Dec 30, 2015, 10:18 am
Last edit by: rustykettel
Ten (10) Elite Nights are given for each meeting held in a participating hotel under the "Rewarding Events" program. See below for non-participating brands. Information about the Rewarding Events program may be found at https://www.marriott.com/meeting-eve...els/rewards.mi
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
The 10 elite nights per meeting are independent of any hotel rooms booked in conjunction with the meeting. In fact, no hotel rooms have to be booked as part of the meeting in order to receive credit for 10 elite nights.
Although the Rewarding Events webpage refers to room nights for meeting participants, the most important section is the one that states 10 Elite Nights, regardless if you or your guest is paying for it
In general, a written contract is required (or should be obtained). In many cases, the meeting is booked through a central Marriott group sales office instead of directly with a hotel. If booked through a central Marriott group sales office, there is a three-page contract that makes reference to the Rewarding Events program on page 2 of the agreement. A MR member number should be included in this area of the contract by the group sales office.
FAQs:
Q: What brands participate in the Rewarding Events program?
A: AC Hotels by Marriott, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Courtyard by Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, EDITION, Element, Fairfield by Marriott, Four Points by Marriott, Gaylord Hotels, JW Marriott, LeMéridien, The Luxury Collection, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Vacation Club, Moxy Hotels, Protea Hotels by Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, St. Regis, Tribute Portfolio, W Hotels, & Westin.
Residence Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites, & Marriott Executive Apartments do not participate in the program.
Q: How do I find a hotel that participates?
A: Click on the link to the Rewarding Events page and then in the "Plan" section of the page click on the "Find a Hotel" box. Enter the city you'd like to have your meeting in, purpose of event (Business) and then check the "I need meeting/event space" box. Enter the size of your meeting (2 attendees should work) and then click the "Find" box. Leave the start date and end date blank. A list of potential hotels will be shown. The smallest meeting room is not usually shown online --- you may need to call each hotel to find out which one has a boardroom or other small meeting room. Once you've found a small meeting room, then request a quote online.
Q: How quickly will Marriott respond with a quote?
A: Usually within a day or two --- and usually via email. The email should contain a telephone number of the group sales contact. Give them a call and tell them you'd like to follow up on the quote and you're interested in booking the smallest room available for a 2 person meeting for an hour. If they quote a price that's higher than you want to pay, ask them if they can get approval for a lower priced meeting (e.g., a recent quote was for $75 for an 8 hour use of a CY boardroom). They accepted a counter of $50 for a one-hour meeting in the room (plus service charge plus local sales tax). Urban hotels may charge significantly higher rates for meeting space than a smaller, less congested city.
Q: Is a contract required?
A: The terms of the program suggest "yes" --- although there are reports that 10 elite nights have been granted without contracts. A best practice would be to obtain a contract.
Q: How long do points and EQNs take to post after the event is over?
A: Generally, this takes 3+ business days. According to Marriott, it can take 15 business days. If you do not see anything post after 15 business days, contact the hotel before contacting Marriott customer support. The hotel has to be the one to post it.
You will get an e-mail with a subject line Your Rewarding Events Award has Posted: EVENT NAME
Q: Will the hotel know what I am talking about when I say points and elite night credits?
A: Probably not. They may know about the rewarding events points being 3x per dollar spent, but not always. Usually they know of only the Marriott system (Group Posting Tool) where they input how much you spent and when. This is done after the event and is usually authorized by the sales or general manager.
Q: The contract doesn't say anything about points, will I still earn them?
A: YMMV but so far all the electronic contracts from the website state it, but some fail to read it. The paper contracts usually talk about points, but some reports that they don't, but still post. Remember this is a Marriott Rewards benefit that the hotels don't seem to be footing the bill for.
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Jul 30, 2017, 1:43 pm
#1696
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Has anyone successfully broken up a room block to get more points? I am booking 40 rooms for 3 nights each at one hotel in Jan. She is sending me a contact tomorrow but it seems like 10 nights credit for 120 room nights is low. Even if I split it to 20 and 20 I would get more points. Any ideas?
Jul 30, 2017, 4:43 pm
#1697
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 5,814
Has anyone successfully broken up a room block to get more points? I am booking 40 rooms for 3 nights each at one hotel in Jan. She is sending me a contact tomorrow but it seems like 10 nights credit for 120 room nights is low. Even if I split it to 20 and 20 I would get more points. Any ideas?
Jul 31, 2017, 7:30 am
#1698
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South Florida
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Has anyone successfully broken up a room block to get more points? I am booking 40 rooms for 3 nights each at one hotel in Jan. She is sending me a contact tomorrow but it seems like 10 nights credit for 120 room nights is low. Even if I split it to 20 and 20 I would get more points. Any ideas?
In your case, as the event planner, you will get 10 night credit without having to stay. Those that are staying will get credit for the nights they stay too. If there are some that do not belong to MR, then booking multiple rooms with those that are members will at least keep the lost credit to a minimum.
Aug 1, 2017, 5:39 am
#1699
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Posts: 2,842
Over the past 2-3 years I've had about 5-7 "meetings" at a local Courtyard. The price ($175) was a bit high but I never needed a ton of them so spread out across 24+ months. At the beginning of the summer I finally had a legitimate meeting (Similar 1-2 hours no food, no frills) with others attending and the final bill was ~$210. Previously the 22% service charge was only applied to meetings with food/beverage. I didn't catch the fine print, but the contract this time around was worded in such a vague way to imply that the 22% service charge is charged on all meetings. After back and forth with the MR Rep, they cited this slight change in the contract.
