<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rmccamy:
I'm in the process of planning an event at a Marriott this fall. It will include a ballroom rental, some catering/bar service, and some paid room-nights. The event is not business-related and will be held on a weekend, paid for by me (including some of the rooms).
Does anyone know how many MR points one gets for event planning? The MR site doesn't really go into detail in this area (as far as I can tell). I know there are currently bonus offers for event/catering bookings, but they expire before my event will take place.
Has anyone out there done this in the past? The event coordinator I'm working with at Marriott is pretty new and isn't certain what points I would get - she's researching it. Some confirmation from someone who has actually done this would be most appreciated...</font>
Partially answered my own question by digging a bit deeper at the website:
http://www.marriottrewards.com/point...an.asp#meeting
I will have enough associated paid nights to earn the bonus.
I still have questions about how the points associated with the rooms themselves are awarded. For example, if I personally book and pay for (with the MR Visa, of course) a subset of the associated rooms, would THOSE rooms earn my 15 points/dollar instead of 3? Would they count towards the 50,000 point cap? (Not that I will go over that anyway...)