@Gerard I hope you find whatever else you prefer to read out there, and wish you the best. I wrote t

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In addition to the link above which pre-fills in the relevant package, you can search for the Renew Your Soul Package rate in the Promotions and Packages section. Search for your desired cruises and travel and last minute dates. Pick the Westin Times Square and then promotions and packages cruises and travel and last minute and make sure you are searching one adult only . That will bring up the rate if the package cruises and travel and last minute is available.
As I say, this only comes up when searching cruises and travel and last minute for 1 person per room. If this is ultimately cruises and travel and last minute honored (don t buy non-refundable airfare just yet!) then they well could enforce the one person per room limit. So if you are two people, you might want to book two rooms as a precaution. And if that s how things work out, you at least get two minibar, movie, coffee, etc. credits and a still-amazing $120 per night for the Westin Times Square.
This is pre-paid non-cancellable though I would guess that they d rather refund your money than have you stay so it s always possible you may be able to cancel for a refund later if this is ultimately honored. The fact that this is prepaid makes it more likely that it ll be honored, though.
Update: 10:30am cruises and travel and last minute Eastern cruises and travel and last minute it is getting tougher to book, inventory is disappearing, so plenty of folks are saying this is dead. But I m also still getting reports of success for dates in September and in December, cruises and travel and last minute as of just a few minutes ago. Maybe it s on its way out, but it doesn t seem quite dead yet.
New York City's taxes on visitors, in fact, ranked second in the nation in a study published last year by the Global Business Travel Association. The highest taxes in the association's list of 50 destinations cruises and travel and last minute were levied by Chicago. There, the combination of hotel room, rental car and restaurant taxes in the city center are estimated to cost travelers an average of $38.75 a day.
So shameless self promotion, without even taking the time and effort to look at the offer (it was offered cruises and travel and last minute for almost any date, not just thu/sun) is ok in your book? And really crediting where it was posted with two words, come on .
I was able to book end of Sept. about 45 min ago. But now it s only allowing those specific dates 12/22 .. When a friend tried to book. He even tried my dates again just to see and it was no longer available for hte dates I was able to get it. Kept hiking it back up to a normal rate. Hmmm.
Mock my words, all this info to the masses will kill EVERYTHING, including credit card churning, causes laws and rules to change, cruises and travel and last minute redemption will be crap, etc I know from experience. I won t get into which topic I m talking about. But once things gets bigger and bigger, it will all be gone. You think bloggers will have a job doing this later on? Not at this rate.. bloggers are easily replaceable.
@Gerard I m being perfectly reasonable, my response to you is above, no reason to get personal and insult my manhood because I m trying to share something useful. I have plenty of traffic, probably more than anyone else I do my best to credit where I get information, I don t claim really very many ideas are mine and mine alone or originally.
for the weekend of Dec 21, it is pricing at $289 for me, 1 or 2 people, 1 or 2 days, makes no difference. of course that s still a good rate compared to the $600+ per night that shows for other weekends. but maybe no steal compared to priceline.
If you really don t see the problem of honestly crediting your source (no, two words under a post isn t it) and doing some homework like validating if the original info is correct (it wasn t, a lot off dates not only thu/sun were available) then there s not much more to say
This isn t hard hitting journalism like The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, or The Economist. It s a travel blog where readers go to pick up tips and learn of potential and confirmed deals. You are free to move on to read another site. It s free press and freedom to choose cruises and travel and last minute what you do and do not read. Gary is providing a service to people who love travel. I could read his site for years and never give him a dime through an affiliate link, just like you can.
@clayd333 Yes there is a way to ban commenters. I have never done that. In fact I have always published all comments except for spam and one comment that involved posting extraneous cruises and travel and last minute personal information about a person in an attempt to make them uncomfortable, that was only one non-spam post that i can recall deleting in 10 years.
