Saving big on a Luxury hotel
This was originally just going to be about the hotel aspect, but something came up on the flight side that’s worth sharing too. I will point out that this is a package. I don’t really know where the savings are. I can make some deductions based on different what I see. I”m pretty sure the first one was hotel based and the second flight based. I will point out that both hotels in both circumstances ARE luxury hotels.
Let me be clear: package deals aren’t always cheaper (even though package companies would love for you to think otherwise). Often, they aren’t. The only way to know for sure is to do your homework and explore all the options. That said, sometimes packages can offer incredible savings.
Here are two real examples:
A trip to Hawaii with 7 nights at the Grand Hyatt in one of their top-tier club access rooms, plus nonstop flights with economy plus seating on United, was $1,200 less than booking the hotel alone directly. The total savings? About $3,800.
Nonstop business class flights and 3 nights at the Hotel Bel Ami in Paris for about $5,000 less than the airfare alone. The overall savings? Around $7,000.
If you just want to take my word for it, you can take my word for it, but if you want PROOF… keep reading.
I think it’s easier to show these things. I’ll do that with images and if a downloadable PDF. (mostly because I can’t get a picture of it to format well here)
First we have the Grand Hyatt Kauai, this is my “Prive’” rate, full breakfast included each day, chances of upgrade VIP status.
For the King room with Club Access (not the ‘accessible king room”) $11,803.04.
United $953 and this is the nonstop, so two tickets was $1906.
Wow, I didn’t realize UA.com makes you buy a ticket to see how much economy plus seating costs. I have to go to my system, I can look without buying one. I figured $160, per seat, per direction, some are higher, some are lower, but $640 round trip was the number I used to calculate value a total cost of $14400. If booked it, $14550. Because I would charge $75 per ticket for United (but not for the Hyatt, it is a commissionable item, I don’t charge fees on commissionable items.)
Total cost on the Package, $10627. They actually will end up paying $11,197, because the opted for a $599 cancel for any reason insurance. If the night before their flight, they just feel like they don’t want to go to Hawaii now, they get back the full $10,627 for any reason on their credit card. NOT CREDIT, the money back.
I couldn’t figure out how to take a picture this big so this is a copy of their booking with all personal info redacted.
Next example, Luxury in Paris
Nonstop flights to/from Paris from Denver, business class, Nearly $17K for two.
Or with Google Flights That link should work for a little bit…
And the hotel Bel Ami, cheapest room $2137.00 for 3 nights. All and all, just over $19K.
Package Pricing for all of that.$12,108.97 Again, I have to use a heavily Redacted PDF
