Homes & Villas By Marriott Bonvoy Promotion: 3x Points In Caribbean

Homes & Villas By Marriott, which is Marriott’s vacation rental platform, has just launched its latest promotion. I appreciate the consistency with which we’re seeing new offers, though they’re not all equally valuable.

Earn 3x Bonvoy bonus points on a Caribbean vacation rental

Marriott Bonvoy is offering 3x points on home rentals in the Caribbean, if you make a Homes & Villas by Marriott booking, meeting certain requirements:

• Registration is required prior to booking
• You must book between June 27 and July 27, 2024
• You must stay by March 31, 2025
• The booking must be for a consecutive stay of at least four nights
• Only home rentals in the following countries qualify: Mexico, Costa Rica, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Aruba, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Jamaica, St Barths, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Grenada, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Only cash bookings qualify, and not bookings where you redeem Bonvoy points (you shouldn’t redeem Bonvoy points for this anyway, since you only get 0.6 cents of value per point)

As a reminder, if you’re booking a stay with Homes & Villas by Marriott, you can expect to receive the following number of points as a Bonvoy member (not factoring in the current promotion):

• Earn 5x Bonvoy points per dollar spent
• Marriott Bonvoy elite members receive their usual points bonuses for these stays as well, of 10-75%
• Marriott Bonvoy elite members receive bonus points as a welcome gift — Gold Elite members receive 500 Bonvoy points, while Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, and Ambassador Elite members receive 1,000 Bonvoy points
• Paying with a co-branded Marriott Bonvoy credit card could earn you up to 6x points per dollar spent, as this counts the same as Marriott spending for those purposes

Since this promotion offers 3x the standard number of base points, that means you would earn an additional 10x Bonvoy points per dollar spent.

Is booking through Homes & Villas by Marriott worth it?

Under normal circumstances, the value proposition of Homes & Villas by Marriott is questionable. Virtually all the properties bookable through the platform are also bookable through other vacation rental platforms. In my experience, Marriott’s platform is often priced 10-15% higher than other platforms for the same property. So Marriott is taking a commission on an inflated rate, but members can also receive perks.

It’s always worth crunching the numbers on the value of booking through Homes & Villas by Marriott, as there are situations where it will represent a good deal. This promotion is better than nothing, but it’s not as good as the recent 5x points promotion we saw, though that was limited to stays of at least five nights.

With this offer, you can earn 15x Bonvoy points per dollar spent, and that doesn’t factor in elite bonuses or credit card rewards. For example, a Titanium member would earn an additional 3.75x points per dollar spent, plus you could earn an extra 6x points per dollar spent when using a Marriott credit card. That comes out to nearly 25x points per dollar spent, which could be a decent value. Personally I value Bonvoy points at 0.7 cents each, so that’s a great return.

You obviously shouldn’t rent a home just to take advantage of this offer. However, if you’re going to rent a home anyway, this definitely improves the math of booking through Marriott.

Bottom line

Homes & Villas by Marriott has a promotion whereby you can earn 3x the number of Bonvoy points you’d usually earn at properties in the Caribbean, meaning you’d earn a minimum of 15x Bonvoy points per dollar spent. Ordinarily the value of booking through Homes & Villas by Marriott isn’t necessarily great, though promotions like this definitely help the math.

If you’ve been considering giving Homes & Villas by Marriott a try, this promotion could be worth it…

Are any OMAAT readers taking advantage of this Homes & Villas by Marriott promotion?