We've been keeping tabs on hotels that offer gift cards and today we can add the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to the list.
The cards are available inside the hotel at the spa, the business center and Essentials gift shop. Up to $2,500 can be loaded onto the card and it can be used at "participating merchants at participating MGM MIRAGE Properties."
According to the website the card can be used towards accommodations, a wedding in the wedding chapel, most of the restaurants and nightlife spots, Criss Angel's BELIEVE show and pretty much all of the shopping. Sadly, you can't use it at the craps table.
While it's increasingly common for hotels to let you buy gift cards valid for accommodation or other hotel charges, maybe we don't want to be the one to choose where our friend or relative actually stays. If you're planning to send them to Vegas, there's now a solution, because the Vegas.com booking site has just launched the Vegas.com Gift Card.
Gift cards may be the easy way out when it comes to gift-giving but c'mon they are so frigging convenient, it's hard to say no. For starters, you can pick most gift cards up in the supermarket--if your local store has one of those "Gift Card Malls" like ours does that features cards from every store imaginable like Toys'R Us, Pottery Barn and Southwest.
Second, the gift card may seem impersonal but have you ever heard of someone throwing away a $50 card to Banana Republic or letting a $25 iTunes card collect dust in the closet? NO. People use these things and we are all about utility here. Anyways, enough of our ranting. Here are some hotel and travel gift cards that you can buy for all the people in your life that you don't care about to make a gift or special order a present.
· Ritz-Carlton: The luxury chain offers gift certificates in its hotel gift shops or online. You can even call it in old school at 1-800-371-GIFT. · Hyatt Hotels: Hyatt gift cards can be used for lodging or dining and for other services charged to the rooms. · Four Seasons Hotel: Big spenders here can gift someone with up to $100,000 in a Four Seasons gift card. (Note to self: Make good friends with rich people.) · Days Inn: Now, back to earth. Days Inn also offer gift certificates. · Travelocity Gift cards: if you don't want to specify a hotel chain for your loved one, get 'em a Travelocity card so they can pick and choose for themselves.
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I want to get my dad a gift card for an American hotel chain to encourage him to travel a bit more. Hyatt seems like a decent one, but I was curious if you had any suggestions or opinions.
Good question. With JetBlue and Southwest getting heavy into the gift card game this year, it seems like a no-brainer for hotels to follow suit. So what do the big US hotel chains have to offer when it comes to gift cards?
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