Bedandbreakfast.com is running a free gas promotion, in which B&Bs and hotels all over the country are offering fuel-related discounts. A handful of these venues is giving special deals to visitors who drive hybrid vehicles.
Here are two such deals in California:
The Colonial Terrace: Arrive in a hybrid, and you’ll get $25 off your total bill at this hotel a block away from the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Rooms regularly cost $139 (pretax) and up.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Travel authors from California
Hi, its Tam Tree here, hope you like the California travel news blog.
I need travel authors from California to help me coverage the areas of Sonoma, Mendocino and Yosemite .
Please send email if you like to participated in this effort. Thanks !
tamtree@gmail.com
I need travel authors from California to help me coverage the areas of Sonoma, Mendocino and Yosemite .
Please send email if you like to participated in this effort. Thanks !
tamtree@gmail.com
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Motel 6 Is Opens In Marysville, CA
Accor North America, one of the nation’s largest owner/operators of economy lodging, announced the opening of a new Motel 6 property in Marysville, California. The property is located at 803 “E” Street in Yuba County along US Highway 70, and was converted from a Red Roof Inn. The franchised property is owned and operated by Norcal Hospitality, Inc., and Andy Patel has been named the new General Manager overseeing the property.
Motel 6 offers a low price and great value without sacrificing comfort at more than 880 locations in the United States and Canada. Standard amenities include free local phone calls, no long distance access charges, free morning coffee, data ports, Wi-Fi Internet access and a channel line-up including HBO, ESPN/ESPN2, and CNN. All Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools and guest laundry facilities. Guests can save even more with Click 6 Internet bargains, available only at motel6.com. For reservations or information, visit www.motel6.com or call 800-4-MOTEL6.
Motel 6 offers a low price and great value without sacrificing comfort at more than 880 locations in the United States and Canada. Standard amenities include free local phone calls, no long distance access charges, free morning coffee, data ports, Wi-Fi Internet access and a channel line-up including HBO, ESPN/ESPN2, and CNN. All Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools and guest laundry facilities. Guests can save even more with Click 6 Internet bargains, available only at motel6.com. For reservations or information, visit www.motel6.com or call 800-4-MOTEL6.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
California Adventure Experiences
Adventure travelers are everywhere, including the Golden State, which naturally provides a perfect venue for exciting activities.
And the statistics back up this travel trend. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, one-half of U.S. adults, or 98 million people, have taken an adventure trip in the past five years. This includes 31 million adults who engaged in more rigorous adventure activities, such as whitewater rafting, scuba diving and mountain biking.
“As travelers continue to push the envelope, what was once considered extreme is now packaged under adventure travel,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Caroline Beteta of the California Travel and Tourism Commission.
And the statistics back up this travel trend. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, one-half of U.S. adults, or 98 million people, have taken an adventure trip in the past five years. This includes 31 million adults who engaged in more rigorous adventure activities, such as whitewater rafting, scuba diving and mountain biking.
“As travelers continue to push the envelope, what was once considered extreme is now packaged under adventure travel,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Caroline Beteta of the California Travel and Tourism Commission.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Lodge at Sonoma, a Renaissance Resort and Spa
Most recently Perez spent time at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, a premier property in Sacramento, CA. Under his direction, the resort hosted in excess of 400 weddings a year among many other on-site events. Like Scheller, Perez has excelled in the Marriot Corporation, having held the Director of Food & Beverage position at both the Oakland Marriott Convention Center and at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco, overseeing all convention services.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Balboa Park, San Diego
You know how it is. A few hours under the scorching California sun and your eyes start playing tricks. Even so, an enormous black rabbit in a pushchair was the last thing I expected to cross my line of vision. But then, this was San Diego's Balboa Park.
It's a place that offers surprises at every turn. And what a lot of turns there are. For this is the largest urban cultural park in the USA. I could give you some idea of its scale by prattling on about its 1200 acres, 85 cultural institutions, 15 museums, and so on. But let me put it this way: after entering the park at its northwestern frontier, by the time I reached its eastern exit I was back in Scotland.
It's a place that offers surprises at every turn. And what a lot of turns there are. For this is the largest urban cultural park in the USA. I could give you some idea of its scale by prattling on about its 1200 acres, 85 cultural institutions, 15 museums, and so on. But let me put it this way: after entering the park at its northwestern frontier, by the time I reached its eastern exit I was back in Scotland.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Sonoma Restaurants: Early-Spring Daytrips
The hills up and down California are greening: March, the emerald month, is around the corner. It’s time to start thinking about short hops to Sonoma—before the tourists arrive. Though current room rates are a steal, you don’t have to stay overnight. It’s only 45 minutes from the city. Go for the day. (But not this weekend: plan San Francisco rainy-day activities instead.)
Build your afternoon road trip around a good meal. You can leave at noon, drive through sublime electric-green landscapes, maybe hit a winery, then kick back over an early dinner and be home in time to catch a movie. Trust me: you’ll feel like you’ve had a mini-vacation. Here’s my short list of favorite dining rooms, along with some good cheap eats for budgeteers.
Build your afternoon road trip around a good meal. You can leave at noon, drive through sublime electric-green landscapes, maybe hit a winery, then kick back over an early dinner and be home in time to catch a movie. Trust me: you’ll feel like you’ve had a mini-vacation. Here’s my short list of favorite dining rooms, along with some good cheap eats for budgeteers.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
California Tourism Web Site
Potential travelers to the Golden State want to be Californian, if only for a week or weekend, and they are turning to California Tourism's redesigned Web site, http://www.visitcalifornia.com/, to learn how to do just that.
The California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC), the state's official organization for promoting, marketing and increasing travel and tourism to the state, recently launched an improved and redesigned central Web site, based on recent findings from focus groups that visitors to the Golden State want to be "honorary Californians" and experience fully the state's easygoing culture and lifestyle like a local resident.
The California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC), the state's official organization for promoting, marketing and increasing travel and tourism to the state, recently launched an improved and redesigned central Web site, based on recent findings from focus groups that visitors to the Golden State want to be "honorary Californians" and experience fully the state's easygoing culture and lifestyle like a local resident.
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