{"id":1899,"date":"2022-12-27T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/27\/not-everything-is-perfect-but-the-location-is-the-petra-marriott-hotel-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T21:00:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:00:02","slug":"not-everything-is-perfect-but-the-location-is-the-petra-marriott-hotel-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/27\/not-everything-is-perfect-but-the-location-is-the-petra-marriott-hotel-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Not everything is perfect, but the location is: The Petra Marriott Hotel – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Whether you’re a lover of UNESCO World Heritage sites<\/a>, looking to visit all Seven Wonders of the World or simply a fan of “Indiana Jones,” you may be dreaming of a visit to the ancient city of Petra<\/a>, located near Wadi Musa in southern Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite being a popular tourist destination, though, options for redeeming your points for a hotel stay in this area are not abundant. Hyatt<\/a> and Hilton<\/a> have properties in Jordan’s capital, Amman, but nothing in the region of the ancient Nabatean capital that’s more than 2,000 years old.<\/p>\n

During a recent trip to the Middle East, my wife convinced me to add Petra to our itinerary, since my previous visit to this ancient wonder happened on a solo trip before our marriage. We booked two nights at the Petra Marriott Hotel and I was happy the stay would help me hit the final nights I needed to requalify for Marriott’s Titanium Elite status<\/a> and use points to minimize our out-of-pocket costs.<\/p>\n

While the guest rooms would benefit from a refurbishment, the high quality of the service and the excellent meals we enjoyed at the hotel transformed what might otherwise have been a humdrum stay at a tourist attraction into a truly memorable trip.<\/p>\n

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This is not the newest hotel in the world \u2014 or even in Jordan \u2014 and its rooms haven’t been refurbished in 10 years. While details like in-room sockets and furniture could be updated, the hotel surprised us in other ways that compensated for mediocre guest rooms. These include the staff and the meals we enjoyed at the hotel’s restaurant twice a day.<\/p>\n

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