Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy has rolled out its latest promotion for stays through to the end of the year. This time, members with Marriott Bonvoy Elite status can earn 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points per eligible stay.
If you have any group stays planned between May 6 and December 31, 2024, you can potentially pad your Bonvoy balance by opting for a stay, or multiple stays, in Marriott’s version of home rentals instead of a hotel.
What Is Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy?
The Marriott International hotel chain offers a curated selection of over 100,000 vacation rentals around the globe, in addition to its portfolio of hotel properties.
Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, which is Marriott’s answer to compete with Airbnb, launched in 2019, and tends to focus on higher-end rentals in each regional market.
The home rental program allows Marriott loyalists to experience unique accommodations with an elevated travel experience as an alternative to the traditional portfolio of Marriott hotels. At the same time, you still have the opportunity to earn and redeem Bonvoy points.
Staying with Marriott Homes & Villas earns elite qualifying nights towards your Marriott Bonvoy status, so it’s always worth checking the Homes & Villas platform if you’re in the mood to book a vacation rental instead of a hotel for an upcoming trip.
Just like Airbnbs, the Homes & Villas properties are run by individual owners or management companies and not by Marriott; instead, the rentals are simply stamped with the promise to deliver the same standards you can expect while staying at a Marriott property.
Book Two Nights, Get 50,000 Bonvoy Points
Marriott Homes & Villas has come up with quite a few promotions since its launch, but only a select few have been particularly compelling. This promotion has the potential to be quite lucrative; however, it comes with a few strings attached.
To be eligible for the current promotion, you need to have any level of Marriott Bonvoy Elite status (Silver, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, or Ambassador), and then you’ll first need to sign in and register on the landing page between now and May 10, 2024.
Then, you need to book a cash stay of at least two consecutive nights worth at least $2,500 (USD) or the equivalent in foreign currency. Stays booked in full or partially with points aren’t eligible for the bonus.
Stays must be booked by 11:59pm Eastern Time on May 10, 2024; however, the check-in and check-out dates must fall between May 6 and December 31, 2024.
There’s no limit to how many times you can earn 50,000 points with this promotion, and the bonus points will be awarded between three and six weeks following the successful completion of an eligible stay.
Award bookings aren’t eligible for this promotion, and neither are stays booked at any Marriott-branded hotels, branded residences, or Marriott Executive Apartments.
This latest promotion is certainly worth considering if you have a group stay planned between now and the end of the year, especially if you’d like to book a home instead of a hotel.
It’s worth noting that this is one of the best promotions put forth by Marriott Homes & Villas since its inception, though the minimum spending requirement is higher than it has been in the past.
How to Maximize the Marriott Homes & Villas Promotion
With a fixed amount of 50,000 Marriott Bonvoy points awarded for eligible stays, you’ll get the best return by booking stays of as close to $2,500 (USD) as possible.
We value Marriott Bonvoy points at 0.8 cents per point (CAD) or 0.6 cents per point (USD); hence, we’d value 50,000 points at $400 (CAD) or $300 (USD).
Using this valuation, if you were to spend exactly $2,500 (USD) on a two-night stay, you’d be looking at about a 12% return in points with the promotion alone.
For stays booked in currencies other than US dollars, you may want to err on the side of caution and book a stay for slightly above the threshold, to account for any currency conversion fluctuations that may bring your stay to less than $2,500 (USD).
As per usual, you’ll still earn base points on your stay, as well as elite qualifying nights and bonus points as a Marriott Bonvoy Elite member.
If you pay for the transaction with a Marriott Bonvoy co-branded credit card, you’ll also earn points for your Homes & Villas booking.
Marriott Bonvoy Co-Branded Credit Cards in Canada
For example, if you book at a Marriott Homes & Villas property, for every US dollar spent, you can earn:
- 5 base points as a Marriott Bonvoy member
- Bonus points for having Marriott Bonvoy Elite status:
- Points earned for using a Marriott Bonvoy credit card:
For a stay of exactly $2,500 (USD), you could earn up to 14.75 points per US dollar spent, or a total of up to 36,875 Marriott Bonvoy points: 5 base points, 3.75 points as a Titanium or Ambassador Elite member, and 6 points by paying with an eligible US-issued co-branded credit card.
When combined with the points earned from the current promotion, you’d be looking at a total of up to 86,875 points on a minimum two-night stay of exactly $2,500 (USD), which is equivalent to an approximate return of 21% in the form of points. Of course, this number would change if the total cost of your stay is greater than $2,500 (USD), which is likely the case for most bookings.
Again, while it’s not worthwhile to pursue this promotion solely for the bonus points, if you were going to otherwise make a booking for a home rental, at least you’d end up with a tidy sum of points for your efforts.
Conclusion
Marriott’s vacation home rental brand, Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, has put out a new promotion, through which you can earn 50,000 bonus points for each eligible stay of two consecutive nights or more as a member with Marriott Bonvoy Elite status. To qualify for the bonus, the total cost of your stay needs to be at least $2,500 (USD).
This promotion could be a good opportunity to try out a non-traditional Marriott experience on your travels throughout 2024, while earning a good chunk of bonus points and also obtaining elite qualifying nights towards Marriott Bonvoy Elite status.
If you’re keen on taking advantage of the promotion, be sure to register and make your minimum two-night booking of at least $2,500 (USD) from May 2—10, 2024 for stays between May 6 and December 31, 2024.
