I have been living in a Holiday Inn Express during my Colorado assignment. The apartment provided by the site wasn’t available because they had another locums in it that kept extending his stay. I had a friend visiting from Florida one weekend, and I wanted to stay in Denver that weekend.
In the past, while staying at a hotel, I have the agency book me a different hotel (similar in cost) in a different town for the weekend, when wanting to explore. Pretty much, I would check out of my current hotel for the weekend and check in to another hotel in a different town. It usually isn’t a big deal since the agency/site are paying for a hotel anyways.
When I asked my agency if they could book me a hotel in Denver for the weekend, they said no because they have to send the hotel receipt to the site and they wouldn’t approve it if it’s in another city. I told them that was strange because I have done this before with another agency. They confirmed that it could not be done. I told them since I wasn’t able to move into the apartment like I was supposed to, could they at least do it as a courtesy.
The agency ended up agreeing to pay for one hotel night in Denver for that weekend. It worked out because I didn’t need to check out of my current hotel and could leave my things there.
After staying at the Holiday Inn for 6 weeks, I checked out for 1 week since I was going on vacation. When the hotel points hit my account I was surprised. I made 230k points in those 6 weeks alone! I already have plans to use these points for a trip in Asia next year. In Asia, I can easily book a hotel in that brand (such as the Intercontinental) for 10-20k points per night. So 230k points would give me at least 2 weeks worth of hotel nights abroad.
Living in a hotel without a full kitchen hasn’t been as bad as I thought. I can still cook up some meals on my hot plate and I am a queen of left overs. Earning a ridiculous amount of hotel points has been a bonus, and I am looking forward to earning more points during my stay.
What an awesome review. Do you have a specific cards you use for points? If so which one do you recommend to maximize the points receive. In addition, so looking forward to reading your posts about Asia travel. I heard the foods and Beaches are awesome.
Hi, check out my page on the travel credit cards I recommend: https://travelingnp.com/travel-credit-cards/
The top card you should get for all traveling is the chase sapphire. If you are looking for a hotel card specifically I would get the hilton one since they have a high bonus right now.