Paradise By The Numbers

**THIS IS THE 2ND OF A 2-PART SERIES. PART 1 CAN BE FOUND HERE.**

With the exponential pricing increases everywhere, who doesn’t like saving a buck in this day and age? I know I do, and it isn’t a new feeling.

When my husband and I first started going to Sandals in 2016, we could only just afford it. So I spent a lot of time doing my homework and discovering how to save there. 

In this video, I’m going to highlight the discounts that you can use on a Sandals or Beaches vacation. Some of these will have their own videos later as well, but this will list them all with minimal general explanations. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so I’m splitting it into two parts. The ones I’m going to mention in this part either aren’t on the Sandals or Beaches sites at all or require certain prerequisites to qualify. The first part included all available discounts, even for first-time visitors with no prerequisites.

The first for this part is the Sandals Select rewards program. This is one that’s going to get its own video in the future, so I’m not going to go into much detail here. It’s also not a discount on its own. If you want to sign up, do it even before you book your first trip. You can earn points for the hotel portion of your spend on even that first trip. Those points can then be redeemed as dollars off a future trip. If you have goals of earning your free week, you need to be enrolled in this program to do so.

Another perk of the Sandals Select program is the Loyalty discount. Every resort has a Loyalty & Travel office where you can book a future stay. A booking made at the Loyalty office will come with a nice 10-12% discount.

The next is the Sandals Visa card. This one isn’t a true discount either. But it offers 4X points on any Sandals or Beaches purchase, plus 2X points on restaurant and grocery store purchases. Are there potentially better point redemptions with other cards in those categories? Yes. But if you don’t already have one of those cards, this may not be a bad one to add to your arsenal, especially if you plan on visiting a Sandals or Beaches resort multiple times. Points can, of course, be redeemed for dollars off your trip. 

The next one is pretty easy to find on the website, but it definitely requires some prerequisites. I’m going to shorten this to the Military discount, since more people will likely qualify. But Sandals extends it to include military, police, firefighters, EMTs, search and rescue, and FEMA. During Teacher and Nurse Appreciation Week in 2025, they also included those fields for a short period, but that was the first year, and I have a few days to wait to see if it happens again.

Rakuten is another discount option. Currently, they’re offering 2% cash back on Sandals, but my memory says I’ve seen it as high as 4% in the past. I’ve combed the website, and I’m not seeing the offer for Beaches, though. I even tried manually changing the destination link, but no luck. This also can’t be used if you use a travel agent, but if you’re going to book yourself on the website, 2% is 2%! The terms state that cash back will be paid within 3 months of the completion of travel. I’ve only used this once, and it was a while ago, but I feel it didn’t take that full amount of time.

Next to the 777 sale that was mentioned in part 1 of this series, the Anniversary Night promotion is probably my favorite. In certain rooms across both Sandals and Beaches, you can get a free night if traveling within 30 days of your wedding anniversary. This discount saves 14-17% when used, so it’s not something to overlook, even on a first-time visit. I didn’t know about this on our first visit, and now that I know Sandals math the way that I do, I know that I could have gotten a 7-night stay for less than the price of our inaugural 6-night visit. It really does work out to a free night, even though the calculations for it aren’t super obvious.

To summarize both parts of this series, there are many discounts available for Sandals and Beaches. And many of these can be stacked to double- or even triple-dip! Paying the full non-discounted price doesn’t have to happen to get to a Sandals or Beaches, and I want to make sure you know it.

Thanks for checking this out!