Save 50% off Every Second Night at Starwood Hotels in North America, South America, and the Caribbean

The St. Regis Monarch Beach, a Tuscan-inspired, oceanfront resort in Southern California, is one of the Starwood properties offering up to 25% savings

Back in October, we told you about the Better Tomorrows offer that Starwood Hotels was rolling out on some Maui properties whereby guests could get 50% off every second night stayed. The offer had some restrictions: The non-discounted nights cost the full, unrestricted rate, and guests had to book a four-night minimum (in which case nights two and four were 50% off), and travel had to be completed by December 23, 2009. Starwood has now given the Better Tomorrows deal a new lease, extending it through the end of 2010, adding scores of properties throughout North and South America, and reducing the minimum stay to as few as two nights. To take advantage of this deal, travelers must check in on specific days of the week—this varies from property to property, but is usually on weekends at hotels, and during the week at resorts. There is no single list of the hotels that are taking part in the promotion, though destinations include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, the United States, and some islands in the Caribbean.

We test-booked a two-night stay in mid-March in a King room at the W New York—Union Square, in New York City. When checking in on a Monday, one of the days excluded from the promotion, the two nights cost $830, including taxes. For the same room, staying Friday and Saturday nights (when the Better Tomorrows deal kicks), the room cost $639, a saving of 23%. At the Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center, in Lima, Peru, two weekday nights in a King room on a Club Floor in early November came in at $539, but under the promotion, for the following weekend, the same accommodations cost $404, or 25% less. The Better Tomorrows deal is already looking better today.

Dates: Rooms can be booked through December 31, 2010 for stays up to the end of the year. Some blackout dates apply.

How to book: Go to Starwood's Better Tomorrows promotion Web site, or call 1-866-924-8703 and mentioning the code ZBT. Rooms must be fully prepaid at the time of booking and are non-refundable.

Condé Nast Traveler approved: A number of participating properties have appeared on our Gold List. These include the Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler; the St. Regis Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California, and the Park Tower, Buenos Aires.