Homes & Villas By Marriott, which is Marriott’s vacation rental platform, has just launched its latest promotion. I appreciate the consistency with which promotions are offered. While this isn’t the most lucrative offer we’ve seen, at least it’s valid globally, and has a very long travel window.
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Earn 2x Bonvoy points on stays of at least three nights
Marriott Bonvoy is offering 2x points on home rentals globally, if you make a Homes & Villas by Marriott booking, meeting certain requirements:
- Registration is required prior to booking
- You must book between January 6 and February 13, 2025
- You must stay by December 30, 2025
- The booking must be for a consecutive stay of at least three nights, and spending must be at least $1,500 (or equivalent in foreign currency)
- 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 2x the standard number of base points, that means you would earn an additional 5x 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 5x points promotion we saw in the spring of 2024, though that was limited to stays of at least five nights.
With this offer, you can earn 10x 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 20x points per dollar spent, which could be a decent value. Personally I value Bonvoy points at 0.7 cents each, so that’s a solid 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.
A while back, I shared my experience renting from Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy. Thanks to the great promotion that was available when I booked, I thought I got decent value through the platform. That rental even helped me earn Ambassador Elite status.
Bottom line
Homes & Villas by Marriott has a promotion whereby you can earn 2x the number of Bonvoy points you’d usually earn for rentals of three or more nights, totaling at least $1,500. This means you’d earn a minimum of 10x Bonvoy points per dollar spent. Ordinarily the value of booking through Homes & Villas by Marriott isn’t necessarily great, though promotions like this help the math a bit.
This isn’t the most exciting promotion we’ve seen from Homes & Villas by Marriott in terms of the number of bonus points, but the long travel window plus lack of geographic restrictions help.
Are any OMAAT readers taking advantage of this Homes & Villas by Marriott promotion?
Given you can book a stay until December 2025, I looked for the cancellation policies for a few bookings - they vary, between 7 days and 60 days needed for free cancellation from what I saw. Some bookings will take a 50% deposit at booking.