I was bored this morning so figured I'd bust out a Top 10 Best Category 8 Hotel list, especially now while they're pricing as Cat 7. And I also added a Worst 10 list, a warning to stay away from those redemptions.

Note: My methodology was to use the lowest average rate for a standard room as shown on Tripadvisor. The higher the lowest avg rate, the better the value; the lower the lowest avg rate, the worse the value. This seems to me a pretty good way of doing things as it's the base rate to enter the property. However, there are some instances where rates are really low in low season and really high in high season -- those are outliers that I'll list separately. I had the thought to average out a particular property's highest and lowest average rate for a standard room, (Tripadvisor gives a range of average rates for a standard room) but that's more work than I want to do without getting paid . There are a few other property specific things that may work into an equation -- you'll just have to work all that out on your own.

Top 10
1. The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort $1,507 - $3,604
2. Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai $989 - $2,985
3. The St. Regis New York $989 - $1,705
4. The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort $876 - $4,025
5. W Maldives $828 - $2,115
6. The Ritz-Carlton, New York $821 - $2,139
7. The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort, Puerto Rico $742 - $1,496
8. The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto $692 - $1,660
9. The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort $656 - $1,327
10. Prince de Galles, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Paris $650 - $1,543

Bottom 10
1. The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas $354 - $670 (this may have something to do with hurricane damage - rates might come up once all has been restored?)
2. Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, a Member of Design Hotels $369 - $746
3. Phoenician Residences, a Luxury Collection Residence Club, Scottsdale $232 - $1,190
4. Domes of Elounda, Autograph Collection $264 - $1,273
5. Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Crete $273 - $1,054
6. The St. Regis Osaka $279 - $1,063
7. Hotel President Wilson, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Geneva $292 - $939
8. The Miami Beach EDITION $305 - $1,244
9. Cristallo, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Cortina d'Ampezzo $311 - $931
10. The Westin Golf Resort & Spa, Playa Conchal $316 - $1,039

Outliers
Sir Joan Hotel, Ibiza City, a Member of Design Hotels $245 - $3,573
The St. Regis Aspen Resort $410 - $3,579
Hotel Patrizza, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda $446 - $3,565
Santa Marina, a Luxury Collection Resort, Mykonos $571 - $3,414
The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman $409 - $2,891
Hotel Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda $362 - $2,826
Hotel Romazzino, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda $464 - $2,547
Mystique, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Santorini $513 - $2,591
The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort $378 - $2,319
The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch $280 - $1,998
The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice $507 - $2,190
The St. Regis Deer Valley $366 - $1,927


What do we think? Semi-accurate list?