Hotels offering summer specials
It’s the season for summer hotel specials.
Three Oregon hotels invite guests to bid on a rate. Participants include The Resort at the Mountain in Welches, near Mount Hood ( www.theresort.com), Eugene’s Valley River Inn ( www.valleyinn.com) and The Salishan Lodge and Resort ( www.salishan.com) on the coast. A limited number of rooms are available. The first two properties limit bids to dates within two weeks.
The two-night Rock ‘N’ Roll package at the Memphis Marriott Downtown is $349 through Dec. 30. It includes breakfast and two tickets to Graceland, the Rock ‘N’ Soul Museum and Sun Studios. Contact: (888) 426-5236; cite rate code XEAA; www.memphismarriottdowntown.com.
Country music fans can get Club Level rooms at the Millennium Maxwell House, Nashville, from $149 for a double. Guestrooms are on a keyed access floor and provide complimentary alcoholic beverages and snacks, breakfast buffet, a complimentary movie, use of the library and highspeed internet access. (866) 866-8086; www.millenniumhotels.com.
Orlando visitors can choose from nine LaQuinta locations with rates from $39 to $69 through Aug. 31. Breakfast included. A map at www.lq.com shows proximity to Walt Disney World. (866) 725-1661; www.laquinta.com.
More than 30 Orlando hotels offer specials at www.orlandoinfo.com running from $49 to $225 per night. Also note: two-night Summertime, Familytime vacation packages (from $550), include accommodations, one-day admission to Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando and Gatorland for four.
In Hawaii, the Radisson Kauai Beach Resort offers a Bed and Breakfast in Paradise rate from $159 airport transfers and buffet breakfast for two. A Family Package at $219, includes daily breakfast buffet for four, and one free in-room movie or an hour of Sony Play Station. Both packages include Polynesian dance show. (800) 333-3333; www.radissonkauai.com.
Cherry Valley Lodge, 25 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, is the nation’s only hotel designated an official Arboretum and Botanical Garden. It has a reproduction Wild West town and kid activities. Summer rates from $139. (800—)788-8008; www.cherryvalleylodge.com.
Hyatt Resorts’ Family Adventure offers rates from $165 per night (two-night minimum) through Aug. 31, plus activity discounts. Use the Sunshine on Sale promotion and you also get a free added night and 50 percent off a second room. (800) 233-1234; www.AdventureHyatt.com.