Best Rate Guarantees (BRG) are programs that hotels offer akin to a 'price match' for shopping on their own website. I guess the concept is that if you advertise enough that the lowest prices are on your site vs a consolidator site (hotels.com, travelocity etc) people will just believe that the lowest rates are always on the official site and more business will come their way. It is worth noting that all of the programs are slightly different, and some have more convoluted terms than others.
The Basics
You need to find a 'like for like' room on another site that is verifiable by the hotel. For example, if you find a room with 2 Queen beds in the Hilton Chicago for $200 on Hotels.com and a King on Hilton.com for $210 that is not a BRG because the room type is different.
In addition to room type, an important variable includes things like refund policy, or if the room/stay comes with additional perks like breakfast.
You can find some great deals by using non-us websites to find the cheaper rate, but if you do this you need to be able to have the price showing in USD. You cannot just find a price in Euro that is less.
Make sure you get all the way to the final checkout screen to get a final price including taxes and fees.
The BRGs by Brand
Intercontinental Group - 1st Night Free+ Rate Match
I am listing viable BRGs from a site called bestrateguarantee.blogspot these are time sensitive deals. You can list additional BRG finds here manually also. Note that there are affiliate links in the BRGs here.
The Basics
You need to find a 'like for like' room on another site that is verifiable by the hotel. For example, if you find a room with 2 Queen beds in the Hilton Chicago for $200 on Hotels.com and a King on Hilton.com for $210 that is not a BRG because the room type is different.
In addition to room type, an important variable includes things like refund policy, or if the room/stay comes with additional perks like breakfast.
You can find some great deals by using non-us websites to find the cheaper rate, but if you do this you need to be able to have the price showing in USD. You cannot just find a price in Euro that is less.
Make sure you get all the way to the final checkout screen to get a final price including taxes and fees.
The BRGs by Brand
Intercontinental Group - 1st Night Free+ Rate Match
- Candlewood Suites
- Crowne Plaza,
- Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Express
- Hotel Indigo
- Hualuxe
- InterContinental
- Staybridge Suites
- Comfort Inn
- Comfort Suites
- Quality Inn
- Sleep Inn
- Clarion
- Cambria Hotel & Suites
- Mainstay Suites
- Suburban Extended Stay
- Econo Lodge
- Rodeway Inn
- Ascend Hotel Collection
- Best Western Hotel brand, operates about 4,000 hotels
- Westin
- Sheraton
- W
- Aloft
- Le Meridien
- Luxury Collection
- St Regis
- Element
- Four Points
- Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts
- Conrad Hotels & Resorts
- Hilton Hotels & Resorts
- Doubletree (DoubleTree by Hilton)
- Embassy Suites Hotels
- Hilton Garden Inn
- Hampton Innand Hampton Inn & Suites
- Homewood Suites by Hilton
- Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations.
- Radisson
- Radisson Blu
- Radisson Red
- Country Inns & Suites
- Park Inn
- Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts
- Quorvus Collection
- Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Ritz-Carlton [Excluded from BRG]
- BULGARI Hotels & Resorts [Excluded from BRG]
- JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- Renaissance Hotels
- Autograph Collection Hotels & Resorts
- AC Hotels by Marriott
- MOXY Hotels
- Gaylord Hotels
- Marriott Vacation Club (MVC)
- Courtyard by Marriott
- Fairfield Inn by Marriott
- SpringHill Suites by Marriott
- Protea Hotels [Excluded from BRG]
- Residence Inn by Marriott
- TownePlace Suites by Marriott
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- African Pride [Excluded from BRG]
- Park Hyatt
- Grand Hyatt
- Andaz
- Hyatt House
- Hyatt Place
- Hyatt Regency
- HYATT
- Hyatt Zilaria
- Hyatt Ziva
I am listing viable BRGs from a site called bestrateguarantee.blogspot these are time sensitive deals. You can list additional BRG finds here manually also. Note that there are affiliate links in the BRGs here.
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