Bahia is not a major surf town except on giant SW swells when it has one of the best left
pointbreaks in Ecuador.
IHG Rewards — the loyalty program of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, and InterContinental — offers a regular promotion called
PointBreaks in which select hotels provide award nights as low as 5,000 points per night.
IHG Rewards — the loyalty program of Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, and InterContinental — offers a regular promotion called
PointBreaks in which select hotels provide award nights as low as 5,000... [Read more...] about Stay for 5,000 Points / Night with New IHG PointBreaks List Tomorrow
Not exact matches
They even include the occasional luxury InterContinental hotel
in PointBreaks!
The surf is better for beginners
in the summer months with easy
pointbreaks and beachbreaks, during the winter season (mid september till mid march) the surf gets epic and more suitable to expert surfers.
There are still a number of typical
PointBreaks properties
in this part of the list (i.e properties I can't imagine anyone staying at unless they had to) like the Staybridge Suites Corona South
in California....
PointBreaks are limited
in quantity.
IHG Rewards club members can book these hotels for just 5,000 points / night for stays between Jan 30,2017 and Apr 30, 2017 You can buy 5,000 points for $ 35 by following the steps
in this post IHG
PointBreaks.
An important restriction to bear
in mind is that you can only make 2 reservations per hotel during the
PointBreaks offer period.
Low tide only.Punta Cuicatlan: Surreal location amidst massive primordial sand dunes
in natural isolation hosting a world class right
pointbreak with rides up to 500 meters that has been compared to Jeffrey's by Michael Tomson and others.
IHG Rewards (the rewards program for, amongst others, InterContinental Hotels and Crowne Plaza) has released the list of hotels that are participating
in the latest
PointBreaks promotion and it should be possible to make reservations later on today (probably around 9 am Eastern or 2 pm UK - time).
Like I said
in the beginning, if there's a hotel on the
PointBreaks list
in an area that you were looking to visit anyway then you're
in luck.....
Remember: An important restriction that IHG has only had
in place for the past year or so is that you can only make 2 reservations per hotel during the
PointBreaks offer period... so you can't make too many speculative reservations if your travel dates haven't firmed up yet.
These waves all have their own characteristics; Beachbreaks tend to be common, with consistent waves and nice sand bottoms,
pointbreaks can offer perfectly shaped waves and the longest rides of any kind of wave, and reefbreaks are where advanced surfers go
in search of the best barrels.
What follows is the complete list of hotels participating
in the IHG
PointBreaks promotion — all of these properties can be booked for only 5,000 IHG Rewards points starting Monday 31 October.
The luxurious and high demand hotels
in IHG's portfolio don't appear on the
PointBreaks list very often (I can't see any on this list) but there is usually still good value to be had.....
On top of those affordable rates, IHG runs one of the best promotions
in the industry,
PointBreaks, offering a selection of different hotels each quarter for only 5,000 points / night — or $ 35, a great value!
And IHG has one awesome feature:
PointBreaks at 5,000 points per night
in certain locations around the world, published on average once every 2 - 3 months.
On the other hand, some offers
in this latest IHG
PointBreaks list are intriguing.
In 8 words, because it's the weakest IHG
PointBreaks list ever!
If I were a full - time travel blogger or writer, I would virtually live and work out of the IHG Rewards Club
PointBreaks hotels, and I wouldn't need any other tricks
in the book.
As far as
Pointbreaks, I agree that the last few lists of
Pointbreaks were weak, but I still found attractive redemptions, the two CP
in Japan, and the HI
in Naples, CP Hanoi and HIX Bangkok were good choices.
Obviously, with its never - ending 2 - year devaluation strikes on all fronts including
PointBreaks, IHG felt it needed to change something
in order to breath
in new life
in the program.
I've been covering IHG
PointBreaks extensively for the last couple of years, working my ass off to research participating hotels to find those proverbial diamonds
in a rough — and don't make any mistakes, there've always been lots and lots of rough — but their latest reincarnation of the deal, OMG!
