Which Venice hotel for family?
May 18, 2017, 8:01 pm
#16
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Let me know how it was as I might try that in the future, with a longer stay.
May 20, 2017, 10:49 pm
#17
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re point upgrades >
room - S, SS
suite - SU2, SU3, SU4
can have hotel call you
or email and ask to be forwarded to management level reservations/sales
could also call starwood and ask them to connect you to hotel
can also convert 1 SPG to 3 marriott
boscolo
JW private island
courtyard at airport
cheap ACs in padova and vicenza
cant imagine very many would consider spg cat 7 then do cruise
if paying a lot for cat 7 / top cruise could also look at aman venice
room - S, SS
suite - SU2, SU3, SU4
can have hotel call you
or email and ask to be forwarded to management level reservations/sales
could also call starwood and ask them to connect you to hotel
can also convert 1 SPG to 3 marriott
boscolo
JW private island
courtyard at airport
cheap ACs in padova and vicenza
cant imagine very many would consider spg cat 7 then do cruise
if paying a lot for cat 7 / top cruise could also look at aman venice
May 21, 2017, 1:49 am
#18
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re point upgrades >
room - S, SS
suite - SU2, SU3, SU4
can have hotel call you
or email and ask to be forwarded to management level reservations/sales
could also call starwood and ask them to connect you to hotel
can also convert 1 SPG to 3 marriott
boscolo
JW private island
courtyard at airport
cheap ACs in padova and vicenza
cant imagine very many would consider spg cat 7 then do cruise
if paying a lot for cat 7 / top cruise could also look at aman venice
room - S, SS
suite - SU2, SU3, SU4
can have hotel call you
or email and ask to be forwarded to management level reservations/sales
could also call starwood and ask them to connect you to hotel
can also convert 1 SPG to 3 marriott
boscolo
JW private island
courtyard at airport
cheap ACs in padova and vicenza
cant imagine very many would consider spg cat 7 then do cruise
if paying a lot for cat 7 / top cruise could also look at aman venice
May 21, 2017, 3:35 am
#19
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JW is a resort out on the Lido island. It showed up for me.
May 21, 2017, 11:02 am
#20
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boscolo is not outside venice, it is in venice
JW is private island, close to another island that was briefly st regis
JW is private island, close to another island that was briefly st regis
May 21, 2017, 4:12 pm
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May 22, 2017, 1:33 am
#22
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I briefly considered that option, but we only are staying two nights and I found a nice place near Accademia/canal/vaporetto stops for $200 per night. Nice to have a place to rest/cleanup before dinner-late of course, it's Venice-after a day of exploring.
Let me know how it was as I might try that in the future, with a longer stay.
Let me know how it was as I might try that in the future, with a longer stay.
May 26, 2017, 3:41 pm
#23
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Struggling to finalize my 9 night trip to Italy this summer (all that's left to book is 3 nights in Venice). I have 55k SPG points and 25k Marriott, so enough for two nights at the properties here or 3 if 2 are C&P. I originally ruled it out due to only being SPG Gold and the points being insane when there's a few nice non-chain hotels for ~$300/night thus I feel the value per point is only 1 cent which isn't very good. Am I correct in thinking this and forget the Gritti? Otherwise it's pay cash or use Chase UR points for 1.5 cents at the NH Collection hotel. Finally, would you say definitely pass on hotel hopping at Gritti with points for one night followed by 2 nights at the nonchain?