Review: Budapest Marriott Hotel | Prince of Travel

Following a few days in Munich during Oktoberfest, I flew into Budapest, where I spent a total of five nights. This was the main destination for my trip to Europe, and I’d been looking forward to coming back to the city to bathe, explore, and check out some new hotels.

After a thoroughly pleasant experience at the Matild Palace, I walked along the Danube River on the Pest side of Budapest to check out the Budapest Marriott Hotel. This would be the fourth Marriott Hotel on this trip, and after having some great experiences in Prague and London, I was hoping to have the same here.

In particular, I was looking forward to checking out the sunset over Buda from the hotel, given its prime location.

Budapest Marriott Hotel – Booking

I was on a roll this trip for finding travel agent rates at hotels that I wanted to stay in. After burning some Marriott Bonvoy points in Munich, I was back to paying cash for hotel stays, as the rates are hard to beat.

Regular cash rates at this property start at around €150 ($202 CAD) in the low season and over €400 ($540 CAD) in the high season. If you’re flexible with dates, expect to pay around €220 ($297 CAD) per night.

If you’re booking with points, you can expect to pay 40,000–60,000 Bonvoy points per night. Based on our current valuation of Bonvoy points at 0.9 cents per point, there isn’t necessarily a compelling case for points redemptions.

Of course, if you have a Free Night Award sitting in your account, it could represent decent value, if you consider the cost of the annual fee of the credit card as your price per night.

This property participates in Marriott Luminous, which is a luxury hotel program that offers additional perks at the same price as a regular flexible rate. By booking through Luminous, you get complimentary breakfast for two each day, early check-in and late check-out (subject to availability), and a room upgrade (subject to availability).