PALO ALTO, CA – With approximately a third of all marriage engagements occurring between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, 2014 wedding plans are well underway. For brides, one of the most important considerations is the wedding venue. Luckily, one-of-a-kind independent hotels around the country are stepping in to help by offering their own unique proposal. As part of Stash Hotel Rewards – the nation's largest point-based rewards program for independent hotels –some of the most idyllic wedding destinations in the country are now rewarding brides and wedding planners with points.

Stash partner hotels across the country – including The Buccaneer in St. Croix, Jekyll Island Club in Georgia, Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood, The Shores Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach, and The Resort at The Mountain in Oregon – award bonus Stash points to planners for booking weddings at their hotels. Whether used for a future anniversary trip or a well-deserved vacation, Stash points are an added reward for brides and wedding planners who put in a lot of hard work planning for the big day.

"Stash gives us the opportunity to build loyalty with wedding planners – which in most cases is the bride – and reward them with an extended wedding gift for a special occasion down the road," said Amber Cagle, Director of Sales at The Resort at The Mountain. "It's an incentive that they can use to revisit their special day with us year after year."

"Stash partner hotels offer brides and grooms more than a venue, they offer a backdrop for your big day that can't be replicated," said Jeff K. Low, Founder and CEO of Stash Hotel Rewards. "A wedding in the lush gardens of a West Hollywood hotel built for rock royalty, or in Jekyll Island Club Hotel's luxurious Gilded Age cottages on a wild Georgia seacoast island—getting the points you'd receive at a chain hotel but with a rich, authentic experience is the benefit of planning a wedding at a Stash partner hotel."

The newest Stash partner hotel—Vintage Villas Hotel & Events in Austin, Texas—recently joined the rewards program in an effort to enhance their already popular wedding packages.

"Weddings are a core component of our business and we're constantly looking for ways to enhance our value proposition to these potential guests," said Thomas Porter, General Manager of Vintage Villas Hotel & Events. "Our partnership with Stash is an ideal complement to our already stellar wedding services package, since it will enable us to provide the types of rewards that larger chain hotels are offering to their guests."

In honor of their new partnership with Stash, Vintage Villas Hotel & Events is offering a minimum of 10,000 Stash rewards points on Monday – Friday weddings booked between January 9th and January 31, 2014. For more information visit: http://www.vintagevillas.com/weddings.html or contact Lauren Allen, [email protected]

About Stash Hotel Rewards

Stash Hotel Rewards frees travelers from the uninspired offerings of existing hotel reward programs by making it easy to break free from big, bland hotel chains and stay at amazing hotels. Stash was founded on a belief in the happiness-producing power of traveling to places that convey a unique and interesting story – places with soul. It's a belief that is shared with the independent hoteliers and the independently-minded travelers the company was created to serve. Launched in May 2010, Stash was founded by a team of travel and e-commerce veterans from Expedia, Amazon, Microsoft, and Zillow. Stash is headquartered in Palo Alto with offices in Seattle and Miami.

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