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Ultimate guide to the EVT Stays program
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EVT Stays (previously Priority Guest Rewards) is a small loyalty program tied to numerous hotel brands, including QT, Rydges and Atura. It offers some useful perks even with entry-level membership, so it’s worth signing up if you’re going to stay at any of those properties.
Here is a snapshot of the EVT Stays program, including all the changes you need to know with the basics of earning and redeeming points and status tiers.
How do I join EVT Stays?
The quickest way to join EVT Stays is to do it online. It’s easy and free to join the program.
- Go to the ‘Membership Benefits’ page and click ‘Join Now’.
- Fill in your personal details, and agree to the T&Cs.
- Click ‘Continue’ and set a password. Your membership details will be sent to your email.
What Priority Guest Reward brands are there?
Within Australia, EVT Stays hotel brands are QT, Rydges and Atura Hotels, plus some ‘Independent Collection‘ hotels such as The Victoria Hotel, Yarra Valley Lodge, and the Pensione Hotel Perth.
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What are the EVT Stays status levels?
There are four status tiers, starting from the base-level Silver, then Gold, Platinum and Black. Status is earned on a 12-month rolling period now.
EVT Stays Silver
Requirement: just enrolment in the program
- Earns 7-20 points per night (dependent on hotel category)
- 5% discount on dining and drinks
- 10% discount on best rates online
EVT Stays Gold
Requirement: Five hotel nights across at least two separate stays
- Earns 9-25 points per night (dependent on hotel category)
- 20% discount on dining and drinks
- 10% discount on best rates online
- Welcome drink
- 1pm late checkout based on availability
EVT Stays Platinum
Requirement: Ten hotel nights across at least four separate stays
In addition to Gold benefits, you get:
- Earns 11-30 points per night (dependent on hotel category)
- Room upgrade based on availability
- 9am early check-in based on availability
- 3pm late check-out based on availability
- 15% discount on best rates online
EVT Stays Black
Requirement: Invitation only
In addition to Gold and Platinum benefits, you get:
- Earn 14-40 points per night (dependent on hotel category)
- Up to 50% discount on dining and drinks
- 6pm late checkout
How do I earn EVT Stays points?
Staying at participating QT, Rydges, Atura, and other affiliated properties is the primary way to earn EVT Stays points. The number of points earned per night depends on your member tier and the category of the hotel.
| Hotel Category | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Black |
| Group One | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 |
| Group Two | 17 | 22 | 26 | 34 |
| Group Three | 14 | 18 | 21 | 28 |
| Group Four | 10 | 13 | 15 | 20 |
| Group Five | 7 | 9 | 11 | 14 |
The hotels themselves fall into these categories (at the time of writing, there is no property in Group Five):
Group One hotels:
- QT Auckland
- QT Bondi
- QT Gold Coast & qtQT Gold Coast
- QT Melbourne
- QT Newcastle
- QT Perth
- QT Queenstown
- QT Sydney
- QT Singapore
- QT Wellington
- Rydges Melbourne
- Rydges Resort Hunter Valley
- Rydges South Bank Brisbane
- Harbour Rocks Hotel
- Museum Apartment Hotel Wellington
- The Inchcolm
- The Old Clare Hotel
Group Two hotels:
- Rydges Cronulla Beachside
- Rydges Darling Square Apartment Hotel
- Rydges Fortitude Valley
- Rydges Kalgoorlie
- Rydges Lakeland Resort Hotel Queenstown
- Rydges Newcastle
- Rydges Port Macquarie
- Rydges Sydney Airport
- Rydges Sydney Central
- Rydges World Square Sydney
- Atura Adelaide Airport
- Sails Resort Port Macquarie
- The Tank Stream Hotel
- Yarra Valley Lodge
- Alex Hotel
- Oval Hotel
- Powerhouse Hotel Tamworth
Group Three hotels:
- QT Canberra
- Rydges Armidale
- Rydges Auckland
- Rydges Campbelltown
- Rydges Camperdown
- Rydges Canberra
- Rydges Darwin Central
- Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns
- Rydges Formosa Golf Resort
- Rydges Geelong
- Rydges Gold Coast Airport
- Rydges Latimer Christchurch
- Rydges Mackay
- Rydges Mount Panorama Bathurst
- Rydges North Sydney
- Rydges South Park Adelaide
- Rydges Norwest Sydney
- Rydges Palmerston Darwin
- Rydges Parramatta Sydney
- Rydges Perth King Square
- Rydges Pit Lane
- Rydges Ringwood
- Rydges Southbank Townsville
- Rydges Wellington
- Rydges Wellington Airport Hotel
- Atura Blacktown
- St Kilda Beach Hotel
- The Capitol Hotel
- Esplanade Hotel Fremantle
- Hotel Alba Adelaide
- Hotel TOTTO Wollongong
Group Four hotels:
- Atura Albury
- Atura Dandenong
- Atura Wellington
- HotelMotel
- Pensione Hotel Perth
- Rydges Bankstown
- Rydges Hobart
- Rydges Horizons Snowy Mountains
- Rydges Rotorua
- Arawa Park Hotel
- The Terrace Hotel
- The Ultimo
- The Victoria Hotel
Group Five hotels:
None (as of 21 Feb 2025)
Note that EVT Stays points usually expire after 18 months of inactivity, so make sure you get some regular stays in. Furthermore, points also have an expiry of 36 months after being earned, so you’ve got three years to use them.
How do I redeem EVT Stays points?
With the latest program update, you now need 100 to 300 points for a reward night. On average, here’s how many nights each member would need to stay at a Group One hotel to redeem a free night at the same property:
- Silver: around 15 paid nights for one free night
- Gold: around 12 paid nights for one free night
- Platinum: around 10 paid nights for one free night
- Black: around 8 paid nights for one free night
Reward night bookings are subject to availability and are non-refundable, unlike most other hotel chain reward bookings. Occasionally, EVT Stays will also offer one-off promotions to use your points on dining, gift cards and more as in-house guests. You’ll see these offers on your EVT Stays dashboard.
How do I contact EVT Stays?
Have a question? The easiest way to get in touch is via the web form. The rewards program doesn’t have a direct phone number, though you can contact the hotel directly for urgent stay enquiries.
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Ultimate guide to the EVT Stays program was last modified: February 25th, 2025 by
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There is no independent discussion of the EVT stays program in practice. I was migrated from the PGR program to EVT stays. That process was a trainwreck. The only Rydges I want to stay in is the well located Rydges at Sydney Airport before a morning flight. My experience is that EVT stays promos where you get UP TO (my emphasis) off are completely deceptive. Although I guess “up to” does include zero! All you get at this property, despite whatever the promo says, is the EVT Stays member 10 per cent discount. And Rydges Sydney Airport runs a dynamic pricing model where even if you are a member, you are never guaranteed the cheapest price for your stay. And their IT is still a total non-functional joke.
Very difficult to make bookings as there hotels i wish to use are being used for quarantine
1. An attempt to read the fine print of the T&Cs for the PGR Rewards Program resulted in confusion rather than clarity
My main area of confusion related to the maintenance of the Black PGR Tier Status: “to maintain the status of a Black PGR Member an individual must continue to stay a certain number of Hotel Room Nights or Hotel Stays – Currently, 10 Hotel Stays or 30 Hotel Room Nights per calendar year is required”
SO does that mean the 10 HOTEL STAYS must be a minimum of three consecutive nights to qualify? Given that would be equal to 30 one night HOTEL ROOM STAYS?
2. Do I now need to join the Discovery Program since they separated in 2021?
OR do existing PGR Program Members automatically get registered in the new Discovery Program? And is there a different digital card issued for this program?
Any clarification would be most appreciated ♀️
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