(EXPIRED) Incredible Marriott promo – Earn 40,000 bonus points on a 4+ night stay

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Update: Marriott Homes & Villas has sent a concerning email to people who made reservations to take advantage of this promo without planning on actually staying there:

Dear Homes & Villas Guest,

We are excited for your upcoming stays with us. We have noticed that you booked multiple reservations with us during our 40K Bonus Points Promotion.  We wanted to remind you of our Promotion Details and  Terms and Conditions (linked for your reference):

  • Promotion applies to a minimum 4-night ‘stay,’ which is considered one or more consecutive nights at the same Participating Property regardless of check-in and check-out activity.
  • You cannot earn or receive benefits at multiple Participating Properties for the same stay date(s).
  • You must be present and complete your stay at the home rental in order to earn Points and Elite Night Credits.

If you are unable to complete your stay, please review the cancellation policy for your reservation and take action as appropriate.  We look forward to welcoming you soon.

It’s that final bullet point which is most concerning – that you must be present and complete your stay in order to earn the bonus points and elite night credits. I imagine there’s a not-insignificant number of people who weren’t planning on staying at the property (or properties) that they booked, but were booking them to effectively buy cheap points and elite night credits. Depending on the cancellation policies of those stays, this could be a very costly deal gone bad depending on how strictly Marriott Homes & Villas is able – and willing – to enforce what’s advised in their email.

Update: Marriott’s Homes & Villas website shows the 40K bonus when you select a property to book.  In other words, it shows how many points you’ll earn from the stay and so you’ll see a number like 41,625 which includes both the 40K bonus plus the number of points earned based on earning 5x points plus any elite bonus you qualify for.

Update: All currency bookings are now fair game.  We had reached out to Marriott about the term that stated that the promo was limited to homes listed in USD, EUR, and GBP and they replied that they removed that clause!  Indeed, the new terms do not have that language.

Update: The promo is now live.  Book by the end of May 3rd for stays through September 9th.  Note a big exclusion in the terms: “Promo is limited to homes listed in USD, EUR and GBP only.”

Update: We’ve learned from Marriott that this promotion will only apply to paid stays, not to those booked with points. However, better news is that there is no maximum to how many stays can earn the 40K bonus between May 1st and September 9th.

Somebody pass the smelling salts. I already almost fainted with surprise when Marriott finally launched a decent promo earlier this year, giving 1,000 bonus points per night and double elite nights. They’ve now followed that up with a surprisingly generous new promotion. It’s only valid at their Homes & Villas brand and so it could have niche appeal, but with 40,000 bonus points on offer, it’s definitely worth a look.

Marriott Homes & Villas property in Goa, India
Marriott Homes & Villas property in Goa, India (image courtesy of Marriott)

The Deal

  • Earn 40,000 bonus points when booking a 4+ night stay with Marriott Homes & Villas.
  • Direct link to offer.

Key Terms

  • Book May 1-3, 2023 for stays from May 1-September 9, 2023.
  • Valid for paid stays only.
  • There is no maximum to how many points can be earned from this promotion.

Full Terms

Earn 40,000 Bonus Points from May 1 – May 3, 2023

    • A “stay” is defined as four (4) or more consecutive nights spent at the same property.
    • Registration is not required for this promotion.
    • Marriott Bonvoy Members earn 40,000 bonus points per eligible paid stay at a participating home rental booked between May 1, 2023 (12:01 AM EST) – May 3, 2023 (11:59 PM EST) through the Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy website (“HVMB Platform”). Stays of four (4) or more consecutive nights must be completed during the promotion earning period, beginning May 1, 2023, up to and including nights stayed on or before September 9, 2023.
    • Members earn five (5) base Points for each U.S. dollar, or the currency equivalent, on all Qualifying Charges incurred and paid for by the Member through the HVMB Platform.
    • Promotion bonus Points are in addition to the base Points and any Elite bonus Points earned per stay within the promotion earning period.
    • Charges that do not qualify for Points include, but are not limited to, taxes, booking fees, cleaning fees, security deposits, and extra add-on services purchased and/or applied to home rentals booked through the HVMB Platform.
    • Home rentals booked through third-party online retailers are ineligible to earn for this promotion.
    • Marriott Participating Brand Residences may be featured on the HVMB Platform: however, they do not participate in the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program and do not participate in this promotion.
    • Award redemption stays where Points are redeemed for a portion of, or the entire stay are not eligible for the promotion.
    • Provided that the correct Marriott Bonvoy Membership Account Number is added as part of the booking process, Points will automatically appear in the Member’s Account three (3) to six (6) weeks (21–42 days) following the completion of their stay.
    • Members electing to earn miles are not eligible for this promotion.
    • Cancellations and no-shows are not eligible to earn Points.
    • All Marriott Bonvoy Program Rules apply. See https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/terms/default.mi for more information.

Quick Thoughts

40,000 points is an incredibly generous bonus, especially seeing as you only need to stay four nights in order to earn the bonus points. If you did only book a four night stay, getting an effective 10,000 bonus points per night is amazing.

There is a key caveat though – you have to make your reservation from May 1-3 and it’s only valid on bookings through September 9. The promotion is therefore designed to capture summer vacation bookings, but that doesn’t mean that your reservation needs to be extortionately priced.

