With it now being 2025, I thought it would be fun to share my hotel elite status strategy for the coming year. While I think the value of airline elite status has decreased considerably over the years, I continue to greatly value hotel elite status, including for suite upgrades and more.
As we start a new year, let me share a general overview of how I’m approaching hotel elite status, what elite status tiers I am starting the year with, and intend to end the year with.
In this post:
What my 2025 hotel stays will look like
Over the years, the average number of nights per year that I spend in hotels has decreased. Back in the day, I lived in hotels full time, so I suppose just having a home at all represents a reduction in hotel stays. 😉 Honestly, though, the older I get, the more I realize that no hotel bed can beat the comfort and familiarity of sleeping at home.
Admittedly a large factor in reducing my number of hotel stays in recent years is that our son, Miles, was born in 2022, so I try to be home as much as possible. While I have a lot of respect for people who galavant around the globe with their toddler, personally we’ve been minimizing the amount of long haul travel we do with him, until he’s a bit older.
Our son is super easy (by toddler standards) when he’s at home and has a routine, and that makes our lives easier. Meanwhile travel makes everything a lot more complicated, and being a parent to a toddler is complicated enough under the best of conditions. So most of our travel with him is within a timezone or two of Florida.
Currently much of my travel comes in the form of review trips, where I travel exclusively to review airlines, and in some cases hotels. But still, the goal is to be away from home for as little time as possible. For those “real” trips we take, ultimately the priority is to have as good of an experience as possible and to make it something that’s worth leaving home for, and that means not blindly staying with any one hotel group due to loyalty.
That being said, my hope is that 2025 has a bit more “real” travel that’s focused on destinations than 2024 did. I want to check out some of the places on my bucket list, and also stay at the points hotels that have been on my radar. In the coming years, we’re also excited to start traveling more with Miles, once he can actually get more out of travel.
My 2025 hotel elite status strategy
Hotel loyalty programs can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, they can offer valuable benefits and the ability to redeem points for free night awards. On the other hand, they can make us act irrationally, and choose overpriced and less charming hotels than you may otherwise find if you were a “free agent.”
Let me share how I’m approaching 2025 elite status with some of the major hotel loyalty programs. I’m starting the year with more of a focus than I was expecting to, given the Marriott status that I recently earned. At least I have quite a bit of flexibility thanks to my other status not requiring much effort to maintain.
Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador status (earned)
Marriott Bonvoy has historically been my backup hotel loyalty program. While the number of nights I was spending with Marriott was decreasing with each year, that trend reversed this past year.
Long story short, in 2024 I qualified for Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador status, which is probably the hardest published elite hotel tier to earn. I’m curious to take this status for a spin post-pandemic, and see how valuable it proves to be, especially since there are quite a few luxury Marriott properties that I’d like to stay at.
For some historical context, I had Ambassador status up until several years ago, but I then dropped to Titanium status, and then even to Platinum status. Fortunately I have lifetime Platinum status, so that’s not even a status that I need to earn, and I always have that to fall back on. However, there are still incentives to rack up elite nights, in order to receive Choice Benefits.
Marriott Bonvoy members can earn up to 40 elite nights per year with co-branded Marriott credit cards, like the Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card (review) and Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant® American Express® Card (review). Furthermore, just for having the Bonvoy Brilliant Card, you receive Platinum status.
Since I earned this status, I figured I’ll make the most of it, and make a point of staying at as many interesting luxury Marriott properties as possible. I’m not sure I’ll requalify or not, because the spending and nights requirement is significant.
World of Hyatt Globalist status (lifetime)
World of Hyatt Globalist is my favorite top tier hotel status, and it ordinarily requires 60 elite nights or 100,000 base points in a year to earn. Fortunately I’ve earned lifetime Globalist status, so I get that status every year without having to actually qualify.
While the Milestone Rewards program is tied to the number of elite nights you rack up, lifetime Globalist members get quite a few of the rewards each year automatically, including four suite upgrade awards, a Category 1-7 free night award, five Guest of Honor awards, and access to My Hyatt Concierge.
While I’m hoping to qualify for Globalist status the “normal” way in 2025 (so that I earn even more Milestone Rewards perks), I don’t think that will actually happen, so I suspect my total number of nights with Hyatt will be pretty limited this year.
