Well, I was purusing the internet yesterday, doing a little research for our trip to Budapest/Amsterdam this fall (thanks BigL for the books!)...and I saw that the Hilton in Amsterdam is $170 US per night for the nights I had planned on using an award.

Hum...this is tough because $200 is usually my cut off where I'd just assume pay the $$ and save the points for a $400+ per night hotel! Yikes!

Plus, after this trip on Delta, we'll both have 35k points for a free flight to Hawaii, Mexico, the Caribbean, and I just discoverd that we could use GLONP in Barbados and get a free flight to Delta for February 08! I don't know what Barbardos is like in February, but we've always wanted to go and the rooms are $450 a night...much more useful of an award.

So, here is my question. Just detesting the fact that I may not being staying with Hilton for one leg of our trip, can anyone suggest a really nice hotel for $175-$150 a night that is as nice as the Hilton in Amsterdam? We are not real partiers, that is for sure, and we would prefer a lounge, but I suppose that is out if we are not at a Hilton--and even if we were, depending on availability, there is no guarantee that you get into the lounge anyway (but at least we would get breakfast). I know there are better places to ask this question but I sure feel so much comfortable getting feedback from fellow-flyertalk members!

Anyway, before this gets kicked off the Hilton section, any information would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

Thanks!!!

Dawn