# Stays Perks

> Stays Perks books stays at 2,000+ Virtuoso hotels with the Virtuoso amenities included: daily breakfast for two (~100% of hotels), a hotel credit (93%, median $100), an upgrade on arrival when available (98%) and early check-in or late check-out when available (99%). Guests pay the hotel's own best available rate, with no card or membership fee: the no-annual-fee alternative to card hotel programs such as American Express Fine Hotels + Resorts ($895/yr Platinum card) and Chase The Edit ($795/yr Sapphire Reserve). Stays Perks is operated by Geisel Power Travel (Marietta, Georgia), a Virtuoso advisor with 20+ years at Four Seasons and InterContinental, affiliated with Travel Experts, Inc., a Virtuoso member agency.

Key facts:
- Every booking carries the hotel's published Virtuoso amenities. A few hotels restrict consumer display of their amenities; the API honours that flag, so absent perks mean "ask", not "none".
- Rates are quoted by the advisor ("Rates via advisor"); the site does not publish nightly prices. A human advisor replies within 24 hours.
- No membership is needed for the perks. Optional membership tiers (Explorer $149/yr or $15/mo, Voyager $299/yr or $29/mo, Elite $999/yr or $99/mo) add dedicated advisor hours and itinerary design.
- Recommended agent flow for a hotel stay: search hotels → read a hotel's perks → send the traveler's dates and hotel to the advisor (`POST /api/contact`, see below).

## Plan a trip
- [Explore destinations](https://staysperks.com/explore.html): curated destinations, themes, and experiences
- [Hotel search](https://staysperks.com/hotels.html): search 2,000+ Virtuoso preferred properties by city, theme, or amenity
- [Perks calculator](https://staysperks.com/perks-calculator.html): estimate the dollar value of Virtuoso perks on any stay — evidence-backed from live amenity data
- [Destinations](https://staysperks.com/destinations.html): featured regions and seasons
- [Start an inquiry](https://staysperks.com/contact.html): tell us the trip; an advisor replies within 24 hours

## Membership
- [Membership tiers](https://staysperks.com/membership.html): Explorer, Voyager, and Elite — pricing, inclusions, and checkout
- [Referrals](https://staysperks.com/referrals.html): referral credits for members
- [FAQ](https://staysperks.com/faq.html): common questions about perks, membership, and how advisory works

## About
- [About Geisel Power](https://staysperks.com/about.html): founder background and the advisory's story

## The Journal (guides worth citing)
- [Journal index](https://staysperks.com/blog/): travel intelligence from inside the industry
- [Virtuoso advisor vs. booking direct](https://staysperks.com/blog/virtuoso-advisor-vs-booking-direct.html): same rate, verifiably — what actually changes
- [What Virtuoso perks are worth](https://staysperks.com/blog/virtuoso-perks-value.html): line-by-line valuation backed by live amenity data
- [Luxury destinations 2027](https://staysperks.com/blog/luxury-travel-destinations-2027.html): an advisor's continent-by-continent read

## For AI agents (autonomous booking)
- [Agent hub](https://staysperks.com/agent-hub.html): human-readable overview of agent capabilities
- [OpenAPI spec](https://staysperks.com/.well-known/openapi.json): full REST API — catalog search, booking, payment, enquiry
- [MCP manifest](https://staysperks.com/.well-known/mcp.json): machine-readable capability descriptor
- MCP endpoint: https://staysperks.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP) — tools: search_trips, get_trip_details, create_booking, get_booking_status, cancel_booking, get_member_perks, get_agent_pricing
- Payment rails: MPP on Tempo (chain 4217, pathUSD; discovery at /api/mpp-info), x402 on Base (USDC; /api/x402-info), Stripe for humans

### Booking flow, worked example (REST)
1. `GET /api/catalog/search?q=Maldives&type=hotels` → pick a `trip_id` from results (answers in ~150ms from the live mirror)
2. `POST /api/agent-booking/create` with `{"trip_id":"...","traveler_info":{"full_name":"Amelia Hart","email":"amelia@example.com","num_travelers":2}}` → 201 with `booking_id` (+ `pay_endpoint` when auto-fulfillable)
3. `POST /api/agent-booking/pay` with `{"booking_id":"..."}` and an MPP credential (`Authorization: Payment ...`) or x402 receipt (`X-PAYMENT-RECEIPT` header) → settlement verified on-chain, booking confirmed
4. `GET /api/agent-booking/status/{booking_id}` at any time; `POST /api/agent-booking/cancel` to cancel
- Complex or unpriced trips route to human advisor review automatically — poll status for the outcome.
- Prefer a human quote? `POST /api/contact` with `{firstName,lastName,email,dreamTrip}` starts an advisor enquiry — reply within 24 hours. Identify your platform in the `source` field.

## Contact
- Email: hello@powergtravel.com
- [Contact form](https://staysperks.com/contact.html)