Ever since the concept of paying different merchants using a simple plastic card was introduced by Ralph Schneider and Frank X. McNamara, life has never been the same. Today, it is much simpler to carry a credit cards in your wallet than carrying a whole lot of cash.

During initial days when concept of credit card was gaining ground, credit cards used to carry some fixed/recurring fees for the consumers. Today, its model has undergone major transformation. Most credit cards, instead of fees, now allow various incentives for shopping. These incentives could be in the form of interest free credit period, frequent flyer points, goodies, rewards points for shopping that can be redeemed for various gifts etc.

Today, allowing reward points for hotel rooms is gaining immense popularity among cardholders. These cards are linked to various hotel chains and through a combination of reward points or room booking discounts and thus offer great potential for savings.

Normally these cards carry no annual fees and when you make your first purchase, you can look forward to earn from 10000 hotel bonus points to 15000 bonus points. These cards also carry other benefits as balance transfer, free credit period, reward points on every dollar spent.

To maximize the benefits in hotel rewards credit cards, you may consider few factors as the hotel frequently visited by you, annual fees of the cards, bonus points while first purchase, APR, interest charged by the card beyond the initial interest free period.

Apart from the reward benefits, these cards also get you best attention from hotels and top of the line services.