Originally Posted by
mapu
No Marriotts in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. The Copenhagen Marriott is the only one in the Nordic countries.
Norway seems to be Radisson and Best Western only. No Hilton, Starwood, Hyatt or IC properties either.
You forgot Choice. In fact, at least as many Choice hotels as Best Western, and more than Radisson out in the fjords.
The Choice hotels in Scandinavia are burn-but-not-earn for members of Choice from US/Canada/mainland Europe.
But that's cool, because Choice US often has promos (like right now through Aug 15) where 2 cheap suburban one-night stays get you 8000 points, and in turn it only takes 16000 points a night for most Choice properties in Norway, including ones out on the fjords (in places such as Eidsfjord and Sogndal) that go for $200+ a night cash.
So if you can use these promos (by steering stays in the US to Choice), then it's
far easier to earn Choice points than Best Western points. If you went for the big 50k/44k promos at Club Carlson, you have some points for Radisson nights in Norway, but that'll only help you in bigger cities (Stavanger, Bergen, Alesund, etc), not in the smaller towns out on the fjords. There only Choice and Best Western will help you, if anyone. (As noted in another thread about using miles & points for Norway over in the MilesBuzz! forum, some locations such as Gieranger there's no points hotels at all nearby.)
Originally Posted by
BKKLEE
you can find Scandic props (previously part of Hilton) throughout Scandinavia
Just as limited to sizeable cities as Radisson. None in the fjords as far as I've been able to tell. But since the split from Hilton, they haven't yet come up with any easy way to earn Scandic points if you're based in the US and only go to Scandinavia on vacations once every few years. Nor do they have much in the way of earn partners that work if you're only occasionally near Scandinavia.