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Largest Hotel Chains - Which One's Right for You?
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The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Recent finds include:
- Business Class to Paris for 40K
- Premium Economy to Taipei for $1,994 R/T
- Business class to Seoul on Korean (Rare find) for 75K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium
Post of the week
Andrew “Bacon” Goodman - Disney for $375 INCLUDING PARK TICKETS!?
News
Trip updates
- Joe
- Girl's night & Boy's night without spending $675!
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie
- Joe
- 20K Referral
- 14X spend Amex Business Gold
- Almost done with wife's Citi AAdvantage Card
Highlight Feature: 20 Largest Hotel Chains & the Six We're Focusing On
We came across an interesting diagram ranking the top 20 hotel programs throughout the world. Do you know which is largest?
Some are less familiar, so we ranked the six we most frequently discuss in the Award Travel 101 Facebook community:
- #2 Wyndham - 9,280 Properties from Days Inn all the way up to Wyndham Grand.
- #3 Marriott- One of the largest footprints with 8,484 properties a wide range of price points from Springhill Suites up to Ritz Carlton and St. Regis luxury hotels.
- #6 Choice - with 7,500 properties domestically, Choice is not known for being great. They start with low level properties like Comfort Inn’s and Quality Inn’s but their Ascend and Cambria properties look great.
- #7 Hilton - counting 7,165 properties in their portfolio, Hilton is similar to Marriott with a fairly sizable footprint with a wide range of price points from Hampton Inn to Waldorf Astoria.
- #8 IHG - With 1,000 less (6,164) properties, another one that families on a budget may opt for is Holiday Inn Express and their tasty cinnamon rolls. IHG starts with Holiday Inn’s and has upper level Kimptons.
- #16 Hyatt - With 1,200 properties (Hyatt says 1,300+ today), World of Hyatt is markedly smaller. They start at Hyatt Place and their flagship properties fall under Park Hyatt.
TIP OF THE WEEK:
Have a good backup plan for using your credit cards. Tune in to hear Angie's fail.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.
116 episodes
Manage episode 414764700 series 2509237
The Award Travel 101 Podcast is brought to you in part by Thrifty Traveler Premium. Get Thrifty Traveler Premium deal/award alerts sent straight to your inbox. Recent finds include:
- Business Class to Paris for 40K
- Premium Economy to Taipei for $1,994 R/T
- Business class to Seoul on Korean (Rare find) for 75K
You can find these at ThriftyTraveler.com/Premium
Post of the week
Andrew “Bacon” Goodman - Disney for $375 INCLUDING PARK TICKETS!?
News
Trip updates
- Joe
- Girl's night & Boy's night without spending $675!
What bonuses did we get?
- Angie
- Joe
- 20K Referral
- 14X spend Amex Business Gold
- Almost done with wife's Citi AAdvantage Card
Highlight Feature: 20 Largest Hotel Chains & the Six We're Focusing On
We came across an interesting diagram ranking the top 20 hotel programs throughout the world. Do you know which is largest?
Some are less familiar, so we ranked the six we most frequently discuss in the Award Travel 101 Facebook community:
- #2 Wyndham - 9,280 Properties from Days Inn all the way up to Wyndham Grand.
- #3 Marriott- One of the largest footprints with 8,484 properties a wide range of price points from Springhill Suites up to Ritz Carlton and St. Regis luxury hotels.
- #6 Choice - with 7,500 properties domestically, Choice is not known for being great. They start with low level properties like Comfort Inn’s and Quality Inn’s but their Ascend and Cambria properties look great.
- #7 Hilton - counting 7,165 properties in their portfolio, Hilton is similar to Marriott with a fairly sizable footprint with a wide range of price points from Hampton Inn to Waldorf Astoria.
- #8 IHG - With 1,000 less (6,164) properties, another one that families on a budget may opt for is Holiday Inn Express and their tasty cinnamon rolls. IHG starts with Holiday Inn’s and has upper level Kimptons.
- #16 Hyatt - With 1,200 properties (Hyatt says 1,300+ today), World of Hyatt is markedly smaller. They start at Hyatt Place and their flagship properties fall under Park Hyatt.
TIP OF THE WEEK:
Have a good backup plan for using your credit cards. Tune in to hear Angie's fail.
Where to Find Us
For questions, you can join us in the free 110,000+ member Award Travel 101 Community.
- To book time with our team, check out Award Travel 1-on-1.
- You can also email us at contactawardtravel@gmail.com.
- Our next meetup is located in SEATTLE on AUGUST 16–18, 2024. For more details and to purchase tickets, visit "Out to SEA" on the award.travel website.
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