While I can’t say that I’ll be shedding any tears, a longstanding annual travel promotion will be discontinued as of this year…
Daily Getaways won’t return as of 2025
Since 2010, we’ve seen the annual Daily Getaways promotion, run by the US Travel Association. This was intended to encourage tourism within the United States. With this, we saw Daily Getaways partner with major hotel groups, rental car companies, theme parks, etc., to offer discounted travel packages.
These promotions came in different forms, from vouchers for travel experiences, to points packages, to discounted gift cards. For example, here’s a look at the 2024 promotion, which gives you a sense of the types of packages that were available.
For most OMAAT readers, the most exciting option was probably the opportunity to purchase points at an attractive cost with programs like Best Western Rewards, Choice Privileges, Hilton Honors, IHG One Rewards, World of Hyatt, Wyndham Rewards, and more.
Anyway, after 15 years, it looks like this promotion will no longer be offered, as flagged by Danny the Deal Guru. The Daily Getaways webpage has been updated to indicate that the program has been discontinued as of 2025.
I can’t say that I view this as a huge loss
When the Daily Getaways promotion launched back in 2010, it was pretty awesome:
- Many hotel loyalty programs didn’t directly, aggressively, sell points at the time, so Daily Getaways was by far the best way to get a good deal on many points currencies
- There wasn’t that much competition for the available travel packages, so if you were quick, it was typically possible to take advantage of the limited packages
Over time, both of those advantages have changed considerably, though. For one, the packages available through Daily Getaways weren’t as remarkable as before, compared to what was offered directly by programs.
Furthermore, for those packages that were lucrative, there was just too much competition. For example, there were always a very limited number of World of Hyatt points packages, which actually represented a very good deal. However, it’s clear that some people set up scripts to buy these, and almost no one actually reported success without that. So it almost became a lottery of sorts, and a bit of a waste of time.
I was always curious about how the economics of Daily Getaways worked. Presumably the US Travel Association was taking a cut on sales, so I wonder just how much the travel partners were paid for things like points packages.
Bottom line
After roughly 15 years, the Daily Getaways promotion is being discontinued. This US Travel Association offer provided ways to buy discounted travel packaged, including points. I’m not surprised that this promotion ran its course. While I took advantage of it quite a bit in the early 2010s, I can’t say that I paid much attention to it in recent years.
What do you make of Daily Getaways being discontinued?
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