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My lamenting earlier today of the IHG 2-for-1 rate demise was premature. The 2 nights for the price of 1 night discount rate at IHG hotels oklahoma travel nursing jobs in the UK and Europe still lives. Thanks to Raffles of HeadforPoints blog for this new IHG 2-for-1 link .
IHG 2-for 1 rates   provide   50% off the Best Flexible Rate at participating Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn and Holiday Day Inn Express oklahoma travel nursing jobs hotels oklahoma travel nursing jobs in the UK and Europe. Typically an advance purchase rate is a 20% to 30% discount on the Best Flexible Rate, so these 50% discount rates will save quite a bit more per room night.
The same hotel and room without the 2-for-1 rate is £355.20 GBP ($564 USD or $282 USD per night) for this same stay booked with 21-Day Advance Purchase Rate. Both the 2-for-1 rate and Advance oklahoma travel nursing jobs Purchase rate carry same terms.
Holiday Inn London Mayfair 2-for-1 rate is $161 per night compared to next lowest rate at $282 per night using the 21-Day Advance Purchase rate. Both of these rates are prepaid, nonrefundable, oklahoma travel nursing jobs no changes.
Booking page on 2-for-1 rate discount included this message. The number of base points shown is much closer to the 21-day advance purchase rate than the 2-for-1 oklahoma travel nursing jobs rate. This appears to me to be misleading when shown in conjunction with IHG 2-for-1 rate. $750 USD for 2 nights on 2-for-1 rate should earn about 7,500 points.
$161 for a Holiday Inn standard room in London may not seem like a great deal to you. Depending on your travel pattern the $375 room rate for a suite may also seem sky high. Remember this is just one sample weekend date for one hotel in a great central London location.
Check these IHG 2-for-1 rates for Christmas oklahoma travel nursing jobs holiday season hotel stays and you will likely find much lower rates in city center hotels. Just remember oklahoma travel nursing jobs that as an American we have become used to everything being open on Christmas holidays. European cities tend to be much more shut down over the Christmas holidays.
Check hotels in London suburbs. There are about 60 IHG hotels in the metropolitan London area, and the rates drop substantially from city center oklahoma travel nursing jobs hotels. Usually there are hotels oklahoma travel nursing jobs under $60 USD per night in the London suburbs.
Barcelona, Spain may not be a great example for displaying the value of IHG 2-for-1 rates. Very high unemployment combined oklahoma travel nursing jobs with a September 2012 increase in the VAT, a tax on most everything sold, sounds like harder oklahoma travel nursing jobs times a-coming. oklahoma travel nursing jobs Spain is in economic collapse when you hear the stories in US media.
One of my motivations for attending TBEX Europe Sep 21-22 in Girona, Spain is to spend a couple of weeks in the Costa Brava region and make correlations myself on the reality of the Spain I experience with the current economic condition oklahoma travel nursing jobs news reports. I am trying to divide my time over two weeks in Spain to spend time exploring on my own and also participate in TBEX12 Europe sponsored tours and hotel stays.
No doubt you will get a Costa Brava, Spain immersion in September and October from Loyalty traveler blog posts. oklahoma travel nursing jobs Much of it will likely come after the fact. Real time blogging oklahoma travel nursing jobs might be fun for some readers, but I enjoy being connected to people and places more than my computer when I travel.
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