How to get $500 extra value on your next hotel booking
You’ll come out way in front with complimentary breakfasts and upgrades to dining, bar and spa credit, and more.
By Staff Writers, September 23 2025
Hotels are the biggest splurge in most trips - often more than the airfare itself. But what if you could book the same hotel for less, and unlock $500 of perks along the way?
Here’s a way to not only save money with lower nightly rates, but to also land hundreds of dollars of added value with bonus perks like:
- complimentary breakfast every day
- hotel credit to use at the restaurant, bar or spa
- early check-in and/or late check-out, and
- high-priority room upgrades, based on availability
On top of that, you’ll still be able to earn points with the hotel’s loyalty scheme and enjoy any status-related benefits such as club lounge access.
Those are some of the advantages available through the Passport Travel Club, which offers exclusive discount rates and benefits at thousands of luxury hotels around the world.
These are guaranteed “best rates” – below what the five-star properties offer directly through their own website, and usually even better than what you’ll find through online booking sites like Agoda, Priceline and Booking.com.
Enjoy US$100 credit at Sydney's Kimpton Margot with Passport Travel Club.
Here are a few examples, based on three- and four-night stays:
Kimpton Margot Sydney
- A$1,207 via Passport Travel Club vs A$1,523 on Booking.com (save A$316)
- Bonus benefits: complimentary breakfast, US$100 credit, early check-in / late check-out
Park Hyatt Melbourne
- A$1,036 (same as Agoda and Booking.com)
- Bonus benefits: complimentary breakfast, US$100 credit, upgrade on arrival, early check-in / late check-out
Hotel X Brisbane
- A$678 via Passport Travel Club vs A$857 on Priceline (save A$179)
- Bonus benefits: complimentary breakfast, US$100 credit, upgrade on arrival, early check-in / late check-out
InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay
- A$1,084 via Passport Travel Club vs A$1,390 on Priceline (save A$306)
- Bonus benefits: complimentary breakfast, US$100 hotel credit, upgrade on arrival, early check-in / late check-out
These room rates match or undercut other booking sites while also giving you inclusions worth several hundred dollars on their own.
Across just one stay, breakfast, credits and upgrades can easily stack up to A$500 or more in extra value.
These exceptional rates are just one of the benefits available to Passport Travel Club Gold and Passport Travel Club Platinum members.
And at these exclusive members-only rates, the savings you make with just one booking can cover the cost of an entire year of Passport Gold or Passport Platinum.
Passport Gold membership costs only A$249 per year, with the premium Passport Platinum tier priced at $449 per year – and Executive Traveller readers can take a further 20% off those membership rates by using the promo code ExecTraveller20.
(Other benefits of Passport Gold and Passport Platinum include 15% off travel insurance, access to the digital PressReader library of magazines and newspapers from around the world, the option to accelerate your Passport Points by 12x, and discounted Priority Pass Prestige lounge membership.)
This article was produced in collaboration with Passport Rewards.
