Originally Posted by
jackal
My out-of-pocket ADR with Choice probably hovers around the $50 mark (a lot of $40-45 places, not too difficult in rural areas or lower-cost cities, especially if you're OK with decently-rated Econo Lodges and Rodeway Inns, interspersed with some $60ish properties).
Wow, thank you for that explanation! My trip is starting basically this Sunday so when Choice doesn't have a promo right now, I probably can't use it anyway. But the ADR of 50$ looks very nice and with a price like this I could also afford some nice Hilton hotels sometimes
Originally Posted by
jackal
If you want to take advantage of elite upgrades for nicer rooms, you'll have to skip even the Hamptons and go for something more like Hilton Garden Inn...and even then, despite being Gold myself and often traveling with (and sharing rooms with) friends who are Diamond, I can only ever recall getting a meaningful comp upgrade at a Hilton property once (the Hilton Cape Town, which gave us a nice two-bedroom suite).
That's not what I really expected so thanks for warning me from the "room upgrades".
Originally Posted by
jackal
As for having TA ratings in the app...that's a nice convenience but hardly one to choose a program over when such vast differences in rewards are on the table. The TripAdvisor app is easy enough to use, or honestly, I actually find the ratings on Expedia/Hotels.com to be pretty trustworthy (because you can only review a property on those sites if you have a confirmed/paid stay through them. (On the Expedia scale, I aim for 7/10 or higher but will occasionally accept a place that's 6.0/10 or higher if the price difference is large enough. I've learned it's not worth booking a place if it's 5.9 or lower.)
You're right, I should probably just take the 2 minutes and look into the TA app or any other. So you would check out the hotel a Expedia and than order it through Choice to get the points, right?
Edit: I just saw this promo from Choice (
https://www.choicehotels.com/deals/free-night). Is that the one you were talking about? So till May 25 I would get 8000 points each two nights?