camhabib...as others have said if you can provide some more details about the kind of trip you are looking to plan, folks here can provide at a minimum some general direction and more than likely can provide some very specific suggestions.

If you are going in May, things are a bit more urgent...however if you end up deciding to go in the fall this may give you the opportunity to build up some additional points that you may be able to use for your trip.

What airline(s) are you looking to travel on? Based on your current miles/points it may be tough to leverage points for airfare depending on where you are traveling from. Might make sense to find a good deal on tix you want for the time frame you want and pay cash for the airfare and utilize the points for the hotel.

Depending on what kind of accommodations you are looking for you may be able to combine your points from AMEX and Sapphire into one hotel account and score 2-4 nights at a higher end property, or might be able to snag 5-6 nights at a more basic property like a Holiday Inn etc...

What ever you do, don't just "pay with points"....you are correct that it really is a poor value. There are a lot of terrific folks on this site who will try to help you get much more value out of them then that......you also have a responsibility as well though...you should also keep doing research on your own so that you continue to learn more about what potential options are etc...