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Beyond the Van der Valk Gift Card: a Stay-Anywhere Gift
A Van der Valk gift card is a lovely thing to receive, right up until your recipient fancies a night somewhere that isn't a Van der Valk hotel.
The NH Hotels Gift Card and Its Borders — Plus a Card Without Them
Roughly 350 hotels in around 30 countries sounds generous until you remember the planet has rather more hotels than that.
The Radisson Gift Card Is Gone — Here's the Replacement
There's a date that matters here: 1 May 2020, when Radisson stopped selling its official gift card for good, with the last surviving cards expiring two years later.
There's No Single IHG Gift Card — Try One That Covers More
Try to buy one card that covers every Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza and InterContinental on the planet and you'll discover the odd truth: IHG doesn't sell it.
What a Hilton Gift Card Can't Do — and the Card That Can
Here's the line that surprises most people: a Hilton gift card can't book a Hilton room.
Marriott Gift Card, or a Hotel Card That Isn't Brand-Locked?
Sheraton, Westin, The Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard, JW Marriott — the Marriott Bonvoy gift card opens an impressive number of doors, and yes, it's a real product you can buy in dollars or Canadian
Is There a Trivago Gift Card? A Better Gift for Hotel Lovers
A Trivago gift card would be a strange object, when you think about it: it'd be like gift-wrapping a price comparison.
The Vrbo Gift Card Myth (and a Hotel Card That Works)
Type "Vrbo gift card" into a search bar and you'll get a confident row of results — none of which is actually a Vrbo gift card.
There's No Expedia Gift Card. Here's What to Give Instead
Here's a small travel paradox: Expedia will happily sell you a flight, a hotel and a hire car, but it won't sell you a gift card.