Kenneth R.

I saw their sds about savings - how much you can save, but they really arent true. This isnt a dollar for dollar card where if your stay costs $300 you csn use $300 of your card to pay for it. Nope, its just thst you get around an 8 or 9 percent discount on published rates. Say the rate is $200, they`ll give you a discount of $19 per night - and charge your hotelresort card for that discount of $19. So when you buy one of these cards, first you're limiting yourself to Hilton owned hotels - in smaller towns, that's a Hampton Inn, no other hotels qualify. Second, you're actually paying for a discount, a limited one.

Actually, you would do better by buying a AAA or AARP membership for a lot less money and get a bigger discount. I did some checking, comparing savings by going to the hotel`s website first, getting the rates for my stay with AAA discount, and then going thru the hotelresortscard website to see their discount. IN ALL cases, the triple A rate was less money - hotel after hotel. With AAA you get 10% discount, with hrcard, you may only get 9%., plus theyll limit it the discount to $25 per night. They have reservstion room limits in some properties where they tell you "their" rooms are fully booked, and extra fees for this and that.

I'm so glad i did all this research before buying one of their cards. My first warning/red flag was when they said everything had to be done through their own website. When a company says that, it means they control everything - it's the biggest warning sign you'll ever come across. If you want a better hotel travel card, get a triple AAA membership. You'll get hotel discounts from just about any hotel, you can get travel guides, help with reservations, passport photos - an entire range of benefits. Ive belonged to them since i began driving. But non drivers can belong too. As for the hotelandreseorts card, stay away from them; it's a SCAM