Depending on how the year evolves, I might shift some credit card spending to Hyatt’s co-branded credits in order to earn more elite nights:
- With the World of Hyatt Credit Card (review) you receive five elite nights toward status annually just for having the card, plus an additional two elite nights for every $5,000 you spend on the card
- With the World of Hyatt Business Credit Card (review) you receive five elite for every $10,000 spent on the card in a calendar year
However, that also comes with some opportunity cost. Still, if it’s just an incremental top-off on otherwise earning 40 or so nights, maybe it’s worth it.
We’ll see how the year goes. I’m going to assume that I’ll fall back on my lifetime Globalist status, but I’m not ruling out the possibility of making it to 60 elite nights.
Hilton Honors Diamond status (credit card)
Hilton is a brand that has grown on me in recent years:
- Hilton has greatly increased its portfolio of luxury hotels, which makes me actually want to stay at more Hiltons
- Just for having the Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card (review), you get top tier Honors Diamond status; on top of that, the $550 annual fee card more than pays for itself based on all the other perks, like an anniversary free night award, up to $400 in Hilton resort credits annually, up to $200 in flight credits annually, and much more
- Hilton Honors has gotten better at delivering on elite benefits than Marriott Bonvoy has in many ways, or at least the program doesn’t overpromise and underdeliver in the same way
While I don’t specifically seek out Hiltons, I do find myself staying at Hiltons when they’re the best option at a destination. From the perspective of chasing status, there’s limited need to stay with Hilton more, though, given that there’s nothing beyond Diamond status.
I usually complete a handful of stays at Hilton properties per year, and I suspect that will be the case in 2025 as well.
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Accor Live Limitless Platinum status (match)
Accor Live Limitless is a hotel loyalty program I haven’t historically even considered. However, we just saw a status match offered for Bilt elite members, so I could match my Bilt Platinum status to Accor Platinum status.
There’s absolutely no way that I’ll requalify for the status, but I am excited to give a few Accor properties a try over the course of the year, and take advantage of some of the perks, like suite upgrade awards, lounge access at select properties, and more.
IHG One Rewards Platinum status (credit card)
The IHG One Rewards loyalty program was nicely revamped a few years back, especially with the Milestone Rewards program. However, I just don’t love IHG’s portfolio overall, as well as the lack of good points redemption opportunities for luxury hotels, like at Six Senses properties.
IHG is very much my backup backup backup hotel program, after World of Hyatt, Marriott Bonvoy, and Hilton Honors. 😉 I have IHG One Rewards Platinum status, which is offered just for being a cardmember of the IHG One Rewards Premier Credit Card (review) and IHG One Rewards Premier Business Credit Card (review). The status ultimately isn’t that valuable, but it comes in handy for the one or two times that I do stay at IHG properties annually.
IHG is even more a hotel group that I only stay with if the brand has the best (by some metric) property at the destination that I’m visiting, or when I have a credit card free night award to redeem.
Virtuoso & other programs
The truth is that you don’t actually need to be loyal to a hotel group to receive elite-like benefits. There are all kinds of programs offering room upgrades, breakfast, hotel credits, and more, all based on the method you use to book.
These include Virtuoso, Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts, Belmond Bellini Club, Four Seasons Preferred Partner, Hilton for Luxury, Hyatt Privé, Marriott STARS & Luminous, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, Rosewood Elite, etc. I find myself booking through these programs quite often, regardless of whether I’m staying at a luxury points hotel, or whether I’m staying at an independent hotel.
Bottom line
Quite unintentionally, I have a ton of hotel elite status to work with in 2025. I don’t stay at hotels as much as I used to back in the day, so I appreciate the easy qualification paths that I have.
Specifically, I have lifetime World of Hyatt Globalist status, I have Hilton Honors Diamond status and IHG One Rewards Platinum status through credit cards, and I have Accor Live Limitless Platinum status through a match offer. On top of that, while I have lifetime Marriott Bonvoy Platinum status, I actually qualified for Ambassador status this year.
I think my hotel elite status strategy this year will largely be to focus on Marriott, and see if the Ambassador status makes a difference compared to Titanium or Platinum status. I’m also particularly looking forward to trying some Accor properties, since it’s a group I haven’t historically paid much attention to.
What’s your hotel loyalty strategy for 2025? Does it differ from past years?
