Bed & Bed Gift Certificates – The Perfect, Easy Holiday Surprise

Posted by Jane Leisteiner on Dec 18th, 2008 and filed under Travel and Leisure. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Time is running out and you still haven’t found the perfect gift or maybe you are trying to find something unique to give your best friend. Wouldn’t these special people appreciate the thoughtful gift of travel? Head to iLoveInns.com and purchase your loved one a printable gift certificate. This quick and easy gift can be used at thousands of country inns, bed & breakfasts or boutique hotels throughout the United States and Canada.

The certificates can be purchased for as little as $50, but go up in increments of $50 to as much as $1,000. So you pay for part of a stay, a night away or even several days of travel, whatever you choose. There are no blackout dates and the certificate has no expiration date, so your loved ones have plenty of time to pick a perfect bed and breakfast. The certificate becomes valid seven days after you purchase it, and this date will appear on the certificate. Best of all, there’s no rushing around crowded stores and fighting traffic, you just purchase, print and watch faces light up as friends open their certificate. The following inns are just a small sample of the thousand of ILoveInns.com properties that will accept the certificates:

The historic Graycote Inn, located in Bar Harbor, Maine, offers guests a mix of romance and country hospitality. The beautiful guest rooms, which are decorated in style befitting this 1881 home, feature canopy beds and clawfoot tubs. Views of the grounds, lush with trees and gardens, can be enjoyed from a comfortable chair on the veranda or from an intimate table for two in the cheerful breakfast room. The full breakfasts are prepared using the best local ingredients, including local coffee and the fresh, Maine blueberries. Guests can walk to local shops and restaurants or spend the day enjoying Acadia National Park.

Country hospitality and a convenient location entice guests to the Corner Oak Manor, a cozy bed and breakfast in Asheville, North Carolina, just a half mile from the Biltmore Estate. There are four guest rooms, featuring country dcor and antiques, as well as a private cottage with its own kitchenette. Innkeeper Karen Spradley has a culinary degree and prepares the morning meal, featuring an artfully displayed menu using the freshest local ingredients. She even has her own cookbook, so you can bring a little of that bed and breakfast charm back to your own home.

For beach lovers, the Casa Tropicana in San Clemente, California provides the perfect seaside location. Directly across the street from the beach and San Clemente pier, this eight-room boutique inn is decorated in a romantic, luxurious style and most of the rooms offer an ocean view. Some have a fireplace or whirlpool tub. The Casablanca suite, which covers the entire fifth floor, has its own private deck with an outdoor Jacuzzi. Stroll across the street to the beach or walk around the corner and up the street to the shops and restaurants along Avenida Del Mar. This Southern California inn is located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego.

Another fun gift idea to consider is iLoveInns.com’s award-winning guidebook, “Bed and Breakfasts and Country Inns,” which retails for $24.95. The book includes listings to more than 1,400 B&Bs, inns and boutique hotels. Best of all, it also features a buy-one-night-get-one-night-free certificate which can be used to receive one night free off a two-night stay at any one of the listed properties. Depending on which inn you choose, travelers can save more than $400 and the average savings is around $140.

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