dominican republic all inclusive vacation packages

In the past, Katie and I have booked suites in Europe for 8,000 points per night and a 'suite' in New York City for just 8,000 points per night. As I finish writing this story, I'm staying in a hotel in the heart of Osaka, Japan for just 8,000 points per night. While it's a bummer this sweet spot ended prematurely, there are still plenty of great opportunities for getting good value out of Choice points. All award bookings required 30,000 points per night from that date forward, and that rate has stuck ever since. But mere days after our booking - and perhaps triggered by such a significant booking - Choice Privileges abruptly ended the 8,000-point rate. The 8,000-point rate for this property was scheduled to last through at least Sept. And, considering we paid just $940 for the vast majority of the points, we scored nearly an 89% discount off of the cash price by buying points for cheap. 12 instead of these dates.Ĭomparing that cost with the 224,000 Choice points we paid (with no out-of-pocket cost), we got nearly 3.7 cents of value per Choice point from this redemption. This year, we could buy Choice points for as little as 0.482 cents each. Once a year, Choice sells its points at the best rate of the year through the U.S. While paying $48 per night would be incredible, we could do even better than that. So, that meant we could book an all-inclusive resort for just $48 worth of points. When browsing all-inclusive resorts in the Dominican Republic bookable with points, we stumbled across a couple of Choice properties costing just 8,000 points per night: Emotions All-Inclusive Juan Dolio and Emotions All-Inclusive Puerto Plata - both relatively new additions to Choice's Ascend Hotel Collection.Īt current TPG valuations, Choice points are worth 0.6 cents each. But, it's a reminder not to ignore less-popular points and miles programs like Choice.

But let's get it out of the way upfront: This great deal isn't available anymore.Īs with many incredible deals, this sweet spot ended prematurely. I'm going to show you how we did it as it's a great - albeit extreme - example of how valuable Choice Privileges points can be. We were able to book an all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic for just 8,000 Choice Privileges points per night, and we were able to buy most of the points we needed at a blended rate of 0.485 cents each. How we booked an all-inclusive for under $39 a night Visit TPG's Caribbean destination hub for more stories about traveling to the region on points and miles, where to stay and what to do while you're there. Why? Well, when you can book an all-inclusive resort for under $39 per night, we figured we might as well move in for as long as we could.įrom bottomless bottles of beer to battling for dinner reservations, here's what it was like to live out of an all-inclusive in the Dominican Republic for a month. At a time when few travelers were considering trips to the Dominican Republic, my wife Katie and I booked a month-long stay there.

Dominican republic all inclusive vacation packages