Crowne Plaza Guangzhou City Centre \u00a371 vs \u00a380<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nMost of the time these rates are slightly cheaper than the lowest public rates on the IHG website, sometimes by as much as 10%. Occasionally they can even end up being more expensive. However, it\u2019s important to note that these rates generally allow free cancellation up to seven days before arrival, whereas the cheapest public rates are usually prepaid and non-refundable, so there\u2019s also a flexibility advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, let\u2019s talk about eligibility, which is probably what most people are wondering about. Regardless of which of the above channels you use, the booking will simply display as a generic \u201cPreferred Partner Rate\u201d. Personally, in all my years of booking these rates, I\u2019ve never once been asked by a hotel to provide proof of eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, if you want to play it safe, you can always use the Visa or Mastercard versions, since the terms technically make them available to any cardholder. After all, most people have at least one Visa or Mastercard somewhere, and there\u2019s no restriction on which payment method you actually use at the hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vignette Collection THE ONE Shanghai Downtown \u00a3161 \/ \u00a3172 As you are aware, hotel groups often offer special corporate rates to large companies, usually much cheaper...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,122,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihg","category-mastercard","category-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27400,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27397\/revisions\/27400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ihg-partner-offer-banner.png\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n