As I am based in Europe, this is quite different (no credit card status benefits whatsoever):
Hilton: Traditionally, my main affiliation. Diamond for Life but made the 60 nights easily in 2024 and will most likely also in 2025.
Marriott: My last year to qualify for PfL. Will most likely make Plat easily, possibly Titanium (but heck, what is Titanium good for ...).
Hyatt: No chance due to lack of coverage. 2 nights in 2024,...
As I am based in Europe, this is quite different (no credit card status benefits whatsoever):
Hilton: Traditionally, my main affiliation. Diamond for Life but made the 60 nights easily in 2024 and will most likely also in 2025.
Marriott: My last year to qualify for PfL. Will most likely make Plat easily, possibly Titanium (but heck, what is Titanium good for ...).
Hyatt: No chance due to lack of coverage. 2 nights in 2024, could have maxed it out on 4 ... I quite like them, but rarely on my way.
Accor: I'm a solid silver, which is not much different from Gold, anyway. Will stay silver in 2025.
Melia: Same as Accor, intend to stay silver. I usually buy Level (i.e., lounge) access. Level lounges are great, even if you have to pay for them.
As an Ambassador with BonVoy; Marriott managed to BonVoy me on the 2nd of January. That was fast!!
I booked 5 nights at the JW Bosphorus. Cash. My reservation was for a twin bed Atrium view, I figured since occupancy is low now as shown in the app, I had a good chance of getting upgraded (I stayed here last week too when it was full). I checked-in and was told no upgrades, fine....
As an Ambassador with BonVoy; Marriott managed to BonVoy me on the 2nd of January. That was fast!!
I booked 5 nights at the JW Bosphorus. Cash. My reservation was for a twin bed Atrium view, I figured since occupancy is low now as shown in the app, I had a good chance of getting upgraded (I stayed here last week too when it was full). I checked-in and was told no upgrades, fine. Went to the room and found that while it’s on the 8th floor, it only had a fake window that overlooked a cement wall decorated with fake plants. No daylight whatsoever, you can’t tell as the window overlooks this small enclosed concrete space. It’s not even a legal room (I think!). It feels like a VIP prison or a facility. I contacted the hotel via chat but was brushed off as there are no available upgrades.. when i told them that was a downgrade and I’ll be happy with atrium view I was ignored. My newly appointed Ambassador was useless. She contacted the hotel but they still refused to give me the same category that I booked.
So what I did… well changed my reservation and going tomorrow to Ciragan. Screw Marriott and screw BonVoy Ambassador level! Will collect 10x points via the Venture X card (thanks Lucky), and use those points for 1st class tickets!
Ben, thanks for an excellent blog. I’m curious to hear if the SLH integration changes your and other OMAAT readers’ thoughts on Hilton vs Marriott. I’ve been using Marriott as my go to back-up to Hyatt, but am considering switching back-up to Hilton to take advantage of more SLH redemptions. It would be interesting to get your thoughts on how the SLH integration affects your approach to Hilton vs Marriott.
Really starting to appreciate FHR over other programs for specific circumstances. The guarantee late checkout just isn’t something any other program has (e.g. try asking for late checkout at PH Kyoto during cherry blossom season and you’ll get maybe a 1 or 2 pm checkout at best, while Plat guarantees 4 pm and Centurion 6 pm).
This past year was the first that I abandoned Marriott. And will continue for 2025. Will also reduce my stays in Hilton because the pricing collusion between the big hotel chains are annoying. Instead this year I'm staying places that are independent of a chain. I did that for Prague and Vienna last year and the service was much higher there than with diamond in Hilton or platinum in Marriott and price difference of nearly...
This past year was the first that I abandoned Marriott. And will continue for 2025. Will also reduce my stays in Hilton because the pricing collusion between the big hotel chains are annoying. Instead this year I'm staying places that are independent of a chain. I did that for Prague and Vienna last year and the service was much higher there than with diamond in Hilton or platinum in Marriott and price difference of nearly 40%. So why not continue. I'm just going to stick with hotel portals on CSR and amex or the hotels site directly. Seemed to have been a good experience in 2024.
I'm headed to Vienna next month. Would love to know the independent where you stayed.
