The Hilton Honors program has gone through a lot of changes over the past years but there have always been a very small subset of hotels that were incredibly cheap on points. They’re in areas that you would least expect so without further ado, here are the best Hilton Honors hotels that only cost 5,000 points.
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Hilton Hotels for 5000 Points
While the Hilton Honors Category 1 hotels don’t exist anymore, the other sad part of it is that there honestly aren’t many hotels that only cost 5,000 points anymore. Still, let’s point out the ones that you can still find today.
Today, there are really only 2 Hilton hotels left that only cost 5,000 Hilton Honors points so we’ve listed them below.
How to find 5,000 point hotels
Yeah can easily find Hilton hotels that only cost 5,000 points thanks to the Hilton Honors Points explorer tool. You simply pull the slider all the way to the left, where 5,000 is the minimum number of points and click on the button “Discover Destinations”.
The results will start focused on the United States but the map dynamically populates based on which part of the world you’re looking at. All you have to do is click and drag the map around and you’ll see the results change.
For 5,000 Hilton Honors points, unfortunately, you won’t find too many results but if you increase your parameters to say 7,000 points or 10,000 points, you’ll see more.
It’s worth noting that if you type in a new destination into the “Where to?” field, you’ll go back to regular search.
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What happened to categories?
You’ll notice that all mention of categories have been removed by Hilton. This is because they’ve completely gone away with them. In fact, they’ve gone away with award charts completely.
This means that the number of points it takes to book a room is dynamically priced based on supply and demand. In simple terms, if it’s high season, it’ll cost more and if it’s low season, fewer points are required.
1 – Hilton Garden Inn Tuxtla Gutierrez
This is only one of two remaining Hilton properties that is consistently 5,000 Hilton Honors points per night. When looking at their availability calendar, it is 5,000 points all year round.
This modern Hilton Garden Inn is located on the main boulevard and bordered by a plaza, banks and restaurants. The neighbourhood itself is a commercial district but is only 10 minutes from downtown.
Hilton Garden Inn Tuxtla Gutierrez
- Location: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
- Reward Night: Starts at 5,000 Honors points
- Paid Rates: $64/night
- Cents Per Point: 0.78
2 – Hampton by Hilton Yopal
This is the second of two hotels that are only 5,000 Hilton Honors points. Similar to the Hilton Garden Inn Tuxtla Gutierrez, this property is 5,000 points all-year round.
Located in the Altos de Manare area of Yopal, Colombia, this hotel is situated in a business park area and is only 5 minutes from downtown. You’ll enjoy the brightly colored and modern Hampton that comes with everything you expect – free breakfast, wifi, comfortable beds, friendly service, fridges in the room, and as you can tell, a hot tub on the roof.
- Location: Yopal, Colombia
- Reward Night: Starts at 5,000 Honors points
- Paid Rates: $54/night
- Cents Per Point: 0.92
Bottom Line
Sadly there aren’t many Hilton properties that are only 5,000 points since they’ve gone to dynamic pricing and gotten rid of Category 1 and fixed pricing charts.
There are only two properties left standing but these are high value properties that will feel like they’re practically free.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is the best Hilton hotel that only costs 5,000 Hilton Honors points?
The most enticing property on the list of hotels that only cost 5,000 Hilton Honors points is the Hilton Garden Tuxtla Gutierrez in Mexico.
Where can I find the list of Hilton hotels that cost 5,000 points?
If you’re looking for the full list of hotels that only cost 5,0000 points, simply head to the Hilton Honors Points Explorer tool and use their filter.
What happened to the other Hilton Category 1 hotels?
In recent changes to the Hilton Honors program, they’ve replaced the idea of categories in favor of a dynamic pricing system. This means that the cost of a hotel in points/night will change based on supply and demand.
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So sad to see the Bali HGI and the Bucaramanga Hampton disappear from the 5000 point list. So very many nights at both.
After 40 nights, you start to get 10k back per 10 nights for an additional 1000/nt. Then one year they had double night promo, so I was getting 2000/nt back. With the 5th night free dropping the price from 5000 to 4000, I was using just 2000 per night!
Those were the days. You will be missed!
Those were definitely the good old days! Glad to hear you got to maximize it! I hope they bring back more hotels at the 5,000 rate.
Hi there, looking at the Hilton Salahah resort in Oman, can’t find anything less than 30k points a night. Are you sure 5k points is possible? Any idea when?
Thanks,
Freddy
It does look like it’s gone up sadly. It used to be 5000 points but what’s frustrating is that I can’t find the official category for the hotel.
Didn’t Hilton get rid of categories? Hurghada is now 20,000 points
That’s true they did although I still like to think of them as categories. There might’ve been some changes recently but I know I checked earlier and I was still seeing Hilton Hurghada as the base cost of points if you check out the Points Explorer tool.