r/Durban • u/NoApartment7399 High Tea Connoisseur • 3d ago

Best hotels with a points system in Durban?

Hi durbanites. Can anyone recommend a hotel chain that has a good points or loyalty system? We find ourselves in Durban about once a month for work or familt things (coming from the berg) and have been staying at bed and breakfasts but at the moment it's looking like a long term thing of 1-2 day trips so I'd rather get some points for where we're staying...

Any recommendations appreciated! Edit to add, even better if it's central to Durban like berea and surrounds.

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u/ko51bay 2d ago

I would choose any IHG hotel and sign up for their IHG rewards. I travel lot for work, and am a member of a number of hotel loyalty schemes, but the only one that pays off (for me anyway) is IHG (so that is Holiday inn, holiday inn express, crown plaza etc) I very frequently have enough points to pay for a few free nights AND most importantly, they actually have rooms available to book with the points. The other ones like Hilton honours etc take forever to get enough points to do anything, and when you do there are so many limitations on what you can book!

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u/NoApartment7399 High Tea Connoisseur 2d ago

Thank you I'll definitely have a look, doesn't seem like they have any central Durban hotels but definitely an option. We've been staying at the coastlands in berea with no issues but they don't seem to have any loyalty program.

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u/Virtual_Camel2 2d ago

I'd use booking.com their point system and cash back rewards are really good. And you get personalized discounts as your tier goes up.

I only use booking.com no matter where we find ourselves I always get rewarded.