Completely agreed! I keep failing at abandoning Marriott though I diversified the last two years and achieved Hilton Diamond along side BinVoy Ambassador/Titanium. Marriott’s Ambassador level is a joke. It truly is a scam - no tangible benefits and the ambassadors have zero leverage over hotels. I’m traveling this week and cut my BonVoy reservation and went for an independent luxury hotel - similar price point but truly day & night from what I can tell so far…
I’m really curious to see how your travel, in particular the properties you stay at, changes as Miles grows. My children are 7 and 5 and in 2024 we spent 45 head in bed nights together and this year we have 69 nights booked. Almost all our stays are at popular luxury beach resorts except 2 weeks in China and Japan and a 10 nts at ski resorts. This is the easiest age to travel...
I’m really curious to see how your travel, in particular the properties you stay at, changes as Miles grows. My children are 7 and 5 and in 2024 we spent 45 head in bed nights together and this year we have 69 nights booked. Almost all our stays are at popular luxury beach resorts except 2 weeks in China and Japan and a 10 nts at ski resorts. This is the easiest age to travel with the kids since they have so many school holidays, it’s easy to add an extra day or two to bookend and get enough nights to justify a transcontinental or international flight. The only problem is I’m getting tired of beach vacations (crazy to say that when you’re going to Hawaii, Bora Bora, the Caribbean and Maldives!) and can’t wait til they’re a little older so we can do more adventurous trips or explore Europe and Asia more fully.
My company officially moves to Hilton as preferred next Monday. Unless there is a double nights promo and business trips that fall during this period and any wiggle room to book accommodation elsewhere, the most I will ever attain is silver level at best.
Does Hilton have double nights promos?
@ Justin Dev -- Hilton for Business had a double nights promo through the end of 2024, but that's no longer available. Are you eligible for the Hilton Aspire Card? If so, that's definitely the easy path to Diamond status.
Hilton Gold comes up with the rations. I have it from two cards. "Most I will attain is silver" seems like not even trying.
And, based on his (rude) comment to me below, sounds like a young and inexperienced player.
@Ben,
Thank you for the information. While I am eligible for the Aspire Card, it is not a product I am interested in. I don't actively pursue status, but if it happens organically through my work, I’m open to it. In 2024, my company had Marriott as its preferred vendor, and most of my business travel happened to align with its double nights promotion period. Those helped me reach Platinum status easily. Without that promo,...
@Ben,
Thank you for the information. While I am eligible for the Aspire Card, it is not a product I am interested in. I don't actively pursue status, but if it happens organically through my work, I’m open to it. In 2024, my company had Marriott as its preferred vendor, and most of my business travel happened to align with its double nights promotion period. Those helped me reach Platinum status easily. Without that promo, I would have been at silver tier. I was just curious if Hilton, my company's now preferred partner, had similar double night promotions as Marriott did.
Going to attempt to hit Hyatt Globalist again in 2025. It's going to be a challenge though due to Mr. and Mrs. Smith properties in European cities I'm planning on visiting are only half integrated into Hyatt. Many nice looking Mr. and Mrs. Smith properties appear on the Hyatt website, but they cannot be booked via Hyatt. If they are not participating with Hyatt, they shouldn't be on the Hyatt website. Hyatt concierge wasn't any help.
Ben -- I'm a bit surprised you have Bilt Platinum. What spending are you putting on the card to earn enough points for that? Or is it from new card referrals through OMAAT?
Unadvertised but the card also works for paying your mortgage
Really? I'm surprised a credit card can be used to pay one's mortgage. That's after all paying a debt with a debt instrument. The things one learn.
@ NateNate -- Has nothing to do with card referrals. I earned Platinum status in 2023 (for 2024), but I didn't requalify, so my Platinum status will expire in a couple of weeks.
Keep in mind that in 2023, Bilt Platinum required earning 100K points of any sort. When I signed up, there was a 5x points promotion on up to $10K of spending, so that was an easy 50K points. Then I was...
@ NateNate -- Has nothing to do with card referrals. I earned Platinum status in 2023 (for 2024), but I didn't requalify, so my Platinum status will expire in a couple of weeks.
Keep in mind that in 2023, Bilt Platinum required earning 100K points of any sort. When I signed up, there was a 5x points promotion on up to $10K of spending, so that was an easy 50K points. Then I was able to put my HOA on the card, which also earned quite a few points. With a bit more spending, I made it to 100K points.
