What's The Difference b/w "The Hotel Card" vs. "My Hotel Gift Card"? PLUS $50 for $10
Mar 18, 2012, 3:29 am
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What's The Difference b/w "The Hotel Card" vs. "My Hotel Gift Card"? PLUS $50 for $10
Hi Everyone,
So the other day I came across another thread about "THE HOTEL CARD"
The HotelCard - $50 for $20 on Saveology -- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hotel...saveology.html
While that Deal was dead, apparently the card is issued by a company called The Hotel Card (http://www.thehotelcard.com) which seems to be a subsidiary or something or the other to do with Priceline.
Today while searching for Hotel Deals, I came across another deal for $50 for $10, again on Saveology as well !!
https://www.saveology.com/deals/nati...gift-card-deal
This by a somewhat different company called "My Hotel Gift Card" (located at http://www.myhotelgiftcard.com/)
So while please feel free to enjoy the incredible Deal Find, if anyone has had any experience with this latter company and could kindly shed some light on it and share their thoughts on what the difference is, it would be appreciated.
Cheers!
So the other day I came across another thread about "THE HOTEL CARD"
The HotelCard - $50 for $20 on Saveology -- http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hotel...saveology.html
While that Deal was dead, apparently the card is issued by a company called The Hotel Card (http://www.thehotelcard.com) which seems to be a subsidiary or something or the other to do with Priceline.
Today while searching for Hotel Deals, I came across another deal for $50 for $10, again on Saveology as well !!
https://www.saveology.com/deals/nati...gift-card-deal
This by a somewhat different company called "My Hotel Gift Card" (located at http://www.myhotelgiftcard.com/)
So while please feel free to enjoy the incredible Deal Find, if anyone has had any experience with this latter company and could kindly shed some light on it and share their thoughts on what the difference is, it would be appreciated.
Cheers!
Mar 18, 2012, 4:46 am
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The hotel card used to be linked with expedia's system and bookable for rooms above $75.
That limit seems to have been removed now that it is affiliated with price line.com
Never used the Myhotelgiftcard site. $10 for $50 seems like a good deal to me.
Are there any limitations like min. 2 night stay, etc?
How is the variety of selections? I don't mind trying out a few if there are no major caveats
Edit:
States min 2 night stay, so that kinda kills it a little
Searched Singapore, and only 5 hotels - 4 IHG hotels and one Goodwood Park near Orchard Roadm
11 hotels in Barcelona
0 in Phnom Penh or Siam Reap
0 in Ibiza.
I searched Ibiza because it's locations like that that don't really have big chain hotels. I find thats when I use such hotel cards.
So it seems this MHGC is not much of a deal even at $10 for $50
That limit seems to have been removed now that it is affiliated with price line.com
Never used the Myhotelgiftcard site. $10 for $50 seems like a good deal to me.
Are there any limitations like min. 2 night stay, etc?
How is the variety of selections? I don't mind trying out a few if there are no major caveats
Edit:
States min 2 night stay, so that kinda kills it a little
Searched Singapore, and only 5 hotels - 4 IHG hotels and one Goodwood Park near Orchard Roadm
11 hotels in Barcelona
0 in Phnom Penh or Siam Reap
0 in Ibiza.
I searched Ibiza because it's locations like that that don't really have big chain hotels. I find thats when I use such hotel cards.
So it seems this MHGC is not much of a deal even at $10 for $50
Last edited by lsed; Mar 18, 2012 at 4:53 am
Mar 18, 2012, 8:06 am
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Just my experience, but I find these are worthless. I received a free one for $50, and found that the website you must book on is very limited, and inflates the prices. I found I can book on Expedia and elsewhere for less, even using the $50 off.
Soooo, even at free I would not use it.
Soooo, even at free I would not use it.
Mar 18, 2012, 2:29 pm
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Just my experience, but I find these are worthless. I received a free one for $50, and found that the website you must book on is very limited, and inflates the prices. I found I can book on Expedia and elsewhere for less, even using the $50 off.
Soooo, even at free I would not use it.
Soooo, even at free I would not use it.
THANKS!!!
Is there some thing out there that you WOULD recommend as worthwhile??
Mar 19, 2012, 12:50 am
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There are lots of things I WOULD recommend. Just not that one.
Last edited by tatterdema; Mar 19, 2012 at 12:57 am