So, then why not just leave it on Flyer Talk and let people find it there? The reality is that most travel bloggers are providing an informational service, but the cold, hard truth is that you guys get something with every click visit you notch up, perhaps not cold, hard cash, but in the end it helps your bottom line and appeal to advertisers. OF COURSE this biz model includes FT and I have issues with them as well. I m not gonna argue with anyone, because people have to make a living somehow. I don t think you stole anything, however I might use the word poach, as I think they accurately describes what happened.
The only reason she was successful is because I sent it to her 2 min after getting your Tweet. I read FT daily, but I d never have found it there in time and I/she would have missed this opportunity had you not posted it here.
I can t understand all the nasty comments. Once something is posted on Flyer Talk, it s hardly a secret. Does anyone really think that Starwood only checks this blog and not FT and that without Gary the deal would have remained good forever? That being said, I m wondering what are the odds of Starwood honoring cruises and travel and last minute the rate for my one-night September stay? At any rate, THANK YOU GARY!
Sure, it s a good thing bloggers reach a different audience and that the information is presented in a more readable format. And it s really nice that you can take advantage from offers you wouldn t otherwise know existed. That s even why I read them myself.
But do you really feel that it s okay to take credit for other peoples work without recognition (and that s in my opinion exactly what is intended with a hidden link in two words after the post) where it came from and then blatantly copying content without any additional information. This is a lot different than repeating offers that are offered to the general public.
And that s even ignoring calling it a mistake fare (something that was wisely not done in the original posting) and that way even calling more attention to this mistake and therefore making sure it s gone even faster .
@Gerard if I were stealing the information I wouldn t have linked to where I found it. If I were trying cruises and travel and last minute to take credit for it,I wouldn t have identified the person (not me) who found it. I think you re trying a little too hard here?
@PSL Once something is posted on Flyer Talk, it's hardly a secret. EXACTLY. I have never posted anything that s been shared with me in confidence. But when it s being discussed openly on the interwebs Starwood has more than one employee dedicated to being on Flyertalk.
Gary, I m sory But I still think it is a very lame way to credit someone elses find. Clearly intended so that people don t realize the information is poached (indeed a better word than stolen) from FT.
I wasn t aware you were operating this way. But now I know you are involved with a competing company cruises and travel and last minute and that you have regularly cruises and travel and last minute poached FT for information without crediting them (easily found on FT) I won t be reading your blog anymore. No big loss for you, I admit .
And for calling it a mistake .. I guess trafic here is again more important than not drawing any more attention. But hey it will probably gain you a few more followers on Twitter and that s most important.
@Gerard I hope you find whatever else you prefer to read out there, and wish you the best. I wrote the post in a hurry and took special care to add a link to where I found the deal. And to say who found it. As I and others have observed, I take great pains to credit where I came across information, more so than most.
It s sort of a strange thing to say, that I wrote my post intending to obscure where the information came from, if that was my intention I certainly wouldn t have provided a link to where it came from!! But we all have our own standards I suppose! Could I have fallen over myself more to spell out the thank you? Absolutely! Dashed up the post so that folks could take advantage of the deal, this wasn t going to last long! So if anyone feels slighted in this, that certainly wasn t my intention !!
Jesus, Gerard. Give it up already. 99% of travel blog posts are information that can be found elsewhere. The entire benefit of Gary s blog is that it consolidates good deals and ideas into a single, cruises and travel and last minute easily understandable resource. cruises and travel and last minute So sorry that this post didn t meet your professional blooging referral guidelines that you made up.
If something is posted on flyertalk, it s public domain. You should aim your anger at the OP over there. He s the one who really ruined it for you but then you would have never known about it either.
On another note, after booking the room I used my Amex Platinum card to get SPG Gold status and it was updated instantly on my profile. Now hoping cruises and travel and last minute that the deal is honored, does it matter I turned Gold after I bought the package? Will I still be entitled to late check-out/upgrade when I check in? Or do I need to contact the hotel and notify them that I m Gold when it gets closer cruises and travel and last minute to the actual date of booking?
As a West Coaster, I did not get in on the deal; however, I want to thank our local blogger because he has provided us a servi