How to Redeem Points for All-Inclusive Hyatt Resorts
One of the best ways to get a nearly free vacation is to use your points to book an all-inclusive vacation! Because it is so easy to rack up points for Hyatt stays, because Hyatt is such a good value for your points, and because Hyatt has nearly 100 affiliated all-inclusive resorts, I almost always recommend booking all-inclusive resorts through Hyatt! Keep reading for tips on booking all-inclusive resorts using credit card points and for some suggestions of popular all-inclusive Hyatt resorts to book with points.
How To Find Award Availability
While you can sometimes find last minute deals, I highly recommend booking popular all-inclusive resorts as soon as their calendars open up to booking, especially during peak times like Spring Break and Winter Break. For Hyatt, most properties open availability 13 months out. If you are having trouble finding availability, be sure you are searching for just 2 people and use tools like MaxMyPoint.com or StayWithPoints.com to search for availability and/or set up alerts to be notified when new rooms are available to book with points.
How to Find Availability for Families
Each room booked on points covers two people. I always suggest starting your search for 2 adults, even if you are looking to book for an entire family. Some of these properties will only allow you to book a room on points for 2 people online, even if the room allows for 4 people. If that’s the case, you can contact Hyatt to add up to 2 children to the reservation and they will let you know whether that can be done with additional points and/or with a cash rate per night per child. The cash rate usually varies from $80-180/child per day, depending on the property. I’ve found it can be helpful to contact Hyatt on Twitter (X) via Direct Message so you then have written confirmation of the cash rate required to add your children to the reservation.
Tip: If you want to pay all points for a family of 4, look into the point price of getting 2 rooms. Two rooms is often a similar point price as it is to add two children on points to your room, so you might as well get the 2 rooms and enjoy more space!
What if I Have More Than 2 Children?
For families of 5+, you will need to book 2 rooms and request connecting rooms for almost all all-inclusive Hyatt properties. Two rooms booked on points will cover 4 people, but to add more than 2 children to your reservation, you will either need to pay more points per day per child or pay the resorts cash rate per night per child. You can often add the 5th, 6th, 7th, etc member of your family for 12,500-20,000 points per night or the nightly cash rate, depending on the property. (One exception is Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana which sometimes gives you the ability to sleep 5 people in their standard room.) I don’t know about you, but I always love the extra space when traveling so the extra room comes in handy when booking an all-inclusive resort this way. (Silver lining for needing to book 2 rooms!)
Below is a chart of how many additional Hyatt points per person per day you will need to add each an additional person to your room. (For Hyatt All-Inclusive properties)
Popular Hyatt All-Inclusive Resorts
Here are a few amazing ways to use your Chase Ultimate Rewards points and Hyatt points to book one of the nearly 100 Hyatt affiliated all-inclusive resorts. (Transfer those Chase points to Hyatt!) While there are many different brands that are included such as Dreams, Secrets and Zoetry, Hyatt Zivas are very popular to book with points and are known to be very kid friendly.
Hyatt Ziva Resorts
Ziva Cancun - 42,000 - 58,000 Hyatt points/night for 2 people
This hotel has 8 unique restaurants and 3 lounges, as well as 6 bars on property. Included in your stay is access to three infinity pools, two hot tubs, kayaking, paddleboards, a world-class fitness center, and yoga overlooking the ocean. There is also a Teens Lounge and Club with Virtual Reality Simulators, and a KidZ Club with supervised pool games, arts and crafts, and video games.
My family visited Hyatt Ziva Cancun in 2023 and loved our stay! We paid the point price for 2 rooms and then paid the child cash rate for our 3rd child, which was $110/night at the time. We chose to call Hyatt and book this stay over the phone vs booking online. As a family of five needing two rooms, this was the biggest points splurge we’ve made. We paid the standard rate which as the time was 25,000 points per room + $110 per night, but we had such a great time and are so glad we went! If we had paid cash for all five of us, we would have paid $1,496 PER NIGHT!
