Hampton Inn and Suites and the Hilton HHonors Program

Merger, acquisition, and the seemingly never-ending web of ownership means that modern hotel chains are often owned as subsidiary brands of other hotel chains (which may, themselves, be the subsidiaries of holding companies, tire manufacturers, agribusinesses, or anything else under the sun). The line of comfortable, affordable, limited-service hotels that offers lodging under the name of Hampton Inn and Suites is an excellent case in point – this chain is actually a subsidiary of the Hilton Worldwide company.

Most of the time, the exact company that owns the hotel brand you are staying at is a far less important question than the room rate, the availability of a smoking or non-smoking room, the cleanliness of the bed linens, or the distance to the nearest fast food outlet or gas station. However, in the case of the Hampton Inn and Suites, you can turn this subsidiary status to your advantage if you are a frequent traveler, by enrolling in the Hilton HHonors program and using your stays at Hampton Inn and Suites to earn benefits that you can use on subsequent trips to save money.

The Hilton HHonors program is a reward program based around stays at Hilton Worldwide subsidiary hotels from one of several different chains – including Hampton Inn and Suites. The HHonors system allows you to accumulate both points for hotel stays and miles for airlines who are cooperating with Hilton Worldwide in the matter of their rewards program. Points and miles can be earned by staying at hotels on the list of participating chains, by using the Hilton credit card, or even directly purchasing points from the company – a method that is usually only used when you are a few points short of the number needed to redeem a specific offer.

Staying at a Hampton Inn and Suites hotel earns 10 points per dollar that you spend on your room if you are an HHonors member, meaning that the chain is not only affordable, but it will be helping to make your future journeys and stays more affordable as well. Since prices have a generally upward trend over time, it is particularly pleasant that you can take action now to reduce the impact of rising prices if you know that you are going to be traveling in the future as well.

    You can choose from three different ways to earn your points – as either a mix of HHonor points and variable miles, fixed miles, or simply as all HHonor points. This last option is especially useful if you mostly travel by car in the United States – airline miles are unlikely to be very useful to you in this case, and by focusing on points, you will build up enough for your next Hampton stay quickly.

    If you are a frequent guest at the Hampton Inn and Suites, then it is a sensible step to bank some future discounts for yourself by making use of the Hilton HHonors program. The fact that these points are redeemable at many other Hilton Worldwide hotels as well – from Embassy Suites to Hilton Grand Vacations Club, from the Waldorf-Astoria to Homewood Suites – increases the flexibility of your options and gives you the chance to get a discounted stay anywhere you are likely to find yourself.