Travelers on the hunt for cheap airplane tickets and/or cheap vacation packages are often the same ones on the lookout for really good free travel deals.
The following are some perks that help offset the cost of travel:
Starwood Hotels is offering travelers who stay two nights to get the third free or stay four nights and receive two additional nights free. Many smaller hotels are offering third night free promotions.
Citibank is awarding new customers who sign up for select credit cards 75,000 miles after $1,500 is spent on that card.
InterContinental Hotels Group, which oversees 4,600 hotels worldwide, is offering a deal through the end of this year whereby it will reimburse guests up to $50 for their airline baggage fees.
Several North American Fairmont Hotels are providing Kobo e-readers to guests. The Epic Hotel in Miami is providing its guests with Sony readers that have books already loaded onto them.
The Ma Maison in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is offering its guests complimentary cell phones with unlimited free local usage.
Several hotels in the Caribbean and Mexico, including the Royal Solaris in Cancun, are not only letting kids stay for free but also eat for free. Some large hotel chains, including Omni and Loews, are providing kids of guests with free toys to play with.
Many hotels are offering guests complimentary, or heavily discounted, spa treatments, including the Marquis Los Cabos in Mexico and the Eldorado in Santa Fe.
Many hotels and airports are now offering free Wi-Fi service. Wififreespot.com offers a directory of where free service can be found.
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