It must be said that the
PointBreaks list have been getting weaker every time, but this time there are 2 Intercontinental hotels
in the list.
You need 35,000 IHG points for a reward night, let us hope that we will see this hotel
in the
Pointbreaks list which is expected to be released by end of Jan - 2016.
Then suddenly
in February the Intercontinental Lhasa Paradise got on the
pointbreaks promotion of IHG Rewards Club for just 5000 points a night.
Daily surf lessons with motivating surf instructors, delicious, healthy meals, beachfront yoga studio, canopy and river hikes and animal watching
in a beautiful remote jungle with a perfect
pointbreak.
If you can buy IHG points for.5 cents per point, even a 10K / 15K
pointbreak can be a good deal (if not a great deal as
in years past).
Exclusive surf resort right infront of Sunzal
pointbreak next to Playa El Tunco, the most exclusive and confortable accommodation
in the area.
The surf
in mizata is amazing consistence, is one of the spots that locar surfers try when there are not much waves
in the different spots, most of the time the waves are bigger
in Mizata than other places
in La Libertad, making it a spot for small swells and not the right spot when big swells comes, it can get much bigger sizes making it very hard to surf it, currents can be strong and the small bay of the
pointbreak is very short.
Mizata beach is located at the kilometer 86 of the litoral road
in the department of Sonsonate, is the located west next to La Libertad, this is the last consistence surf spot and one of the most beautifull
in the area, natural feral enviroment sorounded of the amazing tropical vegetation, Mizata beach is divided by a rivermouth, the same river that make the rocky
pointbreak of mizata,
in the other side a nice sandy beach of around 1 kms to finally end
in a rocky cliff, nice walk during low tide, This spot because is the last one and is located right
in the middle of both area, La Libertad city and Sonsonate city is very quiet, «tranquilo» is a great place for surf families, group of friends looking for confortable accommodation and privacy.
IHG rewards nights start at 5,000 points with the IHG
PointBreaks program, and they recently started offering higher category properties for 10,000 points and 15,000 points per night that usually require more points when they're not included
in the
PointBreaks portfolio.
If you are interested
in a hotel on this list, it is best to book as early as possible after the
PointBreaks list is live as the more desirable hotels are booked quickly.
Not, of course, the imagining placing yourself with a coconut margarita
in hand at that beachside bar you saw flipping along google images, the frothing over deliciously long
pointbreaks you'll soon shred upon, or what sweet little spot you've already chosen for a mid-afternoon nap.
PointBreaks are one of the very best deals
in the miles and points world at just 5,000 IHG points per night for a hotel room that can other times go for 10,000 — 50,000 points per night!
Punta Roca surf hotel located
in Playa El Cocal with access to San Blas and Cocal
pointbreak, confortable rooms and suite with multiple beds..
I am considering a four night
PointBreaks stay, which would cost 20k points, and it is always a good idea to have at least 5k points left
in your IHG account because you need to have at least 5k points
in your account already to buy more points for 0.7 cents each through this trick.
If you've had with lame hotel promotions lately (I'm looking at you Hilton), take solace
in the fact that there is always one thing we can be glad about — the IHG
Pointbreaks list.
-LSB-...] Current Offer: Buy IHG Points for 0.575 cents Best Guess for Offer Tomorrow: Buy IHG Points for 1.15 cents Don't Miss This Deal If: You need to get your balance to 5,000 points to prepare for
PointBreaks lists Skip This Deal If: You don't have a hotel stay
in mind that is cheaper this way than just paying for the hotel with cash Further Reading: Buy IHG Rewards Points for 0.575 Cents Each, $ 29 Hotel Rooms -LSB-...]
But if you have an immediate high value redemption
in mind or if you are preparing your account for future
PointBreaks, buying points can be a good deal.
A new
PointBreaks list comes out every few months, and on it you will find a surprise list of properties
in places such as Chicago, Panama, China and Brazil that can be booked starting at 5,000 IHG points per night — just be sure to act quickly as the availability doesn't last long!