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B&B Guests Earn Rewards 10 Times Faster Than Leading Hotel Chain

March 26th, 2009 No comments

If you are looking to pile up free-night rewards from frequent stay programs when you travel, we’ve found that you can get more bang for your buck staying at a bed and breakfast. Here’s a little test we did:

Rewarded 10 Times Faster than at Marriott

Picking up the phone, we called Marriott Rewards with a standard request to earn a free stay. We asked about booking a $209-per-night room at the Marriott Suites, which would get us a total of 627 points per night. In order to compile enough points to get a free night at their lowest level, we would need 7,500 points. That means we would have to spend $2,500, staying about 11.9 nights in order to get that free night reward.

Now we’ll check how travelers can earn a free stay at B&Bs nationwide, in addition to a few other B&B-related values. Bed and breakfasts are hard to beat when it comes to unique lodging, hospitality and what you can get for your hard-earned dollar. If you are interested in making your money work better for you, take into consideration a couple of items:

Across the nation, more than 1,500 B&B inns will give guests a free second-night stay with the purchase of the first night. They do this for a simple reason. They want exposure for their property. The typical bed and breakfast doesn’t have the large advertising budget that a standard hotel does. So, they look to earn word-of-mouth exposure and added promotion through this popular program.

At iLoveInns.com, the site that runs this free-night program, travelers can save $140 on an average two-night stay. Think about the numbers above that we quoted from Marriott Rewards. How much more can you stretch your travel dollar than using it to spend 11.9 nights in order to get that free night?

Depending on the individual bed and breakfast or country inn, a traveler can save as much as $650. Plus, the buy-one-get-one promotion is an immediate reward.

You can save even more when you take into consideration your meal expense. The bed and breakfast, after all, comes with breakfast. But many inns also take it a step further an offer various free business services and such items as free drinks or snacks (and not with a mini-bar price).

Money and Memories Go Further with Bed and Breakfast Trips

Now that you know you can save more from a bed and breakfast, consider a typical inn and what it provides. For example, look at this California Bed and Breakfast, the Inn at Seventeen Mile drive located in the Monterey Peninsula.

Choose from rooms with views of the sea or garden in the main house of this three-building bed and breakfast. Or, enjoy the oak and redwoods in the chalet and cottage rooms. Unwind in the spa beneath the towering trees or the gardens whose guests also include the occasional deer and monarch butterfly. Maybe sip some champagne near the fountains and koi ponds. With the Buy-One-Night-Get-One-Night-Free program, guests will save anywhere from $145 to $290 at this lovely property.

Hard to beat an excellent experience and an excellent value. When you’re trying to decide how to find that next free-night perk, take a look at a property like that California bed and breakfast. The B&B free-night program is a superb travel value.

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A Vermont Vacation Is A Self-Educating Activity

March 12th, 2009 No comments

Creative Vermont Vacations: A great Vermont holiday would likely include haunted hotels such as the Brass Lantern. Vermont is a perennially well-liked tourist destination. The State of Vermont is a glorious place. However, preparing for a trip to Vermont should be done carefully. That way you’ll enjoy yourself better.

The number one item on your list should be to explore the tourism resources that the State of Vermont has put on the Internet. These practical tips give you facts about various Vermont destinations as well as their events, dining, theater, recreation, nightlife, bargain hunting, and family friendly hotels. There is also of course tours and transportation as well. The Vermont vacation website allows visitors to plan along with an up-to-date events calendar that keeps the visitor updated and informed regarding an array of activities across the state, on a month-by-month basis. Vermont possesses numerous first rate accommodations that you will take advantage of for your stay.

There are a number of iconic haunted inns in the state of Vermont located in such locations as the famous, Retreat in Manchester Village. Then there are others such as the well known haunted Inn located at Stowe, and still another in Proctorsville. That Inn in Proctorsville is actually a bed and breakfast inn. How about being creative and reserving a night or two in one of the many hunted hotels? Having fully explored your options you’ll be able to sit back and enjoy your trip.

If you don’t have access to a computer, or are having difficulty with planning your experience, you’ll probably use the services of a travel agency. They’ll take care of everything from accommodation to your last detail. The only thing for you to be concerned with is that each and every detail is actually worked out before you depart for your first destination.

Vermont’s mild climate is one of its tourism resources too, and it is for that reason you’ll want to take part in almost every activity from waterskiing and parasailing. Then it’s onto more activities such as the activities on the snow-covered slopes. You can literally ski in the AM and swim in the PM. Your Vermont vacation is a self-educating activity.

Again, if your you’re having difficulty with this option, use the services of a travel agency who will fix it all up for you. Travel agents are a marvelous group, because they know the ‘street’ and can usually accommodate the most unusual request from food to activities. In Vermont the charisma of our villages and downtown areas is celebrated as an important part of this state’s attractions. Holidaymakers come regularly to shop and browse the local wares.

Gracious buildings, quiet streets, and historical downtown architecture is Vermont’s tourism. You’ll find unique friendly eateries where there is gracious dining. Vermont’s locally owned businesses have survived with a smile for 150 years. You’ll find gracious dining and exquisite wines as delicious as anywhere in the world. Vermont’s downtown communities glow with pride. Vermont is an amazing destination, and with so many activities, you’re certain never to get bored. Remember that the amount of time you spend on planning will to affect the holiday experience that you will have in Vermont.

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