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February 4, 2012

Starwood Cash and Points Vs. Starwood Points| Discover the Best Value Per Point

Share Around our home, we’re always dreaming about (and planning) our next trip. In 2012, we’re planning on doing a lot of traveling, and of course I don’t want to pay a lot for our travels.  We’ve got a decent amount of Starwood points that we’ve earned from the Starwood American Express, but not enough [...]

Save Money on Hotels with Beat the Timer

Share This week I discovered another money saving travel website. The website is called Beat The Timer (www.beatthetimer.com). Beat The Timer is a Starwood Hotel Brand website.  The concept is simple: for 72 hours, they offer highly discounted rates at over 250 participating hotels.  Of course, your dates of availability will be limited, but if [...]

Starwood American Express Review | Why this AMEX has a Home in My Wallet

Share I’ve used, owned, and signed up for a lot of credit cards in my life.  I’ve never had a late payment on a credit card, and I’ve never paid any financing fees.  So why such a long history with credit cards?  Quite simply, credit cards are the best way to bulk up any rewards [...]

I’m Enjoying A FREE Hotel This weekend

Share As you are reading this I am celebrating my nine year anniversary with my wonderful wife.  We are just north of Toronto in a place called Vaughan.  The best part of all?  We have a free hotel at the Vaughan-Southwest Holiday Inn Express and Suites. Had we not used our Priority Club points here [...]

How to Get As Many As 20,000 Starpoints Without a Hotel Stay

Share Here is what the TD Ameritrade Site has to say: TD AMERITRADE has teamed up with Starwood Preferrred Guest to bring you a special offer. Open and fund a TD AMERITRADE account by June 30, 2009, and earn up to 20,000 Starpoints. The more you deposit, the more points you earn. Start earning Starpoints [...]

Ten Ways to Save Money on Your Family Road Trip This Summer

Share I am assuming you are planning on taking a family vacation this summer.  I hope your planning on doing it with cash, but I suspect there is not much I can do to change your mind if you not so my ultimate goal is to help you make your summer vacation as cheap as [...]

How to Get FREE Starwood Hotel Stays: Brief Summary

Share At times you don’t want all the gory details, right?  The How to Get FREE Starwood Hotel Stays post was getting a little lengthy.  So I chopped the post down to give you the necessary information in this post.  If you are intrigued and want more details I suggest you read the How to [...]

How to get FREE Starwood Hotel Stays With a Starwood American Express

Share I introduced the Starpoints program in this post. Last year I spent five free nights in New Zealand and two nights in Brisbane just for signing up for a couple of credit cards. Some of the best earning opportunities are with credit cards.  I want to offer a HUGE disclaimer here.  So many people [...]

Starwood Preferred Guest Promotion: Two Stays and a Free Weekend Night

Share Photo Sheraton Panoramic by ZIGFIL Here is what Starwood has to say about their promotion: Earn unlimited Free Weekend Night Awards with every two stays through July. Register for SPG® Free Weekends now and start earning one Free Weekend Night Award with every two stays through July 31, 2009 — with no limits. It’s [...]