Get the luxury Fiji Suite, valued at $4,300, for just 150,000 Hilton points. Book now before this offer is gone.
Hyatt’s loss was Hilton’s gain. When Hyatt acquired luxury boutique hotel booking platform Mr & Mrs Smith, it was bound to end its partnership with SLH Hotels. Hilton was hugely successful with SLH. It was a game changer for the Honors program.
While Honors points are typically low value, the point cost for SLH hotels is capped at the highest price for Hilton properties, meaning you can get very good value points, usually less than half a cent per point but sometimes as much as 3-4 cents per point, and the hotels are much nicer than most Hilton branded hotels.
One great example is Raiwasa Private Resort on Taveuni Island in Fiji, an hour’s flight from Nadi. The property is small and the rooms for sale aren’t often available, but if Hilton can sell the rooms at this price, it seems you can also book with points.
With over 2,000 square feet of room and a 933 square foot deck, you’ll pay more than $4,300 per night.
However, you can use 150,000 Hilton Honors points per night instead.
The Grand Villa Two Bedroom offers a seamless indoor-outdoor living experience with two separate suites, both featuring king-size beds with open ceiling designs and full bathrooms.
One has an ocean view, the other a garden view. Each suite also features a luxurious outdoor bathtub and walk-in shower. Villas feature separate living rooms, verandas/wraparound decks, sitting rooms, full kitchens with refrigerators, air conditioning, free WiFi, HDTVs and tea/coffee makers.
Credit: Raiwasa Private Resort
This accommodation includes meals and sleeps up to six people per room.
The hotel boasts that “99.3% of guests rate their Raiwasa experience as one of the top 10 travel experiences of their life.”
Perched high above the South Pacific Ocean, with stunning 180-degree views over the Somosomo Strait, and surrounded by lush rainforest and swaying palm trees, the dramatic sunsets rival the evening’s starry skies.
Credit: Raiwasa Private Resort
Enjoy dining at eight locations, complimentary all-day room service, “private chefs Richie and Rosie have a combined 20 years of experience working in renowned five-star resorts, restaurants and hotels in Fiji and the Cook Islands,” and complimentary cooking classes.
Credit: Raiwasa Private Resort
Enjoy complimentary resort activities such as kayaking, paddle boarding, biking and snorkelling, as well as roundtrip transportation to and from Matei Airport.
Like many smaller, more remote properties, they have strict cancellation fees. They can’t offer discounted rates online and fill rooms last minute, so cancellations have serious ramifications for the property. For both paid and points stays, they state the following: “Cancellation Fee: 25% of total stay fee if cancelled between 3pm local time from date of booking (61 days prior to arrival), 100% of total stay fee if cancelled 60 days or more prior to arrival.”
There are some truly special places you could never experience with cash, like Riverview Ranch in Montana, Calara Island in Nicaragua, and Hermitage Bay in Antigua. Places that would cost $3,000-5,000 a night are now available for 130,000-150,000 Hilton points a night.
I would jump on some of these exceptional values. For now, Hilton says they are pricing within the normal redemption band, but that could change or they could raise the points price cap. Hilton has never offered value like this before, so I wouldn’t want to miss this opportunity.