Thank you for being transparent about this, Ben. Other sites have constantly been avoiding any questions regarding how they have top tier status in a program that goes against most "rules" of smart spending
Looking forward to more reviews of points properties. Ben has the best hotel reviews on BA but when every other one is a $2,000 per night Airelles or Oetker it does limit the usefulness of the blog
Ben grew up and so should you. Points properties are for the early career poors. Once you make equity partner or the equivalent in your career you should not have any trouble paying $2,000 a night for a standard of service that simply cannot be attained on points.
Arps, rich or poor, nobody here pays $2K a night for a hotel. And nobody needs to. You do not understand the premise of this site.
I’ll take my current salary and quality of life that doesn’t leave me desperately trying to one-up internet strangers on a holiday, thanks
Disregard Arps. He's got a real chip on his shoulder. A "new money" tone by which he needs to show off. There's no subtly. He needs external validation because his self-image is poor. So, he trolls.
@ Connor -- I hear you, and I promise I'll have a better mix of hotel reviews this year, so hopefully there are a good number of reviews that you find interesting. :-)
Thanks Ben, appreciate your content and taking feedback graciously. Maybe a good middle ground would be to check out some of the nicer LHW/Preferred properties now that they're bookable?
We've gravitated to properties that are either independent or LHW. Just a vibe. Just a matter of choice. Just how it's worked out. Properties at which we are regulars treat us royally. Feels like home and family. A different kind of loyalty program so to speak.
You have a really sad family if any hotel feels like family
Your comment is more reflective of your own life relationships than anyone else's. I wish you happiness and all the best.
@ARPS
ROFL. I was thinking the very same thing. I wonder if the poster thinks the hotel staff feel the same of him.
If the property staff treats us royally, as stated, whaddya suppose? If we are greeted with hugs, whaddya suppose? When we are aware of their own family's health issues, whaddya suppose? When they surprise us with special treats, whaddya suppose? When their restaurant is sold out and they open up a table for us, whaddya suppose? When they comp a cabana by the pool, whaddya suppose? But, yeah, maybe you're right.
Can’t wait for the coming #AmbassadorFail stories on your Marriott stays
>Currently much of my travel comes in the form of review trips, where I travel exclusively to review airlines, and in some cases hotels. But still, the goal is to be away from home for as little time as possible
You don't have to do this, you know. Get a job, buddy. Send Ford back out in the job market. Give Toby a break and a his passport back. There, done.
Also, this post is...
>Currently much of my travel comes in the form of review trips, where I travel exclusively to review airlines, and in some cases hotels. But still, the goal is to be away from home for as little time as possible
You don't have to do this, you know. Get a job, buddy. Send Ford back out in the job market. Give Toby a break and a his passport back. There, done.
Also, this post is just a copy-paste of last year's post. When you also let your readers know you actually didn't want to do this, so y'all better click some links.
Do better, Ben. This is ... sad.
@ Aisha Muhammed -- I have a "job" (in the sense that I do something that pays the bills), and I enjoy it very much, so I'm not sure why you'd tell me to get another one? And my husband also has a job. As far as giving Toby his passport back, I don't even know what that's supposed to mean?
The extent of this being a copy & paste is that I share my...
@ Aisha Muhammed -- I have a "job" (in the sense that I do something that pays the bills), and I enjoy it very much, so I'm not sure why you'd tell me to get another one? And my husband also has a job. As far as giving Toby his passport back, I don't even know what that's supposed to mean?
The extent of this being a copy & paste is that I share my hotel elite status strategy every year. It's different this year than last year.
Your consistently negative comments directed at me say more about you than they say about me. If you find this "sad" or don't enjoy OMAAT content, you're honestly under no obligation to read.
I of course appreciate everyone who chooses to read, but I also understand this blog won't be the right fit for everyone. I'm happy to engage with people, but please, try to be reasonable, and contribute to a productive dialogue and conversation. Just being negative for the sake of being negative doesn't accomplish much. Regardless, happy new year, and I hope it's a year filled with happiness and good things for you!
Ben, I appreciate the answer and well, if you didn't go for a New Year's run, I guess I got your heart rate up.
