Traveller Encyclopaedia volume 2 Hotels

This book introduces you to the fascinating world of hotel loyalty programs. Status levels, upgrades, free nights, lifetime status - you will get familiar with many different topics, which can help you to optimize your stays. Seven biggest hotel loyalty programs with over 45.000 hotels in more than 140 countries with nearly 7 million hotel rooms in total are thoroughly analysed and compared. Here you can get some insights into how they are organized, what they have to offer, what you should pay attention to when selecting one, in which programs you can get tangible status benefits faster and in which of them it is possible to reach a lifetime status.

Would you like to get a suite upgrade with a reservation of a standard room which could mean monetary benefits over 300 euros/ dollars and more per night? Breakfast for free even if you reserved a room without breakfast? Lounge access with evening snacks, free flow of champagne, wines, beer, and a lot of other drinks? Late check-out at 9pm without extra charges? With a right program and a good strategy everything is possible.

This book is useful not only for beginners but it can also come in handy for expert travellers.