The best hotels in Makkah to book for a good price can be challenging. Makkah is one of the most valuable real estates in the world and as such finding cheap hotels near the Haram is a challenge. Thankfully recent competition has made it a little more affordable to actually be closer to the action without paying the old £1000 per night fees that were the norm before. Now you can find some …
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Hyatt Regency Makkah Hotel Review
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Which are the new hotels coming to Makkah soon?
Makkah in Saudi Arabia is one of the hottest spots in terms of a prime development location. With millions of worshipers every year and a high demand for hotels in close proximity of the Kabah, it is great for business. Prices during the holy months such as Ramadan and Hajj can cost up to £3,000 per night! So no wonder it is the honey pot for hotel developments. Currently Makkah and the holy Kabah …
Hyatt 40% bonus with points purchase + Makkah hotel trick
Hyatt is running their standard offer of 40% extra points when you purchase 10,000 or more. I love Hyatt and I personally think that sometimes this can make sense to purchase if you have expensive stays coming up. I mostly use their cash and points options since in some areas this can reduce the cost significantly. Assuming that you use it in expensive cities like Paris, Maldives, New York, …
The hotel promotions I am running for this quarter
Some of the hotel chains have unveiled their hotel promotions for the first quarter of 2015. I covered the Set your Sights by IHG promotions here. The IHG promotion is not very good for me as it requires 6 nights for 50,000 points which I think is unreasonable considering the amount that I need to spend. However my husband's promotion is extremely easy as it needs only three nights. I just …
Hotel Review: Hyatt Regency Birmingham
I recently stayed in my second home town of Birmingham. I like Birmingham and I have great memories and friends so it is always nice to return for a visit. Considering I still have Diamond suite certificates that need to be used it made perfect sense to actually book the Hyatt Regency Birmingham for £84 per night. Actually I had initially booked it for £95 per night because they didn't have any …