This post brought to you by IHG Rewards Club. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Baby to Boomer Lifestyle.
I love to travel, but my days of roughing it in subpar hotels are over. But that doesn’t mean I’ve won the lottery, it just means I’ve become a smarter traveler, and part of my travel smarter shopping scheme is to make use of reward club promotions. There are plenty of them around, but you need to scrutinize them carefully to be sure they truly reward their users.
IHG Rewards Club – Get Rewarded For Staying Where I Love
I’ve been looking into the IHG® Rewards Club because they have nine hotel brands with over 4800 hotels in almost 100 countries around the globe. Sure, without a passport I won’t be visiting any of the InterContinenal® Hotel Group properties outside of the US, but there are plenty here to enjoy. In fact, some of my favorite hotels are part of the IHG® family including Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Holiday Inn Resort, Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, Staybridge Suites, and Candlewood Suites.
I recently stayed at a Holiday Inn Express in Wenatchee, Washington, which was perfect for my business trip. They provided free Wi-fi, access to a business center with a printer and other amenities, and an over-the-top breakfast that went far beyond a traditional free hotel breakfast. Even though I was there on business, I brought my mother along to stay with me and we made use of the hotel’s central location to get out and explore the Wenatchee area. We were minutes away from fantastic restaurants, public art, and park spaces which we thoroughly enjoyed. The Holiday Inn Express also proved to be an exceptional place to relax at the end of the day and had a bed that rivaled my own in comfort. The staff was friendly and helpful, and my stay couldn’t have been better.
We’ve also stayed in participating hotels on vacation and had the same great service. But that’s what I like about IHG® properties, they pride themselves on their hospitality and for me that’s a huge factor in where I stay. Even their Rewards Club is based on the premise that IHG wants to build a lifetime relationship with their valued members they want those members to be able to share their experiences with family and friends.
IHG Rewards Club – “Share Forever” Summer Promotion
To highlight this giving relationship they’re running the IHG Rewards Club “Share Forever” Summer Promotion until September 2, 2015. During the promotional period, stay at an IHG hotel and you’ll earn 500 points PLUS a bonus 500 points that you can share with another member or keep for yourself.
You can earn up to 115,500 “Share Forever” bonus points during the promotional period and up to a maximum of 58,500 bonus points to keep or share. That’s a lot of IHG® Rewards Club points to redeem for reward nights, shopping, gift cards, airline miles, and more.
IHG Rewards Club – Sign Up to Start Earning Points
To start collecting your points, register now by visiting shareforever.ihg.com. I’m already a member, and I’ll be giving my bonus points to my kids to help them make traveling a little more affordable. Who will you share your points with?
Win 1000 IHG Share Forever Rewards Club Rewards!
One lucky person will win 1000 points! You do have to be an IHG® member to win.
That is a really cool program. Why not earn points to get rewards? Especially if you have to stay somewhere anyway.
Great info. I have never used rewards, so this is interesting to me! Thanks
I Love rewards – going there to check it out
Fabulous! THere are a lot of great hotels in the group, I’m sure you’ll find some great places to stay!
Getting rewards like this makes me want to stay at certain hotels. This program sounds great!
I love when companies give you rewards! We are pretty brand loyal so they can start to rack up!
Reward points are awesome. This program sounds great.
That would be a nice prize to win. I could have a lot of fun with those points.
I love reward programs. Perfect way to get more bang for your buck! This sounds like a great one.
Sounds like an aewsome rewards club! I love that they have such a variety of places in their network!
I love when companies reward clients for the things they would normally do. This is a great program, especially for summer travelers.
Really great program! It is always nice to save for traveling more.
I’d love to build up some more rewards points for my stays. I do spend a considerable amount of time traveling.
This is a great program. We love to travel, these are nice ways to save so that we could travel more!
wow, this sounds like a great program. I love reward programs… Thanks so much for sharing.
I love travel reward points! It’s like giving back to myself for getting away!
Earning rewards for something that is a necessity while traveling is awesome! I love how many different properties are included with this program.
I’ve been looking for a good hotel rewards program and this one sounds perfect. I love all the variety of Holiday Inn hotels and it’s great that they’re included in this program.
I love that they are able to have rewards like this. I think it’s very great for those that stay in hotels often. If I traveled more than I do now, I’d surely be using those points!
I love that you are able to share your rewards with family and friends! We travel quite often so this would be handy to grow rewards.
This is a great promotion! I love that I can share points with family or friends. Thanks!
I think this is a wonderful way to enjoyed hotel rewards! We love IHG properties so this is for us!
That sounds like a no brainer for people who travel a lot. I want to look into this.