how I feel, or how my wife would feel about a stranger crawling into my bed to warm it up!

I'll leave the jokes up to you!

Priority Club Updates PointBreaks Offers Through October 2009

By Darren MakTue, 07/14/2009 - 10:16

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Priority Club Point BreaksI have been anxiously checking the Priority Club PointBreaks page every day in hopes that new offers would be posted before my next few trips, where I am wanting to travel as cheaply as possible. Today the offers were updated!

Priority Club is the loyalty program for InterContinental Hotels Group which most people know more by some of the hotel brands in their portfolio, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Indigo, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental Hotels (IC) and others.

PointBreaks are the opportunity to redeem loyalty points to book a room for only 5000 points a night, regardless of brand or location. For the less expensive hotels like Holiday Inn Express, this is a point reduction from 10,000 points per night or 50% off all the way up to a discount of 35,000 points or a 87.5% discount for the most costly InterContinental Hotels, with the other brands landing somewhere in the middle. No matter where you book it is a fantastic deal, as Priority Club Points are pretty quick to earn when they have points promotions running (which is nearly always).

Last time around, I booked a Holiday Inn in Zurich Switzerland, and this time a Holiday Inn Express in Houston Texas. I may be booking a few more in the next few hours! Hurry and make your bookings, because most hotels have a limited number of rooms available at the PointBreaks rates.

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Priority Club Adds Cash and Points Reward Redemptions

By Darren MakSat, 06/06/2009 - 20:08

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Priority Club Adds Cash and Points Reward RedemptionsBen, over at the One Mile at a Time blog, alerted me to a change with Priority Club reward redemptions just minutes ago. Priority Club with very little fanfare has added a new feature to their awards booking page, which allows you to pay a combination of cash and points for your reward bookings. This is something that Starwood Hotels has done every since I have been a member and really provides you with great value when cash prices are really high, or when staying at a high category hotel which might otherwise cost you upwards of 20,000 points a night.

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