All Wyndham hotels cost 15,000 Rewards points… Which makes earning 15,000 points the same as earning a free night certificate. Free night certificates are fantastic for high end properties.

The problem is, I couldn’t figure out how to book many of the nicest hotels touted by Wyndham Rewards properties.

Due to Wyndham’s latest promo, giving 15,000 points for two nights, I decided to do some research. I figured out why many of the all-inclusives sometimes appeared not to be bookable, and discovered a bunch of other nice hotels.

This post will discuss:

• Booking All-Inclusive Properties with Wyndham
• The nicest Wyndham Hotels in the world
• Suite rewards and other options

(If you’re just interested in my list of best Wyndham hotels, scroll past the all-inclusive section).

Booking Wyndham All-Inclusive Hotels with Rewards Points

Arguably, the best use of Wyndham Rewards Points is to book one of their “VIVA” all-inclusives for 15,000 points. Many of the hotels go for over $300 a night.

However, there are two major problems when booking VIVA All-Inclusives:

1) Availability.

2) Minimum number of nights when booking.

 

Solutions:

• vivaresorts.com has a calendar of availability
• vivaresorts.com shows night minimum – which I’ll list below

However, the problem with the calendar of availability is that it does not show rewards nights, and thus rewards nights could be out. The difference is likely caused by the calendar mentioned above showing all cash rooms, and rewards nights are only for standard rooms.

 

About the VIVA hotels

• Dominican Republic:
  • Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach – La Romana
  • Viva Wyndham Dominicus Palace – La Romana
  • Viva Wyndham Tangerine – Cabarete
  • Viva Wyndham V Samaná • Adults Only – Las Terrenas
  • Viva Wyndham V Heavens • Adults Only – Puerto Plata
• Mexico
  • Viva Wyndham Maya – Riviera Maya
  • Viva Wyndham Azteca – Riviera Maya
• Bahamas
  • Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach – Grand Bahama

Not every hotel offers the same amenities, and possibly some do not even offer free wifi “in room”.

Check out this chart.

 

 

Night minimums for VIVA hotels

I particularly dislike the 3 night minimum on some of these hotels because I’m earning my 15,000 points from this latest promo on different accounts, and there’s no way to combine them.

Nonetheless, if you earn from the card this might not be a big deal. But if you’re like me, you may have to focus on the properties without a minimum number of nights.

 

Here are the minimums:

• Dominicus = 3 night
• Palace = 3 night
• Tangerine = 3 night
• V Samana = 3 night
• V Heavens = 2 night
• Bahamas is 1 night
• Riveria Maya = 3 night
• Azteca = 1 night

 

Of the ones with 1-2 night availability:

• V Heavens is the best availability, but lowest nightly rate (and still requires two nights)
• Bahamas has limited availability and good value
• Azteca has almost no availability and great value

Isn’t that how it goes…

 

Best Wyndham Rewards Hotels In The World

After a lot of searches, this is my list of the nicest and most valuable Wyndham Hotels in the world:

1. Hotel Henri, NYC
2. Hôtel Dolce Frégate Provence, Saint-Cyr-Sur-Mer, France
3. The Mining Exchange A Wyndham Grand Hotel & Spa, Colorado Springs
4. Aspen Meadows Resort
5. The Mills House Wyndham Grand Hotel, Charleston, SC
6. Wyndham Grand Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
7. Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, CA
8. Wyndham Grand Chicago Riverfront, Chicago
9. Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, Florida
10. Wyndham Canterbury, San Francisco
11. Wyndham Austin, Austin
12. Wyndham Reef Resort, Cayman Islands
13. Ramada Udaipur Resort and Spa, Udaipur, India
14. TRYP by Wyndham Jerusalem Bat Sheva, Israel
15. Ramada Khao Lak Resort, Thailand
16. Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam Riverside, Bangkok, Thailand
17. H4 Hotel Arcadia Locarno, Switzerland
18. HPlus Spa Engelberg, Switerland

 

Honorable Mentions:

Anything in Switzerland (Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Engelberg, Solothurn).

Vancouver, NYC, San Francisco, Napa Valley, Park City, Toronto, Boston, Santa Monica, Istanbul, and Phuket, Thailand.

A number of nice hotels in China: Shenzhen, Kunming, Hangzhou, Qingdao, etc…

In Turkey: Ramada Resort Bodrum, Ramada Resort Lara, and Ramada Resort Kemer (not open?)

Hawaii:

• There are hotels on: Kona, Maui, Oahu, Kauai,
• Some hotels require 2 nights

 

Best use is 2 bedroom suites?

Here’s an example of the Ramada in Dubai, an already often expensive hotel, but both the one bedroom and two bedroom suites are available for 15,000 points:

In USD, that’s a $600 a night rate.

 

Another example with: Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, CA

Here you can see the Silverado Resort has a suite (bookable for $400 cash) available on points.

 

To be honest, I wish I had been checking for this throughout my research.. But perhaps if you see one you could comment and I’ll add it to the list below:

• Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa, CA – Cottage suite
• Ramada Dubai – 2 bedroom suite
• Wyndham Hotel Melbourne, Australia – 2 bedroom suite
• Ramada Plaza Bangkok Menam Riverside, Bangkok, Thailand – Including lounge access

 

Conclusion

Wyndham does not have the brand consistency that Hyatt or Marriott has, but they have enough great hotels that I want to hit this latest promotion hard. (I’ll do a follow up post on the latest promotion).

It’s actually a great combo. Low end hotels to earn free nights at, and then a few great redemptions in various regions of the world.

Wyndham is not a great brand. But 15,000 Wyndham Rewards points has some great uses.