April 10, 2025
Best Hyatt Hotels to Use a Free-Night Certificate
Pam
It won’t shock you to learn that each of us has the World of Hyatt Credit Card. While this card doesn’t currently have a huge welcome offer, it does give cardholders five elite-night credits on that help on the journey to earning Globalist status. Additionally, one of the best benefits of this card is that each year on your account anniversary you earn a free-night certificate to use at a Category 1-4 hotel. We always try to get the best value we can out of that certificate, and we know you want to do that, too, so let’s look at some of the best Hyatt hotels that get you a great value for that free night. We usually try to pick Category 4 hotels because they’re nicer and the room rate is typically higher, so we get the most value and a really enjoyable experience, so those will be our focus.
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Hyatt Vacation Club at Piñon Pointe (Sedona, Arizona)
The Hyatt Vacation Club at Piñon Pointe is a great hotel option if you are visiting Sedona. I love that you have much more room in their studio villas than you would with a typical hotel room—the standard room has a small living area and kitchenette. If you want to save money and cook some of your meals, you have that option.
Your free-night certificate is worth up to 18K points
The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress (Orlando, Florida)
Many readers have recommended the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, located in Orlando, Florida, as a great place to stay when visiting Disney World. It offers complimentary shuttle service to Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort, as well as a golf course for a break between visiting all the parks. This hotel offers a ton of activities, from rock climbing to swimming in its multiple pools to enjoying the nearby lake.
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay (Tokyo, Japan)
If you’re headed to Japan, you could use an annual free-night certificate to stay at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay. This hotel is just outside of central Tokyo in a location perfect for anyone planning to visit Tokyo Disneyland or DisneySea. Be aware that this hotel is around a 45-minute drive from central Tokyo and a little over an hour by train/subway. (There is also a Hyatt Regency Tokyo located in central Tokyo, so don’t get the two confused!)
Enjoy a free night in Tokyo.
Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City
One of my favorite places to stay for an annual night certificate is the beautiful Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City. It is a beautiful hotel centrally located in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City has a modern vibe I love.
SCHLOSS Roxburghe (Kelso, Scotland)
If you’ve ever dreamed of staying in a Scottish castle, SCHLOSS Roxburghe is just the ticket—and you can use your free-night certificate here! Jess stayed at this hotel and loved the gorgeous spa, beautiful grounds, and Downton Abbey feel. Breakfast is included with your stay even if you don’t have Globalist status, and there are tons of activities to take advantage of on the property, including a kids’ club, clay-pigeon shooting, archery, croquet, and fly fishing.
SCHLOSS Roxburghe is the perfect place for your Scottish castle stay.
Other Suggestions from Readers
- Hyatt Regency Coral Gables
- Grand Hyatt Berlin
- Andaz Savannah
- Hyatt House in Charleston, South Carolina
- Grand Hyatt Athens
- Hyatt Regency Lisbon
Bottom Line
These are some of our best bets for using a Hyatt annual free-night certificate. Do you have other suggestions? Let us know, and we will add them to the list!
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My husband and I stayed at the Hyatt in Dublin as well and it was wonderful! Super friendly staff. We used points.
Thanks for the confirmation – it helps our readers!
I didn’t check them all, but it looks like both Italy options are category 5s now, so the 1-4 certificate wouldn’t work.
Thanks for letting us know – we’ll edit it. Sad when that changes…
Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans. Great location and in the middle of a lot of restaurants and bars
We’ve also stayed at the Hyatt Centric in Dublin for five nights on points. It is right across the street from St. Patrick’s Cathedral and a stop for the double decker bus tour. Here’s a video I took of it–https://familiestravelfree.com/dublin-hotel-hyatt-centric-liberties-review/
I need to figure out when to get the card to get the anniversary free night. How long do you have after you get the free night to use it?
One year.
How do you claim your free night when booking with your banked points for the other nights on-line? Do you have to call hotel directly?
When you look for the night and have clicked “use points” it will give you the option of using your free night or points.
Can u use it for more than one stay? So they have to be used at the same time?
If you have two certificates (or more) you can use both – just do separate reservations and ask them to merge them at check-in or call beforehand.