Hotel Review: Holiday Inn & Suites: Jackson

Hotel Location: 55 Parkstone Place, Jackson, TN 38305
Telephone (731) 736-1174
Length of stay: 5 nights
Total cost $ 728.10
Room # 521

Entrance to the Hotel.
Beware: Since this Hotel is fairly new my GPS had a hard time finding it at first.
You can see the Hotel from the I-40 - Take exit 85 and stop taking directions from GPS. Just go to Hotel.

Breakfast is complimentary here every day of the week. I never made it to breakfast so I can't post a picture of it, but here is a picture of the tables at the breakfast area and also a picture of the coffee area.

Hotel Review: Holiday Inn Express - Brentwood, TN

This hotel is located at: 5566 Franklin Pike Circle in Brentwood, TN 37027
You can contact them by phone at (615) 221-5001
Distance from Nashville International Airport (BNA) to this hotel: 15 miles (20 minutes if you take the I-65S)
Room rate: $ 89 per night (Total incl tax $ 105.07)
Note: Due to my Platinum Status with Intercontinental Hotels (Priority Club) I was upgraded to Room # 426

4Th Floor Hallway

When to enter the room you find a medium size living area with a couch and center table, lamp and a work desk. Also a TV and some drawers.

A small kitchenette is located next to the desk but in a separate area. It includes microwave, bucket for ice, sink, coffee maker and a mini fridge (to keep my diet cokes cold)

Small bathroom with shower (no tub on this one) - A little dark for my taste, but for one night this was more than enough.

King size bed

TV stand, some more drawers, hangers.

General view of the room from the bedroom area.

In general: Friendly staff, inexpensive room for a nice area near Nashville, TN

24 hour business center (in case you need to use internet or print boarding pass)

Free breakfast (hot)

Free parking

Smoke-free hotel (yay!)

For more information visit:

https://secure.priorityclub.com/hotels/us/en/brentwood/bnahs/hoteldetail

Hilton HHonors announces the details of their fall promotion!

Hilton has just announced the details of their fall promotion, which will run from November 1 through December 31, 2012.

Through this promotion you earn 1,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points for every night you stay, with the exception of Tuesday and Wednesday nights. That means a Thursday through Monday night stay would earn you 5,000 bonus points, and a week long stay would also earn you 5,000 bonus points. There’s no limit to the number of points that can be earned, though there’s a big list of non-participating hotels for this promotion.

Registration is required prior to check-out of your first stay to qualify, and bonus points post 6-8 weeks after the completion of the stay.

*** Thank you One mile at a time for the information ***

Apple confirms AA and US Airways merge...

I can't believe we have to find out this way... Thanks to One Mile at a Time and his article about Apple and their promotional page for the new iPhone 5

Some of my favorite Blogs regarding travel

I would like to share with you some of my favorite travel blogs. They help me find the best deals and now promotions worth signing up for.
Some of them focus on the best way to earn miles and/or points. Some of them focus on travel adventures and experiences and some a little bit of everything... but what all of them have in common is the knowledge and experience sharing you expect from a good blog.

Hope you will find some of them interesting
1) View from the Wing
2) Million Mile Secrets
3) One mile at a time
4)  Frugal travel guy
5) Mommy points
6) Heels First travel
7) The Points guy
8) Frequently Flying

Every day or so I get updates from most of them via email and when they share experiences they direct you to the other bloggers website so they all keep the community posted.

Note: If you are new at collecting miles I strongly recommend you visit: Mommy Points and her beginers guide using the link below:
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/mommypoints/2012/08/11/how-to-get-started-earning-miles-and-points-beginners-guide/

300 PC points for downloading the Toolbar

Priority Club is offering 300 Priority Club points when you install the Priority Club toolbar, and an additional 300 points per stay until the end of 2012 when you make a reservation using it. Just fill out the form following the link above, and once you complete the download you should receive the 300 points to your account immediately.

* Terms & Conditions

Must be a Priority Club^® Rewards member to participate. 300 bonus points will be awarded for one toolbar download per member, then 300 bonus points will be awarded for any qualifying stay up to 31st December 2012. Allow 4 weeks from stay for bonus points to be posted to your account. Miles earners will receive points. Subject to availability. Offer valid on new bookings only, not applicable to groups and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers or special promotions. Only one room per member will be awarded the applicable points. Rates may vary by date of booking. Subject to standard Priority Club Rewards terms and conditions. 

I have not made a reservation using it yet, but as soon as I do I will update this post to confirm the award of the points for booking a room using it. I also had problems downloading to my Apple computer. After entering my PC#, Pin, Name, LastName and email I clicked "Download"
then got a message to get the link to the toolbar and then got an error message indicating it is not compatible with Mac... But I still got the 300 points for the download

1,500 Priority Club Points For Taking 3 Quizzes

Thank you The Points Guy for such a wonderful tip. I was able to complete all the quizzes and earn 2,000 Priority Club points today.

Priority Club has a fun little promotion going on at the moment where you can rack up to 1,500 Priority Club points by taking 3 different quizzes. The only thing is, you have to take each one of them 3 times to get all the points, but you can do it in two minutes, so you might as well take advantage of the free points. Answers are provided below but very obvious and easy to find.

Below you’ll find the links to the three quizzes. Links #1-2 in each lead to the same quiz in English, though they are counted separately because one is for the US and one is for Great Britain. The third link is in Japanese, so be sure to have one of the English quizzes open so you can put in the exact same corresponding answers.

Quiz 1

Each of these is worth 100 points for a total of 300
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3

Answers
-All of the above
-A free night you can redeem online anywhere
-All of the above and more

Quiz 2

Each of these is worth 100 points for a total of 300
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3

Answers
-15
-All of the above
-Silver

Quiz 3
Each of these is worth 300 points each for a total of 900 points
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3

Answers
-All of the above and more
-All of the above
-All of the above and more
-Over 4,300
-50 nights or 60,000 points


And here are the three additional quizzes for a total of 500 more points. Note: they’re in Chinese, so answers are included below. Hat tip: TPG reader Kevin.

Quiz 1 This one is for 100 points.
Answers
4
1
3
Quiz 2 This one is for 100 points
Answers
3
4
2
Quiz 3 This one is for 300 points.
Answers
4
4
4
4
3

Per the Terms & Conditions, you must be a Priority Club Rewards member. The number of bonus points, as indicated in the communication, will be deposited into member’s account within 48 hours after the quiz is submitted. Priority Club Rewards members are only eligible to receive the Bonus points once, regardless of the number of times the quiz is taken. Priority Club Rewards members who have chosen miles as their earning preference will be awarded points. Subject to standard Priority Club Rewards Membership terms and conditions and earning structure, which can be obtained by visiting www.priorityclub.com. This exclusive offer is valid for original recipient only.

Note: I did not get the email but I was able to enter my PC# and checked minutes after completing the Surveys and my Points are already there. Thank you!