Note this program used to be called Sheradill, it’s now called HIP Escapes.
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What Is HIP Escapes?
Thanks to The Deal Mommy for letting us know about Sheradill
HIP Escapes is a website that lets you perform actions (e.g sharing on tweeting, visiting the hotel website) to receive credit towards stays at HIP hotels (boutique hotel chain). You can’t just apply this credit to any stay, they have specific deals for specific hotels (e.g it might be a two night package at Masseria Susafa in Italy).
Each deal will have a holiday value, this is the based price of that deal. You can then reduce this base price by using your credits, most credits can only be earned & used on that specific deal but some are site wide (referral and sign up bonuses). There is also something called community credits, 30% of whatever you or anybody else earns for a specific deal is put into community credits and these can be used by anybody for that specific deal (you still earn 100%, just an additional 30% of this is added into community credits). For example, if I earned $100 towards a specific deal I’d have $100 in credit for that deal and $30 would be added to the community credits that can be used by anybody
Once a package is purchased by somebody, these community credits are used and will revert to zero. If another deal is available (usually there are multiples for the same hotel with different dates) then you can still use any credits you’d previously earned towards that stay. Community credits will then slowly start to build back up over time.
They have the following video that explains the process somewhat:
There are quite a few ways to earn credits, so let’s look at them in the next section.
Earning Credits
Sign up bonus €20
When you join HIP Escapes you’ll be given €20 to start with. This is automatic and appears under ‘referral credits’ on your profile page. This credit can be used for any deal and isn’t tied to a specific deal like other credits.
Referral Bonus €20
When somebody signs up using your referral link, you’ll receive a €20 credit as well. According to the fine print subscribing (signing up) is the only thing that is required to receive the €20 credit. The person you sign up will also receive a €20 credit. As with the sign up bonus, these credits can be used on any deal. If you like, you can use my referral link or the deal mommy’s who first alerted me to this site.
General Actions
There are a number of general actions that can be completed, these are available on all deals (although the amount you get will vary based on how expensive a specific deal is). You don’t want to do these until you’re sure you’re going to purchase a deal, as they will only earn you credit for that specific deal. They are as follows:
- Complete Profile
- Visit HIP Hotels Website
- Visit HIP Hotels Facebook
- Subscribe to their newsletter
- Follow HIP Hotels on Twitter
- Follow HIP Escapes on Twitter
Hotel Specific Actions
There are a number of actions that can be completed for every hotel/deal. When you earn these credits they can only be used for that specific hotel/deal though. The good thing about these, is that they can usually be done once per day. These are things like:
- Retweet deal status
- Like deal status on Twitter
- Watch video on Youtube
- Visit hotel website
- Visit hotel facebook page
- Share on twitter
- Follow hotel on twitter
Community Credit
As mentioned in the introduction whenever you earn credit towards a specific deal, HIP Escapes will add 30% of that towards community credit (e.g you perform an action worth $10, you receive $10 in credit and $3 is put towards community credit). This credit can be used by anybody and will reduce the amount you need to pay. Once a deal has been purchased, the community credit for that deal will go back to zero.
What’s The Biggest Discount You Can Receive?
Regardless of how much you have in the way of credit, you always have to pay a minimum of 10% of the holiday value. This means the biggest discount you can receive is 90%.
I don’t want to be greedy and take all the referrals (although you might want to consider using The Deal Mommy’s as she alerted me to this in the first place). So you’re allowed to share your referral links in the comments. Here is what you need to do:
You must follow these directions carefully; otherwise, your comment will be removed. This is to minimize the volume of referrals in the comments.
- Retweet this tweet first (make sure you retweet the linked tweet)
- In the comment form, there is a section for a website. Put your Twitter handle in there (this helps us verify that you’ve retweeted it)
- Post a comment with your referral link or your email address to refer
- Please only post once, do not make multiple accounts or try and get around the rules. If it becomes too hard to manage, we’ll just stop posting these posts.
Our Verdict
The main problem is going to be the limited nature of how many deals there are and finding deals/dates that work for you. I suspect once people build up a healthy amount of referral credit they will simply purchase hotels when there isn’t much in the way of community credit. Most of the hotels seem to be in Europe, so I’ll definitely be checking this out next time I plan a trip there. I might even try and snag some deals for friends/family heading there at a hugely discounted rate.
What are your thoughts on HIP Escapes? Will you sign up? Let me know in the comments.
Thanks for using my link!
https://hipescapes.com/?ref=ef3e51
I am eager to give this a try. My handle is @789Carrie. Feel free to use me as your referral.
Here is my referral link. I’m grateful to anyone who uses it. Thank you!
http://sheradill.com/?ref=2f921f
Twitter handle : jangmi_b
Referral link :
http://sheradill.com/?ref=340a1f
Thank you;)
Here’s my link, thanks!
http://sheradill.com/?ref=6516eb
Twitter handle: ttravelinteach
Referral link: http://sheradill.com/?ref=d3df18
Thank you!
Sorry. Twitter handle: metrvlworld
Twitter handle: metrvworld
My referral link is:
http://sheradill.com/?ref=0992db
Here’s a referral link that gets both you and me €20 of credit. Will give this community credit thing a try. Thanks Doc.
http://sheradill.com/?ref=89eb81