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Ziva Los Cabos - 35,000 - 45,000 Hyatt points/night for 2 people
This resort has a never-ending infinity pool, an adult-only swim-up bar, and a Kidz pool with a mini waterpark that has 5 slides. There is live entertainment each evening with magic acts or live music from the resort band. This resort has 6 varied restaurants, a snack bar, a coffee house, and 6 different bars, including the swim-up bar.
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Ziva Puerto Vallarta - 25,000 - 35,000 Hyatt points/night for 2 people
This resort has four infinity pools and a kids pool. Daily activities include kayaking, fitness classes and more. This resort also has a KidZ Club with nature activities and a seasonal sea turtle release program. There are several dining options, ranging from Mexican food to Italian food.
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Ziva Cap Cana - 42,000 - 58,000 Hyatt points/night for 2 people
This resort has a fun waterpark with a lazy river, grotto, and several slides. This resort has a KidZ Club with interactive digital tablets, a Spider Zone, and other fun activities. There is also a Teen Club for kids 13-17 with experiences like virtual reality stimulators and Formula 1 racing. There are plenty of dining and bar options, as well as 24 hour a day room service to meet your culinary needs.
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Luxury Hyatt All-Inclusive Resorts
Miraval Resort in Arizona - this resort can be booked for two people for as low as 57,500 points per night. This includes a $175 resort credit per person, gourmet cuisine and an abundance of complimentary wellness activities. These resorts are for individuals 18 and older and while they do have alcohol available, this is not included. Guests have full access to all resort & Life in Balance Spa amenities, as well as access to a daily schedule of wellbeing offerings. There are also two other all-inclusive Miraval Resorts that can be booked with Hyatt points which are located in Austin, Texas as well as on the East Coast at the Berkshires in Massachusetts. You can see the point price for these properties below:
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Alila Ventana Big Sur - This very popular and aspirational Hyatt stay can be booked for 45,000 - 55,000 Hyat points per night for two people. At Alila Ventana Big Sur, all healthy meals and snacks are included. Guests receive complimentary reusable water bottles to use and have access to several dining options. Guests can participate in complimentary Yoga, Tai Chi, daily hikes and can use Volvo chauffeur service within a three-mile radius.
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Impressions Moxché by Secrets - 42,000-58,000 Hyatt points per night for two people. (If you can manage to snag off-peak nights, rates are only 42,000 points per night!)
This property includes three pool areas, including an infinity pool on the 9th floor and offers several activities like daily ocean kayak tours, water aerobics classes, yoga on the beach and pool volleyball. Read a full review of this aspirational property here!
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Other Family Friendly Hyatt All-Inclusives
Dreams Las Mareas - standard rate is 25,000 points per night. For those looking to travel to the hot spot of Costa Rica, this resort is a great option! Located in the Guanacaste region, this resort has infinity pools, waterslides, and nighttime poolside movies. There is an Explorer’s Club for kids ages 3-12 with a movie theater and plenty of activities. Teens can enjoy the Core Zone Teens Club with plenty of activities, a snack bar, and games like ping-pong, pool and Foosball.
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Sunscape Dorado Pacifico Ixtapa Mexico - This beachfront resort can be booked for 15,000 Hyatt points per night. There are six different dining options ranging from a food truck to à la carte restaurants, as well as five different bars and has two waterslides and a main pool. Sunscape Dorado Pacifico Ixtapa offers daily land activities (including a rock climbing wall, ping-pong, foosball, Euro bungee, etc) and water activities, live music and entertainment for all ages. There is an Explorer’s Club For Kids for ages 3-12, and a Core Zone Teens Club for ages 13-17.
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Hyatt Points Calendar
Hyatt publishes a Points Calendar that shows you how many points you need to book a night at any of their properties. These rates show Off-Peak, Standard, or the highest aka Peak point pricing. You can find the Points Calendar when looking at any property on the Hyatt website.
A unique feature of the Points Calendar for all-inclusive resorts is that Hyatt usually lists the point pricing for a variety of room types and people per room.
There are SO many all-inclusive options for couples, girls trips, and families that can be booked with points!
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*Note that you or a spouse must have an annual fee Chase card (the Sapphire Preferred, Sapphire Reserve, or Ink Business Preferred) to be able to transfer your Chase Ultimate Reward points earned from any Chase card to Hyatt.
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