Cheap luxury: SLH properties for 40K or fewer Hilton points per night

Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) is a collection of higher-end boutique-type hotel properties around the world. Through Hilton’s partnership with SLH, you can use Hilton Honors points to book many of these interesting and unique SLH properties. While some SLH properties can cost upwards of $2,000 or more per night (or as many as 250,000 Hilton Honors points per night), there are a surprising handful of SLH properties that can be booked for 40,000 points per night or fewer, at least at some times during the year. Since Hilton often sells points for 0.5c per point, it is possible to buy the points to book a standard room at these hotels for $200 per night or less. Furthermore, after Hilton’s 5th Night Free benefit, a five-night stay could be booked at any of these properties for 160,000 points or fewer, and a good transfer bonus could even make for a good use of Amex points. Note that won’t always be a deal, so it is worth checking cash rates during your desired dates. Still, these hotels represent opportunities for luxury on a budget.

Finding “cheap” luxury

During the planning stages for our coming 100K Vacay Challenge, I initially set my sights on the chance to stretch my budget without compromising quality by seeking out cheap Small Luxury Hotels of the World stays. Knowing that many SLH properties are known for their great service and desirable locations, I figured that focusing entirely on SLH could potentially make for a great strategy.

Given the current point transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Hilton Honors, it is currently possible to get 2.5 Hilton points for each Amex point. With that bonus, all of the properties in this post could be booked for 6,000 to 16,000 Amex points per night before accounting for a 5th night free (which drops that range to 4.8K to 12.8K per night). Five nights at the most expensive properties on this list will only set you back 64,000 Amex points with that transfer bonus.

To find the properties on this list, I used a combination of regional searches at Hilton.com (searching for hotels in “Europe”, “Asia”, “Central America”, etc) and the map tool (dragging the map a bit between regions to see which properties showed up) and hotel search / alert tool MaxMyPoint.

As noted at the outset, while the points prices at these properties may be low at some times during the year, you’ll still need to check to make sure that you are getting good value per point. MaxMyPoint is an excellent reference to use in this case since it shows at a quick glance the frequency with which award stays are available as well as the range you can expect in terms of cents per point while also calculating the cents per point for specific dates.

Value can vary, so keep your eye out for situations where you are getting better than 0.41 cents per point (our Reasonable Redemption Value for Hilton points).

Note also that Hilton offers dynamic pricing, so keep in mind that the point prices below are the lowest prices at which I found these properties. Surprinsingly, many of them maintain a more statis price throughout the year than many Hilton-branded counterparts, but there is some variance to be expected depending on your dates.

Finally, in a future update, I will expand this post to include properties costing up to 50,000 points as there are many more good values to be had for 45,000 to 50,000 points per night. If you find other properties that should be included within the points bands below, please let us know in the comments. Also, if you have experience staying at any of these properties, let us know your experience in the comments.

20,000 points per night or fewer

• Narendra Bhawan Bikaner, an SLH Hotel (Bikaner, India): 15,000 points per night* (opens May 2026).
  • Additional detail: A Member of our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group recently highlighted this as the cheapest SLH award in the system. It looks very nice and the price is tough to beat, though it is not expected to open until May 2026. With that being more than 8 months away, there is still time for delays to push it back even further.

30,000 points per night or fewer

• LN Hotel Five, an SLH Hotel (Guangzhou, China): 25,000 points per night
• The Majestic Malacca, an SLH Hotel (Malacca, Malaysia): 25,000 points per night
• Angkor Village Hotel, an SLH Hotel (Siem Reap, Cambodia): 30,000 points per night
  • This property was added to the list of SLH properties bookable with Hilton points quite recently. It gets excellent reviews and looks beautiful.
• The New Jingli Hotel, an SLH Hotel (Nanjing, China): 30,000 points per night

40,000 points per night or fewer

• Gaya Island Resort, an SLH Hotel (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia): 35,000 points per night
• Cameron Highlands Resort, an SLH Hotel (Pahang, Malaysia): 35,000 points per night
• O Monot Boutique Hotel, an SLH Hotel (Beirut, Lebanon): 35,000 points per night
• Rimondi Boutique Hotel, an SLH Hotel (Crete, Greece): 38,000 points per night
  • This property is more often priced at 43,000 points per night, but it comes in just below 40K during shoulder season / off-season.
• Gran Derby Suite, an SLH Hotel (Barcelona, Spain): 39,000 points per night
• Tanjong Jara Resort, an SLH Hotel (Dungun, Malaysia): 40,000 points per night
• Lakeview Hotel Yulongwan Kunming, an SLH Hotel (Kunming, China): 40,000 points per night
• YiuTeung Mansion, an SLH Hotel (Chengdu, China): 40,000 points per night
• La Miniera Pool Villas Pattaya, an SLH Hotel (Pattaya, Thailand): 40,000 points per night
• MUU BANGKOK HOTEL, an SLH Hotel (Bangkok, Thailand): 40,000 points per night
• Angel Beach Resort, an SLH Hotel (Galle, Sri Lanka): 40,000 points per night
• Grand Palace Hotel, an SLH Hotel (Riga, Latvia): 40,000 points per night
  • I very seriously considered this hotel as a stop on my 100K Vacay trip. I am very intrigued by Riga and this property looks like it has a lot of old world charm. Unfortunately, the value per point is typically weak since room rates are often less than $200 per night.
• Villa Soligo, an SLH Hotel ( Farra di Soligo, Italy): 40,000 points per night
  • This property also made for a reasonably-priced award when SLH partnered with Hyatt. Some readers stayed and I recall mixed reviews, though it can sometimes be a good value for the price given relative proximity to Treviso and what appears to be a pretty location.

Want to learn more about miles and points? Subscribe to email updates or check out our podcast on your favorite podcast platform.