I've seen people report this service charge throughout the thread but I do not know how prevalent it is.
I've seen people report this service charge throughout the thread but I do not know how prevalent it is.
Aug 4, 2017, 5:44 am
#1700
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Hartford, CT
Programs: Marriott LTS
Posts: 195
Over the past 2-3 years I've had about 5-7 "meetings" at a local Courtyard. The price ($175) was a bit high but I never needed a ton of them so spread out across 24+ months. At the beginning of the summer I finally had a legitimate meeting (Similar 1-2 hours no food, no frills) with others attending and the final bill was ~$210. Previously the 22% service charge was only applied to meetings with food/beverage. I didn't catch the fine print, but the contract this time around was worded in such a vague way to imply that the 22% service charge is charged on all meetings. After back and forth with the MR Rep, they cited this slight change in the contract.
I've seen people report this service charge throughout the thread but I do not know how prevalent it is.
I've seen people report this service charge throughout the thread but I do not know how prevalent it is.
I have about 6 hours to kill in a new city and as I am planning to get platinum status I thought I will book 2 meetings of 1 - 1.5 hours each.
Aug 4, 2017, 7:35 am
#1701
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Although I've never tried it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't get credit for both. If it were me, I'd just make sure to schedule the events where it would be reasonable to be in both locations. The only concern I would have if both properties were managed by the same company and the same person does the bookings. There's nothing in the T&Cs that require you to be in attendance, but we've seen some CSRs go out of their way to deny a benefit.
Aug 4, 2017, 8:22 am
#1702
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Canada
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I did just that, scheduling consecutive hour-long meetings at 2 properties a 5-minute walk from each other. Interestingly, they did pick up on the double booking, with one of the properties emailing me to confirm that I did indeed want to book 2 separate meetings, and that I hadn't mistakenly booked the same meeting at 2 properties. I confirmed that yes I wanted 2 separate meetings, and everything went off without a hitch, both posting with the correct points and 10 nights each.
Aug 4, 2017, 9:33 am
#1703
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I did just that, scheduling consecutive hour-long meetings at 2 properties a 5-minute walk from each other. Interestingly, they did pick up on the double booking, with one of the properties emailing me to confirm that I did indeed want to book 2 separate meetings, and that I hadn't mistakenly booked the same meeting at 2 properties. I confirmed that yes I wanted 2 separate meetings, and everything went off without a hitch, both posting with the correct points and 10 nights each.
I actually like it when they follow up to make sure everything is correct.
Aug 4, 2017, 9:59 am
#1704
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Hartford, CT
Programs: Marriott LTS
Posts: 195
Although I've never tried it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't get credit for both. If it were me, I'd just make sure to schedule the events where it would be reasonable to be in both locations. The only concern I would have if both properties were managed by the same company and the same person does the bookings. There's nothing in the T&Cs that require you to be in attendance, but we've seen some CSRs go out of their way to deny a benefit.
Aug 4, 2017, 10:01 am
#1705
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Hartford, CT
Programs: Marriott LTS
Posts: 195
I did just that, scheduling consecutive hour-long meetings at 2 properties a 5-minute walk from each other. Interestingly, they did pick up on the double booking, with one of the properties emailing me to confirm that I did indeed want to book 2 separate meetings, and that I hadn't mistakenly booked the same meeting at 2 properties. I confirmed that yes I wanted 2 separate meetings, and everything went off without a hitch, both posting with the correct points and 10 nights each.
Aug 4, 2017, 11:04 am
#1706
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Although I've never tried it, I don't see any reason why you shouldn't get credit for both. If it were me, I'd just make sure to schedule the events where it would be reasonable to be in both locations. The only concern I would have if both properties were managed by the same company and the same person does the bookings. There's nothing in the T&Cs that require you to be in attendance, but we've seen some CSRs go out of their way to deny a benefit.
Aug 4, 2017, 12:29 pm
#1707
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There's no requirement for the event planner to be in both or either meeting. The only issue would be if the property's event coordinator posts both meetings under a single event (more likely laziness than malice). Two separate properties reduces that likehood if they have different event coordinators doing the entry.
Aug 4, 2017, 3:19 pm
#1708
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I did just that, scheduling consecutive hour-long meetings at 2 properties a 5-minute walk from each other. Interestingly, they did pick up on the double booking, with one of the properties emailing me to confirm that I did indeed want to book 2 separate meetings, and that I hadn't mistakenly booked the same meeting at 2 properties. I confirmed that yes I wanted 2 separate meetings, and everything went off without a hitch, both posting with the correct points and 10 nights each.
Aug 4, 2017, 4:50 pm
#1709
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Aug 4, 2017, 5:28 pm
#1710
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: GEG
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I've had a one hour morning "meeting" and a one hour afternoon "meeting" at the same hotel (and the hotel was well aware of the fact that these were "meetings" as I was quite up front with them).
No problem with any of them posting via the Group Posting Tool.
No problem with any of them posting via the Group Posting Tool.