When it’s hot in Stockholm and I want a cool nights sleep on points on the cheap, I look at the Clarion Sign hotel. Its floors have taken a beating and the service is better at the Reisen, but I have managed to avoid having a miserably hot night’s sleep due to the AC there. The included breakfast for all at Clarion is sufficient although not as polished as at the Reisen. They also have an outdoor pool. The pool costs extra — and gets packed — but it’s an outdoor pool (on one part of the building’s roofs).

Story Hotel breakfasts are not as much to my liking for some reason. I prefer breakfast at the Clarion and Reisen over breakfast at the Story hotels. I find Choice points much cheaper and easier to acquire than Hyatt points, so I prefer spending 10k Choice per night over even 5k Hyatt per night — at the out of the way but cheap other Story hotel in the city.