IHG hotels close to European borders

Old Jan 8, 2017, 12:36 pm
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IHG hotels close to European borders

Can anyone think of locations in Europe where 2 IHG hotels are close to each other, but in different countries? E.g. Vienna & Bratislava or Lille & Brussels.

I was originally gong to pass on my Accelerate offer due to needing stays in 4 different countries. Now I'm thinking it might be worth a try, if I can get 2 countries in a single trip.

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Old Jan 8, 2017, 12:52 pm
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3 Countries: Maastricht Netherlands, Leige Belgium, Cologne Germany. Maastricht and Leige IHG are 35 Km away. Cologne has several IHG properties at 115Km further.
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Old Jan 8, 2017, 12:56 pm
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There's also Holiday Inn in Mulhouse, France near Holiday Inn Express in Freiburg, Germany. Both are near Basel/Mulhouse Airport. There's probably 50 km or so between them but should be doable.
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In Geneva by the airport. Someone will fill in the names. But like so many, every single time I pull out of that airport Avis rental, I end up in France anyway.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 12:56 am
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Usually you can have up to 24h layover for the same price.
For example fly with Iberia to Portugal and stay for one night in Madrid, same with Air Berlin.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 1:52 am
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Originally Posted by BA-Flyer
Can anyone think of locations in Europe where 2 IHG hotels are close to each other, but in different countries? E.g. Vienna & Bratislava or Lille & Brussels.

I was originally gong to pass on my Accelerate offer due to needing stays in 4 different countries. Now I'm thinking it might be worth a try, if I can get 2 countries in a single trip.

Thanks.
Work takes me to Berlin and Warsaw. Both interesting places, and both have (often) good value and very nice IC hotels as well as much cheaper HI/HIX offers (Berlin seems packed with IHG properties, Warsaw has a HIX at the airport).

Avios on AB between the cities is an excellent, and very cheap, option.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 1:56 am
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Several IHG properties in/around MUC, then hop on the train / drive down the A8 to SZG, there you'll find HI Salzburg City and CP Salzburg - The Pitter...
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 3:59 am
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Just to add the Hasselt, Belgium and Maastricht Holland option at 35Km
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by Thumper
In Geneva by the airport. Someone will fill in the names. But like so many, every single time I pull out of that airport Avis rental, I end up in France anyway.
I think the one over the border in France (Thoiry, I believe) had been pulled from the IHG portfolio, more's the pity. There are 3 properties in Geneva itself: the famous Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza near the airport, and HIX right by the airport.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 6:46 am
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Not as close by as the others here, but perhaps more fun, would be the CP Toulouse, the HI Andorra, and the Indigo or CP Barcelona.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 3:53 pm
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Rotterdam and Antwerp central stations are only 40mins apart by Thalys train, the Rotterdam HIE is 10min walk, for Antwep tram/metro/taxi from station to either CP or HIE. all 3x hotels relatively inexpensive for Europe.
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Old Jan 9, 2017, 7:24 pm
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Unless you're trying to spend Avios, I would consider flying on a European airline with a 24-hour connection and pick up a country that way. You could probably even fly out on AF and back on KLM and stay near CDG and AMS. Same probably applies to a combined LH/LX.

But is your Accelerate really worth it? Sometimes it's better to just skip one or two quarters completely so that your targets become easier.
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Old Jan 10, 2017, 2:38 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions - plenty to think about!

My exisitng UK bookings will take me most of the way to meeting my targets. If I also get the globetrotter target, that unlocks 26,400 points + 23,000 achievement bonus. Origianlly I was going to leave it, because I've already got 2 foreign trips planned but didn't see the point of 2 international mattress runs. Now I'm considdering it
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