Cashback is a great way to reduce the cost of travelling; it should also influence the hotel chain that you choose. If two similar hotels are both charging $100 per night, you would save money by booking the hotel chain offering 5% cashback instead of the hotel chain offering none…

For a limited time, Topcashback is offering 5% cashback on Marriott Bonvoy hotels worldwide. The normal rate is 3%.

The question comes up occasionally, so I’ll be as clear as possible. When you use a cashback website to click through to a hotel chain website, you are definitely booking DIRECT and qualifying to earn points, elite status credit, etc.

In my experience, you can also make a successful Best Rate Guarantee claim and still earn cashback for the booking. (based on the final, lower room rate)

And, naturally, you don’t have to actually stay at the hotel during the period of increased cashback. What matters is the date of making the reservation…

New Members Can Earn an Easy $10

If you are not yet a member of Topcashback, you can earn an additional $10. Simply sign up using this referral link – http://www.topcashback.com/join-us/inside-flyer/ref/craigsowerby – and earn $10 of cashback.

It’s really quite simple to earn $10 of cashback. For example, a $200 Marriott hotel stay would earn you $10 of cashback. With the extra $10 bonus, you’d be looking at a $20 rebate for a hotel stay you are already planning…