Vacations by Marriott, the vacation package booking arm of Marriott Bonvoy, is offering a promotion whereby members can earn 20,000 bonus points after booking a vacation package including five nights of hotel or more. While the 20,000 bonus points represent a relatively small rebate in most cases, I was surprised that the first package I looked at actually presented decent savings over what it would cost you to book separately. This promotion could be worth a look for some.
The Deal
- Vacations by Marriott is offering Marriott Bonvoy members the opportunity to earn 20,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points when booking five nights or more with Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy.
- Direct link to this deal
Key Terms
- Promotion is valid for reservations booked through Vacations by Marriott Bonvoy between June 1 – June 30, 2026*, for travel June 1 – December 31, 2026, at all properties participating in Marriott Bonvoy.
- Marriott Bonvoy™ members earn 20,000 bonus points for stays of five or more consecutive nights.
- Bonus points will be posted to account within 1-2 weeks after the checkout date.
- Offer not applicable to groups of ten rooms or more.
- A limited number of rooms are available, and blackout dates or other restrictions may apply.
- Available at participating locations only.
- A stay is defined as consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/check-out activity.
- Promotion cannot be combined with certain other offer, sale promotion, or prior purchase/reservation.
- Offer subject to change at any time.
- See promotion landing page for full details.
Quick Thoughts
Vacation packages don’t always present an opportunity for savings, though we have sometimes seen particularly notable deals, usually directly through airline websites. It can sometimes make sense to book a vacation package even with a throwaway hotel or car rental in order to get significant savings on the flight. In this case, I’m seeing pretty significant savings that probably happen on the hotel side, which makes some of these vacation packages potentially worthwhile.
The first vacation package I lchecked was the first cheap-ish option I noticed on the home page, which was a package from Miami to the Bahamas for $585 per person. Sure enough, that exact deal at $585 per person is available at the time of writing. It would be from August 18th to the 22nd, departing from Miami for the Bahamas on American Airlines in basic economy, and staying at the Courtyard by Marriott Nassau Junkanoo Beach.
Setting aside for a moment whether you would actually be interested in booking basic economy or this particular hotel, from a price perspective, it’s a pretty solid deal. The flights alone would cost $586 for two people, and the hotel, booked via the Marriott website, starts at $868 for the same dates with a flexible cancellation policy. That’s a total of 1,454 to book separately so you’re saving more than $370 by booking through Vacations by Marriott.
Interestingly if you wanted main cabin on those flights, it was only an additional $35 per person through Marriott, whereas you can see main cabin would cost about $70 more per person if booked directly through American.
Whether or not that specific example applies to you, it’s interesting to see that there is potentially significant savings available. Unfortunately, while Marriott presents that package as an example on their home page, it isn’t actually qualifying for this promotion because this promotion requires booking a package that includes a hotel stay of a minimum of five nights. Nonetheless, the savings over five nights would be similar, and in the case of the Bahamas, you could even score a pretty good deal for one of the towers at Atlantis.
Whether or not there’s a deal to the specific destination you have in mind is obviously going to vary from one person to another. The bottom line is that if you’re looking at booking cash rates for a hotel and revenue fares for a flight for a trip you’re considering, or if you can find a route or hotel that is notably inexpensive, it might be worth looking through Vacations by Marriott both for the opportunity to save some money and potentially the opportunity to stack with this promotion.
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