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aditya1497

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Hi

I am Planning to do a Holiday in Feb 2026 to Vietnam and planning to stay all 8 days in Accor Hotels. Should I consider buying Accor Explorer Membership??
 
Hi

I am Planning to do a Holiday in Feb 2026 to Vietnam and planning to stay all 8 days in Accor Hotels. Should I consider buying Accor Explorer Membership??

Based on an 8-night stay, I would recommend taking the Accor Plus Explorer Membership. Here’s why, in simple terms:


Key Benefits for Your Trip


  • 2 × Stay Plus FREE Nights (Buy-1-Get-1):
    Use these as two separate 2-night bookings (e.g., Nights 1–2 and Nights 3–4). In each 2-night block, the higher-priced night is free.
  • Red Hot Rooms – up to 50% off rooms:
    When available, these can reduce your overall room cost significantly across the remaining nights.
  • Dining Savings – up to 30% off food:
    Member dining discounts at participating Accor restaurants (useful across the whole trip).

How to Structure Your 8 Nights


  1. Book Nights 1–2 as a 2-night block (Stay Plus applied → 1 night free).
  2. Book Nights 3–4 as a 2-night block (Stay Plus applied → 1 night free).
  3. Book Nights 5–8 using best available rates / Red Hot Rooms if they appear.

When to Buy the Membership


  • It’s best to purchase in the first week of January: you’ll receive 30 Status Nights (Accor Gold) credited for the new membership year.
  • Add the nights you actually stay (your 8 nights would bring you to ~38 nights; if you do 10 nights, that would be ~40 nights).
  • If you buy in November or December, your status nights reset on 1 January, so you’d lose the timing advantage.
  • There also seems to be an offer running now; if you prefer to pay by cash/credit card, the Explorer tier is typically the better value for these benefits.
Stay Plus nights apply to the highest-value nights and watch for Red Hot Rooms on the remaining dates.


Kind regards,
Abid
 
Based on an 8-night stay, I would recommend taking the Accor Plus Explorer Membership. Here’s why, in simple terms:


Key Benefits for Your Trip


  • 2 × Stay Plus FREE Nights (Buy-1-Get-1):
    Use these as two separate 2-night bookings (e.g., Nights 1–2 and Nights 3–4). In each 2-night block, the higher-priced night is free.
  • Red Hot Rooms – up to 50% off rooms:
    When available, these can reduce your overall room cost significantly across the remaining nights.
  • Dining Savings – up to 30% off food:
    Member dining discounts at participating Accor restaurants (useful across the whole trip).

How to Structure Your 8 Nights


  1. Book Nights 1–2 as a 2-night block (Stay Plus applied → 1 night free).
  2. Book Nights 3–4 as a 2-night block (Stay Plus applied → 1 night free).
  3. Book Nights 5–8 using best available rates / Red Hot Rooms if they appear.

When to Buy the Membership


  • It’s best to purchase in the first week of January: you’ll receive 30 Status Nights (Accor Gold) credited for the new membership year.
  • Add the nights you actually stay (your 8 nights would bring you to ~38 nights; if you do 10 nights, that would be ~40 nights).
  • If you buy in November or December, your status nights reset on 1 January, so you’d lose the timing advantage.
  • There also seems to be an offer running now; if you prefer to pay by cash/credit card, the Explorer tier is typically the better value for these benefits.
Stay Plus nights apply to the highest-value nights and watch for Red Hot Rooms on the remaining dates.


Kind regards,
Abid
Thank you so much

Was helpful
 
I meant after the vietnam trip in Feb, do you have more plans?

Membership is useful only if you stay atleast 10 days. Considering vietnam is already cheap, so i wont suggest taking it just for this country.

But you have concrete plans of more travel then take it upfront. You will save 15% on bookings, 30% on food and get gold tier. Benefit of gold is that you get early check / late check out and 1 level room upgrade.
I have about 35000 Accor Points

I plan to travel next in Feb and March
 
Remember one more thing for Stay Plus nights, they don't include breakfast!
I realized this after buying the membership, so unless you are already Gold and Accor+ nights make you platinum, you will have to pay breakfast out of pocket which defeats the purpose for me
 
Can you please check if any resort in phu quoc vietnam accept stay plus night in last week of February 2026 , thanks in advance
 
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