While driving down to DL from BC in early Feb this year, we used the BCAA hotel books, and stayed at hotels that gave the BCAA discount. This saved us on average of $10 to $15USD per night on lodging. If the hotel in the BCAA books states that there is a discount, the hotels usually honor the BCAA card. We were down in the USA for 15 days, and never had a problem using our BCAA card for getting discounts on lodging. Hope that this helps you out. Have a great day!!