I had an urgent, pressing need to come down to the South of France. As I say, urgent! Still, with a pile of Avios to spend, it seemed like a good excuse for myself and Danielle to head south for some winter sun.
With only a few days to spare, we decided to fly down on Sunday morning and back on Tuesday evening. That would allow us to drop the ski stuff off and give us some time to spend all together. The big question now was where to stayβ¦. I had no idea what to do here.
Hilton, my go-to brand has had no properties in the South of France since , when it lost the franchise for the Noga Hilton in Cannes to Accor, so I was at a loss. I had a look on the general hotel booking sites for inspiration, but nothing jumped out at me in the area around Toulon. On the off chance, I decided to try the Hilton website, just in case something new had come along and, lo and behold, there it was, the Grand Hotel des Sablettes, a new Curio by Hilton hotel, just 15 minutes by car from where we needed to be.
I checked availability online, made a quick call to Propeller Travel and within the hour I had a standard King room booked for just Euros per night. I was also secretly hoping for an upgrade to something nicer. Incidentally, I could have booked the hotel using points.
It is one of the more expensive points hotels, at 60, per night, but it was offered at just 36, for each of the nights I was there. However, based on the price of the room, that valued my points at 0.
