Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy has rolled out its latest promotion. This time, Marriott Bonvoy members can earn up to 30,000 points for eligible stays booked by November 7, 2024.
If you have any group stays planned between now and January 31, 2025, 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 Marriott Bonvoy points.
Staying with Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy 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.
Stay Two Nights, Get 30,000 Bonvoy Points
Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy has come up with quite a few promotions since its launch; however, only a select few have been particularly compelling.
To be eligible for the current promotion – which has the potential to be quite lucrative – you’ll first need to register on the Homes & Villas website, and then book a stay of at least two consecutive nights worth at least $1,000 (USD) or the equivalent in foreign currency.
Stays must be booked between now and 11:59pm Eastern Time on November 7, 2024; however, your check-out dates can be anytime between now and January 31, 2025.
There’s no limit to how many times you can earn 30,000 points with this promotion, and the bonus points will automatically appear in your account within seventy-two hours following the completion of their stay, according to the terms and conditions.
Award stays aren’t eligible for the earning part of this promotion, and neither are stays booked at any Marriott-branded hotels, Marriott Executive Apartments, or Marriott Participating Brand Residences that may be available on the Homes & Villas platform.
If you’re considering booking a home instead of a hotel, this latest promotion is certainly worth considering if you have a group stay planned between now and the end of January 2025.
How to Maximize the Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy Promotion
With a fixed amount of 30,000 Marriott Bonvoy points awarded for eligible stays, you’ll get the best return by booking stays of as close to $1,000 (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 30,000 points at $240 (CAD) or $180 (USD).
Using this valuation, if you were to spend exactly $1,000 (USD), you’d be looking at about an 18% 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 $1,000 (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.
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:
- 10% bonus with Silver status
- 25% bonus with Gold status, which comes as a perk on the Canadian-issued American Express Platinum Card and the Business Platinum Card from American Express
- 50% bonus with Platinum status, which comes as a perk on the US-issued Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant American Express Card
- 75% bonus with Titanium & Ambassador status
- Points earned for using a Marriott Bonvoy credit card:
- 5 points for using a Canadian-issued Marriott Bonvoy American Express Card or Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card
- 6 points for using most US-issued Marriott Bonvoy co-branded credit cards from American Express and Chase
For a stay of exactly $1,000 (USD), you could earn up to 14.75 points per US dollar spent through spending and status, or a total of up to 14,750 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 47,750 points on a stay of exactly $1,000 (USD), which is equal to an effective return of around 29% in the form of points.
Of course, this number would vary if the total cost of your stay is greater than $1,000 (USD). However, it goes to show the amount of value you can extract from this promotion when combined with elevated earning rates through status and credit cards.
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 Marriott Bonvoy members can earn 30,000 bonus points for each eligible stay of two consecutive nights or more. To qualify for the bonus, the total cost of your stay needs to be at least $1,000 (USD), and you’ll need to register.
This promotion could be a good opportunity to try out a non-traditional Marriott experience on the rest of your 2024 travels, 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 make your minimum two-night booking of at least $1,000 (USD) by November 7, 2024, for stays through January 31, 2025.