If you can find a cheap enough property, this promotion could potentially even be worth a mattress run. Having said that, you might be hard pressed finding somewhere that makes a mattress run worthwhile after taking into account the additional cleaning fees, taxes, etc.

Even if it doesn’t end up being good as a mattress run, it could still turn out to be a net low cost stay once you take into account the bonus points you’ll earn. The Marriott Homes & Villas website lets you search by state or country as well as with flexible dates, so if you’re flexible with your destination and/or dates, you could snap up a great deal. When doing a few random searches and sorting the results by price, I found numerous properties in a few different states costing far less than $100 per night; many of which were even less than $75 per night. Once taxes and fees are added in you’d be looking at closer to $500-$600 for a four night stay, but that’s still great value when earning 40k bonus points.

The 40k bonus points are on top of the regular earnings of 5 points per dollar plus one elite night credit per night. You can click through from a shopping portal to earn additional cashback/rewards – you can find the current rates here, here and here. Also keep an eye out for Amex Offers and Chase Offers for Marriott Homes & Villas as those could potentially save you hundreds of dollars more.

We don’t know yet if there’s a limit of 40,000 bonus points you can earn or if you can take advantage of this promotion more than once. We’ve reached out to our rep and so will update the post once we get confirmation.

Again, you need to make your reservations from May 1-3, so we’ll republish this post once the booking window is open.

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Mark

Wow, so many cheap properties in Malaysia appeared overnight. Now we can… oh wait, the promo ended yesterday.

Ben

Why should they care if you stay or not and how would they be able to know if you did or didn’t? Why would the owner tell them? I’m sure he’d rather non staying guests

Another Jeff

Marriott looking to keep “Bonvoyed” in the vernacular.

Richard

How silly of them to require a person to actually stay. How dum is this comment?

Another Jeff

They made the promo. They can design it however they want. That’s not the issue. The issue is them making up and changing the rules in the middle of the game.

The elite nights make sense. Doubt they can enforce the no show check in though. They should have just set a minimum nightly rate from the start.

LarryInNYC

Haven’t looked too deeply but it sounds like, rather than changing the rules (a la recent Hyatt promotion) they’re simply reminding people of the existing rules and stating that they will be followed during this promotion even if enforcement has been spotty in the past.

Jorge

“I’m trying to cheat the system and got reminded of the rules”.

Concerning for sure lmao!

Eric

Did anyone else getting a warning email today from Marriott saying that no points will be granted if you don’t show up?

Michael

yes。got email from marriott

AprilTee

properties in Malaysia were all removed!! still not a fair game thought …

KamBamSLam

Is there a limit of 1 promo, or can i book multiple 4 night stays and get the 40k bonus multiple times?

Greg The Frequent Miler

Can do multiple

murrayf

They have cleaned out a lot of the cheaper places. I saw quite a few well under $100 in Istanbul and Izmir that are now missing. A lot of apartments in Athens Greece still avaliable though

Jonathon

I was looking for a place in Sofia Bulgaria. They removed every single place besides two. There was over 50 yesterday. What a joke of a promo

John Doe

I could potentially make use of this but the reviews for Marriott H&V on Reddit are absolute shite! And these properties have no reviews generally. I tried to look up some on Airbnb or Booking.com using the description or image search, but no luck, so I guess I will have to pass on this.

Lmk if anyone else has any tricks or ideas with this.

Frank

Would the Citi Premier spend $500 get $100 off track with Marriott homes & villas?

Kathryn

Amazing promo, I just booked 3 business trips already planned (Way less expensive than a hotel) and Italy 4 nights in 3 locations. Combined with Titanium Status (thanks to the last promo) and Bonvoy AMEX it’s around 300,000 points.

Anthony

Where in Italy? How much per night?

Kathryn

Florence, Napoli and Amalfi $185-$350 / night for either a flat or villa

Mark

Booooooo: “Promo is limited to homes listed in USD, EUR and GBP only.” Goodbye Malaysia.

Greg The Frequent Miler

They removed this exception!

Mark

Haha, still goodbye Malaysia. Seemingly overnight all options in Malaysia are gone.

Taylor

It still shows only those three options on the main offer page.

Greg The Frequent Miler

Yeah they forgot to remove it from the top, but they took it out of the terms. I’ll let them know.

Taylor

Thanks Greg!

They’re responsive! It’s gone now from the landing page.

Oren S

Seems totally mattress run worthy in the literal sense..

Found a stay May 7-11 (4 nights) in Niagara Falls, Canada for $457.65 CAD ($338.42 USD) all in. That would get you the 40k bonus points plus about 1000 points from the cost of the reservation.

Assuming RRV of 0.8, those points are worth $328.. Not factoring in the credit card spend.

If you could do something like this 3 times, you’d triple those numbers but be able to use the current Amex offer ($200 off $1000 Homes and Villas, valid until end of May). So you’d essentially be paying approx $272 for 41k points and 4 elite nights…

CJ Rock

Would love to use this promo to book a stay and stack with the $1000 Amex Offer ($200 credit back) but the Amex offer expires in May and Marriott H&V only allows you to pay 50% now and 50% a couple weeks before the trip. Is there any way to pay in full before a July trip?

Mark

Is there a place on Marriott.com we can see this offer? I can’t find it anywhere except this site at the moment…