This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown hotel, New York. What do you do when Manhattan gets too busy and chaotic? Move to Brooklyn. After having spent 3 nights in Midtown Manhattan .....

This is my review of the new Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown hotel, New York. What do you do when Manhattan gets .....

16 Aug 201616 August 2016 by Anika Burnett • 61 comments

Two of most interesting travel credit card offers around at the moment come from two newly released cards: HSBC Premier World Elite Mastercard comes with a bonus of 20,000 Avios points (or Cathay, .....

Two of most interesting travel credit card offers around at the moment come from two newly released cards: .....

1 Aug 20161 August 2016 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels has been officially launched. Accor has previously only worked with Europcar. Adding .....

A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club .....

29 Jul 201629 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

I have just finished three nights at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris, a hotel which I rate highly for its frankly epic public areas – including the most astounding ballroom you will ever .....

I have just finished three nights at InterContinental Le Grand in Paris, a hotel which I rate highly for its .....

27 Jul 201627 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a focus on those which minimise the 2.99% foreign exchange fee added to most credit and debit card .....

I ran an article last week on the best credit card options when travelling abroad this Summer with a focus on .....

27 Jul 201627 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a new list of PointBreaks redemptions. There is usually some pre-publicity for the list .....

Yesterday, IHG Rewards Club (the Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc group) released a .....

26 Jul 201626 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in preparation for the Summer season.  Earlier articles looked at the best credit card to use .....

This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in .....

24 Jul 201624 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

InterContinental Ambassador is a special loyalty scheme which is ONLY valid at InterContinental hotels.  It works alongside IHG Rewards Club and you still receive points for your stay as usual. .....

InterContinental Ambassador is a special loyalty scheme which is ONLY valid at InterContinental hotels.  It .....

20 Jul 201620 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

This is a reminder that TODAY, 18th July, is the last day to buy IHG Rewards Club points with the current ‘up to 100%’ bonus. My wife has ‘purchase IHG Rewards Club points’ as .....

This is a reminder that TODAY, 18th July, is the last day to buy IHG Rewards Club points with the current .....

18 Jul 201618 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for .....

The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is .....

16 Jul 201616 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This is my review of the newly reopened InterContinental New York Barclay hotel. The re-opening of the InterContinental New York Barclay following a lengthy renovation means that the city now boasts .....

This is my review of the newly reopened InterContinental New York Barclay hotel. The re-opening of the .....

15 Jul 201615 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new promotion with IHG Rewards Club. Head for Points readers will receive DOUBLE IHG Rewards Club base .....

EDIT:  This offer ended on 1st January 2017 Six weeks ago, we launched an EXCLUSIVE exciting new .....

13 Jul 201613 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

With a great sense of timing, just a day after I spent my Sunday evening writing an article on why there are few decent Visa and Mastercard products available, IHG Rewards Club has relaunched its two .....

With a great sense of timing, just a day after I spent my Sunday evening writing an article on why there are .....

5 Jul 20165 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

This is the 2nd part of my analysis of the two new IHG Rewards Club credit cards.  Part 1, focussing on the free card, can be found here. The paid-for version – IHG Rewards Club Premium .....

This is the 2nd part of my analysis of the two new IHG Rewards Club credit cards.  Part 1, focussing on the .....

5 Jul 20165 July 2016 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments