When we buy lottery tickets a couple times a year, we don't expect to actually win. It's the worth the dollar though, to dream about how we'd spend the millions.

Hilton Hhonors' new sweepstakes with National Car Rental feels a bit the same way. Register at FiveMillionReasons.com and either book a night at a Hilton property or a National Car Rental by November 30, 2008 (and stay or drive by December 15) and your name goes into a drawing.

Then, five obnoxiously lucky people will win one million Hilton Hhonors points each. So since we're all dreaming here, we have to ask: What would you do with the prize? ]]> travelingmcmahans 2008-09-03T12:27:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/21/15538/7315 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/laquinta_brightspot.png" class="imgborder"> <p>Whenever we book a hotel room, we always feel this pang of guilt when we see the room rate -- no matter how low -- and tend to lament the loss of money that could have been used to purchase 1/4 of a pair of super expensive shoes. Or flowers for our mother. Or a bunch of pizzas, even. <p>But the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/La%20Quinta%20Hotels"><b>La Quinta</b></a> chain feels us on that one: right now when you book a room at any La Quinta, you can visit their <a href="http://brightspotchallenge.kewlbox.com/brightspot.aspx">Bright Spot</a> website, enter your confirmation code and gain access to discounts on stuff like rental cars, Dominos pizza and Borders books. Hooray! <p>And even if you're not booking a Jenna 2008-08-21T15:06:51-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/20/122346/217 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/11725/tablet_hotels.png" class="imgborder"><p>Jen Leo, the <a href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/"><b><i>LA Times</i> Daily Deal and Travel Blog</b></a> maven and past <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/21/122947/446/hotels/The_True_Adventures_of_Marital_Bliss_Inside_the_Golden_Nugget_Spa_Suite">VIP Hotel Reviewer</a> is like, so on top of things. <p>She alerts her faithful readers (like us) to a contest currently being run by <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Tablet%20Hotels"><b>Tablet Hotels</b></a> awarding two free nights in a mystery hotel, should you be able to identify said mystery hotel using the following clue: <p> <blockquote><p>One Tablet Hotel has been overrun with showbiz types since its opening in 1927--in fact, its "Blossom Room" was home to the first-ever Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.</blockquote></p><p> Shhh, if you know the answer don't tell us--that is unless you want more competition in the random drawing. Instead, e-mail your answer to info@tablethotels.com.<br> jennm 2008-08-20T12:38:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/8/82628/12003 <![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/pink_choice.jpg"><p> <p>Nearly two years ago we reported on the birth of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/8/105252/0179/hotels/A_New_Ratings_Site_for_Pink_Travelers"><b>Pink Choice</b></a>, a website that can basically be described as TripAdvisor for gay travelers. The site's certainly expanded a bit since then but they're still looking for more reviews, so they've put an incentive on it with the <b>$1,500 Weekend Getaway Competition</b>.</p><p>Basically, anyone who enters a quality review of a gay or gay-friendly hotel on the site between now and October 31 is in the draw for a $1,500 prize, in conjunction with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kimpton%20Hotels"><b>Kimpton Hotels</b></a>: the winner will score 2 nights at any Kimpton, anywhere, plus $1,000 spending money for the trip.</p><p>Pink Choice looks like they could use the new reviews as they've still only amandak 2008-07-09T09:15:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/7/1/20510/66416 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/rittenhouse_gptmc.jpg" class="imgborder"> <a href="http://www.history.com/">The History Channel</a> recently rolled out a contest offering the grand prize of a two-night stay at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Rittenhouse+Hotel/ian/214907"><b>The Rittenhouse Hotel</b></a>, one of Philadelphia's schwankiest hotels.<p> <p>The contest ends on July 11, with the winner notified around July 14.<p> <p>This is a good deal since the hotel has garnered all kinds of awards, including kudos from travel mags <i>Travel + Leisure</i> and <i>Conde Nast Traveler</i>.<p> <p>And the location is right in the heart of the city center. Rittenhouse Square is in a sense its own destination, with shopping, galleries, music, and serious restaurants. It also has history -- it's one of the five original squares designed by William Penn, the state's founding father.<p> <p>Plus it's annie0007 2008-07-02T11:29:37-05:00 39.949775 -75.172874 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/