Last week I wrote about a sale on awards that IHG is doing on some of its all inclusive resorts and other properties.  The nice part about this sale is that it’s a sale on AWARD stays.  I thought I’d write a reminder as you need to book by May 2nd (Monday) and stay by June 12th.

There are 21 hotels participating in the promotion, in 5 different Latin American / Caribbean countries.  Here are the new point values during the promotional period

Mexico

• Holiday Inn Express® Veracruz Boca del Río, Mexico – 12,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn Express® Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – 10,000 points / night
• Holiday Inn Express® Manzanillo, Mexico – 7,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn Express® Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico – 7,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn Express® Cabo San Lucas, Mexico –  7,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn Resort® Los Cabos, Mexico – 17,500 points (all inclusive resort)
• Holiday Inn Resort® Ixtapa, Mexico – 25,000 points / night (all inclusive resort)
• Holiday Inn® Veracruz Boca del Río, Mexico – 12,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn® Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico – 7,500 points / night
• Holiday Inn® Cancún Arenas, Mexico – 17,500 points (all inclusive resort)
• Holiday Inn® Campeche, Mexico – 7,500 points / night
• Hotel Indigo® Veracruz Boca del Río, Mexico – 10,000 points / night
• InterContinental® Presidente Cancún Resort, Mexico – 15,000 points / night
• InterContinental® Presidente Cozumel Resort & Spa, Mexico – 20,000 points / night

Panama

• InterContinental® Miramar Panamá, Panama – 15,000 points / night
• Crowne Plaza® Panamá, Panama – 12,500 points / night
• Crowne Plaza® Panamá Aeropuerto, Panama – 15,000 points / night
• Holiday Inn® Panamá Canal, Panama – 7,500 points / night

Jamaica

• Holiday Inn Resort® Montego Bay, Jamaica – 17,500 points / night (all inclusive resort)

Colombia

• Holiday Inn® Cartagena Morros, Colombia – now 12,500 points / night

Aruba

• Holiday Inn Resort® Aruba, Aruba – 15,000 points / night

Using points at an all-inclusive resort can be a pretty good way to maximize your points.  If you look at something like the Holiday Inn Resort® Montego Bay, a 1 night stay for 4 people costs $202, or 17,500 points

That’s 1.15 cents per point, which is a pretty good redemption for an IHG point.  If you look back at the Daily Getaways from two weeks ago, you could buy 75,000 points (enough for 4 nights) for $443, compared to paying $808!  You can actually get it a bit cheaper as you can manufacture IHG points as low as 0.6 cents per point, which would count those 75,000 points for as low as $420.

Good luck out there and happy booking!