Playa del Carmen has 8 hotels in the Michelin Guide's Key selection — 1 Three Keys, 4 Two Keys and 3 One Key. 3 can be booked with points: 1 through Mr & Mrs Smith, 1 through Marriott Bonvoy and 1 through ALL – Accor Live Limitless. Cash-only independents are listed too so nothing is missing from the map.
Median points per night and cents-per-point value from AwardClaw's award tracking. Value is the cash rate divided by the points price, so higher is better; green means the redemption beats the program's usual value by a wide margin.
| Hotel | Keys | Program | Points / night | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Esencia Playa del Carmen, Mexico | Mr & Mrs Smith | 178,500 | 1.0¢/pt |
Mr & Mrs Smith 1
~1.7¢ per point · Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt Rewards transfer to World of Hyatt at 1:1; the same points work at every Mr & Mrs Smith property, and stays earn elite nights.
St. Regis 1
~0.7¢ per point · Amex Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt all transfer to Bonvoy at 1:1, so Marriott points are the easiest to top up in a hurry.
Banyan Tree 1
fixed at 2¢ per point · Capital One and Citi ThankYou points transfer to ALL at 2:1.
8: 1 Three Keys, 4 Two Keys and 3 One Key. That makes Playa del Carmen one of 12 places in Mexico with three or more Key hotels.
3 of the 8: Hotel Esencia, Banyan Tree Mayakoba and The St. Regis Kanai Resort, Riviera Maya. By program: 1 through Mr & Mrs Smith, 1 through Marriott Bonvoy and 1 through ALL – Accor Live Limitless.
Three Keys is the highest rating in Playa del Carmen, held by Hotel Esencia. Hotel Esencia is bookable on points.
Hotel Esencia, at a median of about 178,500 World of Hyatt points a night — 1.0¢ per point against the cash rate.
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