Epicure is a loyalty program from the IHCL group of lodges that gives completely different perks relying on the membership sort. It’s nice for frequent vacationers, particularly HNIs and company company, who take pleasure in staying at Taj, Vivanta, and SeleQtions lodges.
TAJ Epicure Variants
Epicure membership is available in 3 variants, as under:
| Variant | Complimentary Nights | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Privileged | 2 Nights | 50K INR + GST |
| Most popular | 1 Evening | 25K INR + GST |
| Plus | – | – |
Whereas the Taj Epicure Most popular and Privileged memberships are often bought immediately, the Plus variant is obtainable as a profit by means of choose bank cards.
Observe: At occasions, Privileged/Most popular membership is obtainable with 10-20% low cost by way of Neu/TAJ app or TAJ Offline
Options & Advantages
Epicure Privileged
- 2 Complimentary Keep Nights, at choose TAJ/Vivanta/SeleQtions properties
- 4 Complimentary Lunch/Dinner Vouchers for two, at choose TAJ Eating places
- 4 Complimentary 1 Stage Room Improve Voucher for 1 Evening
- 3 Occasions Complimentary 60 minutes Spa for 1 particular person
- 4 Occasions Unique TAJ Membership lounge entry for two individuals
- Complimentary Cake throughout Member’s Birthday month
- A number of Room improve/low cost Vouchers
- 20% Off on F&B & Spa
- IHCL Gold standing
Epicure Most popular
- 1 Complimentary Keep Evening, at choose TAJ/Vivanta/SeleQtions properties
- 2 Complimentary Lunch/Dinner Vouchers for two, at choose TAJ Eating places
- 2 Complimentary 1 Stage Room Improve Voucher for 1 Evening
- 1 Occasions Complimentary 60 minutes Spa for 1 particular person
- Complimentary Cake throughout Member’s Birthday month
- A number of Room improve/low cost Vouchers
- 20% Off on F&B & Spa
- IHCL Silver standing
Epicure Plus
- A number of Room improve/low cost Vouchers
- 20% Off on F&B & Spa
- Complimentary Cake throughout Member’s Birthday month
Membership by way of Credit score Playing cards
- One Time Epicure Most popular membership with 1 Complimentary Keep Evening by way of
- ICICI Emeralde Private Metal Credit score Card (Becoming a member of/Renewal Payment: 12.5K+GST)
- Indus Solitaire Credit score Card (Becoming a member of Payment: 30K+GST, Renewal Payment: 10K+GST)
- HDFC Speciale Platinum (Checking account) (AQB: 3L+)
- AU Ivy (Checking account) (AMB: 25L+) and so on.
- Epicure Plus Personalized variants, issued with Tremendous Premium CCs
Most Epicure Plus memberships embody eating, room, or different low cost vouchers however often don’t provide complimentary keep nights, making them much less interesting to many. Nevertheless, they’re an important choice for saving on F&B, and spa.
Issues to know
- I stayed at Vivanta Dal View, Srinagar utilizing Complimentary Keep Nights. Availability isn’t a difficulty as per my expertise.
- Solely Base class rooms might be booked with Complimentary Keep Nights
- Even with Complimentary Keep Nights, 18% Taxes will nonetheless should be paid
- You should use Playing cards or Neu cash or TAJ GVs to pay for the excellent.
- 2 Adults+2 Children upto 12 years are allowed per Evening. Could fluctuate with Property
- Breakfast is Complimentary for two (Children have been allowed although)
- TAJ Palaces/Safaris & few different TAJ Properties can’t be booked by way of this route
- Vivanta Dal View Srinagar & TAJ Chia Kutir Darjeeling are among the prime 5 Star properties, that give excellent worth for Complimentary Keep Nights redemption
Bottomline
IHCL & Epicure treats their clients very effectively (as per my expertise). Had a small concern with Epicure & I raised a criticism which was taken care promptly.
TAJ Epicure membership helps in lowering the TAJ Motels keep & related prices fairly a bit, if you happen to like TAJ group hospitality & wish to expertise their complete Bouquet of providers. Redemption advantages at few properties like Vivanta Dal View Srinagar might be as a lot as 1.5X-2X the worth paid in the direction of membership.
Having stated that in case you are not a frequent traveler, paid Epicure membership isn’t price for many. Because it limits the scope of your keep to IHCL group of Motels solely.
