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For the next three days (until 28th August) you can get 50% off IHG award bookings at a decent selection of Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels in Jamaica, Aruba, Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico.

The discount applies for stays from 1st September until 30th October, and the lower rates come up automatically when you search for award availability on the IHG site.

50% off brings the number of Points required for some of the hotels as low as 7,500 per night, but the deals I really want to highlight are the All-Inclusive resorts from just 17,500 Points per night!

Mexico:

• Holiday Inn Cancun Arenas: 17,500 points
• Holiday Inn Resort Ixtapa: 25,00 points
• Holiday Inn Resort Los Cabos: 17,500 points

Jamaica:

• Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay: 17,500 Points

17,500 Points is a great deal for 2 people at all-inclusive resorts that can charge well over £100.00 per night, but what’s even better is that you can take the kids for free too (apart from at the resort in Ixtapa).

As you can see in the image above, 2 adults and 2 children in a 4 person room is still just 17,500 Points – when you consider that includes all your meals/drinks etc, that’s a pretty amazing deal!

I’m using a similar amount of Points for a night at a Holiday Inn in Sheffield soon and thought that was an ok redemption… but (on balance!) I’d probably rather be in Jamaica:

I don’t have any IHG Points

Ian posted a few days ago about an offer for IHG Platinum Elites which allows them to buy Points for ~ £4.20 per thousand. If you read his article closely though, you will see that he also highlights a trick which means that any member can buy Points for ~ £4.80 per 1,000 any time!

Buying 15,000 Points would work out at about £85.00 per night and could be a considerable saving compared to paying the cash rate.

The full list of hotels is below and includes some very nice Intercontinentals if all-inclusive isn’t your thing:

Caribbean:

• Holiday Inn Resort Montego Bay in Jamaica: 17,500 Points

• Holiday Inn Resort Aruba-Beach Resort & Casino in Aruba: 15,000 Points

Central America:

• InterContinental Miramar Panama in Panama: 15,000 Points
• Holiday Inn Panama Canal in Panama: 7,500 Points
• Crowne Plaza Panama in Panama: 12,500 Points

• Holiday Inn Cartagena Morros in Colombia: 12,500 Points
• Holiday Inn Express Cartagena Bocagrande in Colombia: 10,000 Points

• InterContinental San Juan in Puerto Rico: 25,000 Points

Mexico:

• Holiday Inn Express Manzanillo: 7,500 points
• Hotel Indigo Veracruz Boca Del Rio: 12,500 points
• Holiday Inn Ciudad Del Carmen: 7,500 points
• Holiday Inn Express Ciudad Del Carmen: 7,500 points
• Holiday Inn Express Veracruz Boca del Rio: 12,500 points
• Holiday Inn Veracruz Boca del Rio: 12,500 points
• Holiday Inn Campeche: 7,500 points
• Holiday Inn Express Playa Del Carmen:  7,500 points
• Holiday Inn Resort Ixtapa: 25,00 points
• Holiday Inn Resort Los Cabos: 17,500 points
• InterContinental Presidente Cancun Resort: 15,000 points
• InterContinental Presidente Cozumel Resort Spa: 20,000 points
• Holiday Inn Express Puerto Vallarta: 10,000 points
• Holiday Inn Express Cabo San Lucas: 7,500 points
• Holiday Inn Cancun Arenas: 17,500 points

Bonus Tip: Redeeming Avios through Iberia Plus from Madrid can be excellent value to Central America, particularly because almost all of October and November are ‘off peak’, which means that Economy is 25,000 Avios and Business Class is just 42,500 each way (with relatively low taxes/surcharges too)!