{"id":2366,"date":"2014-01-18T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/?p=2366"},"modified":"2014-09-19T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T15:13:50","slug":"holiday-inn-suckered-trip-myrtle-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2014\/01\/holiday-inn-suckered-trip-myrtle-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Inn Suckered Me into a Trip to Myrtle Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had previously written about <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/03\/hilton-suckered-me-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hilton suckering me into a trip to Vegas<\/a> and I did it with great success as I got to <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/12\/trump-hotel-las-vegas-great\/\" target=\"_blank\">stay at the Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2013\/12\/hilton-grand-vacation-timeshare-presentation-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\">received perks for sitting through<\/a> a presentation.<\/p>\n<p>Well when making a hotel booking with Holiday Inn, I was asked if I wanted to get transferred for an &#8220;opportunity&#8221; so I said yes knowing what it would be.<\/p>\n<p>Holiday Inn Club Vacations was offering a 3 night stay in 4 select cities: Orlando, Fl; Myrtle Beach, SC; Las Vegas, NV; or Pigeon Forge\/Gaitlinburg, TN.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been to Myrtle Beach so I asked where I could stay and the options were HI Oceanfront, HI Express Broadway, HI Express Murrell, or Southbeach resort for an additional fee.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the cost and what would I receive? It will cost $199 for the 3 nights and I would receive either $200 cash back or $100 + 20,000 IHG points. So I basically could receive a free stay for sitting through a 2-3 hr presentation which I have done previously with another brand. 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