I wish you and your lovely family (hi Winston and Miles!) a great 2025 and will keep nudging when you complain about a life that is very much a privilege :)
You have it all. Enjoy it :)
What a weird comment. Why are you on a travel blog if you don’t like reading about travel?
Hi Connor, Ben is a capable adult and can definitely answer for himself.
I know there's a gaggle of you people from back in the day, but he's all grown up now and it's not going to happen. He's married. He has a child. He's not a teenage gay fella' flying around anymore.
Let's maybe respect that and treat him like the adult he is - one that can be engaged with, criticized and can respond for himself. Look at the eloquent rebuttal to my first impression of this post.
Hi @Aisha But you still did not answer @Connor’s question. Why are you even here? Just to make these comments for the sake of it? Go get a real job Aisha and no need to be on OMAAT.
Who are you to define what Ben ought to do? Your comment is that of a troll. Indeed, you are the same troll offering so many other comments under a different name. You are not here as a hobbyist. From the wretched position of an unremarkable and mediocre life, you are envious of people such as Ben. As Abraham Lincoln said, one does not become a better man by tearing down another. I will pray for you. Barakat. La-ilaha il-allah.
I'm surprised you didn't go for the the IHG Diamond offer for $640
@ Jason — I was going to, but I honestly decided that I really have so many choices already, and didn’t need yet another one.
@Ben but you could have compared IHG platinum and IHG diamond to see were there any real differences? Give your readers a bit different hotel review as in staying at more IHG properties and with a higher elite status.
If you find Accor ALL interesting - ALL signature is a subscription that gives 12000 status points per year (enough for Gold) and $1500 worth of redeemable points for $750-$1000. It often goes on sale on Black Friday, and with a full year it’s just a $1000 spend to hit Platinum again.
Depending on the Fairmonts, Sofitels and Raffles I stay at this year, I may at least pick up this subscription.
@ David — Interesting, thanks for the heads up!
And *this* is why I read the comments. How did I not know this existed?!? I've crunched the numbers a bunch of ways and this seems like a no brainer. As an Accor Platinum member, I wish I knew about this earlier.
I like Accor properties for outside of the US. But I was disappoint◙d with Accor's top status for the year I had it.
Free breakfast was only on weekends. Suite upgrades required paying for the next room down. And fewer properties have executive lounges - maybe one in London versus a dozen for Hilton.
https://help.accor.com/s/topic/0TO7Q000000D8mmWAC/subscription-cards?language=en_US
This should be helpful for the readers who want to know more about the different subscription cards with Accor.
The ALL Signature seems only to be available in Brazil. - Can someone confirm?
For the number of international stays you do, it seems like Accor would make more sense than IHG or even Hyatt. Accor is fairly strong in Europe and Asia. Domestically, I think Best Western would be an interesting alternative to IHG for someone only staying at Holiday Inn Express or Holiday Inn properties in small-town USA.
Best Westerns are hotels that couldn’t meet the standards for Holiday Inn.
I stayed at one that smelled like ass and they refused to give me a refund.
That's more likely the case with Quality Inn. Best Western has actually done a very good job in the last 10 years.
Skift had a good article: https://skift.com/2024/10/13/the-best-western-you-dont-know-ceo-interview-with-bwh-hotels/
I stayed at several nice Best Western Hotels in smaller, rural towns. They are in general a notch above the alternatives. In many cases those are of the category of a TravelLodge or Super 8.
I’m ver surprised you said Hilton Diamond was delivering? On my last stay in Prague the front desk boasted about the hotel being full with nothing but Diamonds.
Yeah I agree, people like Ben who stay at 2000/night properties abroad are definitely Best Western clientele.
Actually, why not Motel 6? Or a tent under the freeway?
Don't put too much in Accor. I just got back from a trip where I was gold at a deserted Novotel at 1 pm, and they wouldn't let me check in until 3 (mildly upgraded room). Two weeks later, as Platinum at the Mövenpick in FRA, with maybe fifteen people staying there, I had to fight for the free drink voucher, forget about an upgrade.
I stay where I want to stay with no regard for status at all.
@ARPS,
You are hilarious. I like your tude and I so agree with you.
Then hotels.com sounds like a fit for you, Arps.
Arps is a troll who goes by a few different names. I'd guess a Gen Z who has been cheated out of his jet-set influencer birthright.