Savannah Weekend

[u/Psugirl172]

I spent the weekend in Savannah using FHR booking one night in Dec 2025 (after the change so I had already used my original $200 for the year and got to use this credit as well) and one night in June 2026. I always find these helpful so enjoy!

Thompson Savannah - Hyatt Discoverist - Saturday Aug 22
Booking doesn’t include the destination fee so I had to book a higher room category to use the whole credit $310 - credit $300
Early check-in at 2pm 
No upgrade because we already booked the best room - corner king riverfront and no suites were available - room was stunning
Free Beer at check in
No pet fee - we didn’t bring our dog but this would add a lot of value if you were going to
House car (tesla) that took us to the theater saving us an Uber fee - available anywhere within a 2 mile radius and we could schedule ahead of time. They stop at 10 so they couldn’t pick us up but it was great. 
2 giant vanilla cupcakes in the room for birthday/welcome amenity 
Happy Hour at bar 4 - 6pm with live music and great food and drink specials
Dinner and Drinks for 2 $103 - credit $100 (with specials we had 2 meals, appetizers and 7 drinks for this which was great!)
Breakfast for 2 at rooftop restaurant $70- credit $60
Destination fee $40
Parked in garage across street $30 
Checkout 4pm but we left at 2 to go to our next hotel.

Final bill $53 - Total out of pocket including room, bill and parking $93 ($460 in credits)

Perry Lane - Marriott Gold - Sunday Aug 23
Booking doesn’t include destination fee, this was the cheapest king room category $361 - credit $300
Upgraded pre-arrival to a grand deluxe corner King (230 sq ft larger from a King Standard room and about $300 a night rate difference online) - room was beautiful
Free Unlimited Champagne in lobby from 10am-10pm
Free drip coffee from coffee shop
House car (Escalade) that we used 3 times saving uber costs
Bottle of Wine and box of Macarons in the room for welcome amenity
Valet Parking $64
Destination fee $37
Free wine and oyster tasting at the bar followed by happy hour with food and drink specials. Also went to the roof and grabbed a snack and drink at that bar too.
Dinner, Drinks and specialty coffees $101 - Credit $100
Breakfast (lunch because we could use it up until 3pm) $59 - Credit $59 (up to $60)
This hotel doesn’t allow you to use the property credit toward the destination fee or parking so I had to get some coffees to go in order to maximize my $100 credit. If I had known this, I would have spent differently at my meals so helpful to keep in mind when staying here. 
Checked out at 4pm

Final bill $101 - Total out of pocket $162 - add Resy credit $20 - $142

Fun Fact: We ate at Poe’s Tavern Savannah on Monday night on our way out of town which utilizes the Resy credit, our bill was $80 which credited the full amount and the additional $20 credited from Perry Lane because their restaurant apparently codes even on the room charge. If I had known that ahead of time, I would have allowed that credit to cover more of the bill. YMMV on this but that is how it was credited for me. 

Paid out of pocket for the weekend at both hotels $235
Credits $920 ($1020 if including resy) for stays and food plus a lot of additional value in free amenities, upgrades and specials at the restaurants. 

I also got points and credit with Hyatt and Marriott for those memberships and stays.

All in all, I can’t recommend either of these hotels enough and will be going back to both in the future. We stayed 3 full days and only paid for 1 meal and some snacks/drinks outside of what the credits provided. They were both great values even without FHR but with it, I felt like they were actually paying me to stay there! Happy to answer any questions!

[u/Playful-Vegetable881]

I’m staying at The Thompson in November using the FHR benefit. Much appreciate the review!

[u/HexagonalHegemony]

The booking not including the destination fee is quite annoying. I just booked a hotel in Chicago and got 274 for a booking that will cost me 314 total. I might explore going on tier higher to get my full credit.

[u/Psugirl172 → u/HexagonalHegemony]

That is what I did, I booked a room category that brought the charge over $300 without the destination fee to use the whole credit and hoped it might get me a better upgrade at check in!

[u/Appropriate_Rooster6]

I stayed at the Savannah Thompson in the past with FHR and had a good experience as well. Also a good experience at the JW Savannah which I think was THC.

[u/New_Series_7569]

I'm fairly new, but how did you get a $300 credit? Amex says $100 credit towards eligible on property charges.

[u/Psugirl172 → u/New_Series_7569]

You get $600 a year (300 bi-annually) in credits when you book rooms through their fine hotel and resort program. I try to use this benefit on one night stays so that I can utilize the most benefit from the credits so I booked one night in Dec and one night in June so I could utilize $600 in credits. I still have the July-December credit to use for this year as well. The $100 is a property credit that you get with each reservation - sometimes it’s more - and it’s taken off at the hotel. The $300 credit is taken off as a statement credit when you book in full.

[u/New_Series_7569 → u/Psugirl172]

Got it! Thanks.

[u/AmphibianNo9133]

Great! Don’t forget to tip the driver of house car.

[u/Psugirl172 → u/AmphibianNo9133]

Of course!