Gas prices are rising (a 40% increase over summer 2010 is predicted) and innkeepers are coming to the rescue with a “kick gas” promotion. To help relieve pain at the pumps for travelers, inns and B&Bs throughout Canada and the US are going the extra mile by offering gas savings of all kinds. Rallied by the Better Way To Stay campaign, a grassroots “experience B&Bs” campaign, hundreds of innkeepers throughout the U.S. and Canada are helping travelers save at the gas pumps with B&Bs Kick Gas!
Innkeepers have created offers including everything from free gas cards and gas credits (savings on a stay to put into the gas tank), to free tune ups for the car, and rewards for carpooling or driving eco-friendly vehicles. Simply visit BetterWayToStay.com, where gas or eco-driving offers from almost every state in the United States and many Canadian provinces can be easily searched geographically.
“Innkeepers are pumped to help travelers underwrite the cost of travel this spring and summer,” said Jay Karen, CEO of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International, the organization spearheading the Better Way To Stay campaign. “The B&Bs Kick Gas! campaign, has rallied inns and B&Bs in the US and Canada to encourage those who might be anxious to travel this spring due to rising costs.”
Most B&Bs Kick Gas! offers provide a $25 or greater incentive, complimentary breakfast daily, and afternoon refreshments when guests stay for two or more days.
Here are more money-saving offers:
Bed and Breakfast Association of Virginia: Visit bbav.org and click on Specials, then choose B&Bs Kick Gas! to view packages offered by Virginia inns and B&Bs.
Historic Inns of Rockland: Stay at any of the four member inns for three days and you’re treated to a signature “No Fueling” tune up for your car, including air filter, tire inflation and tire gauge to keep the car running efficiently, a $55 value.
Distinctive Inns of New England: Distinctive Inns of New England members will reward eco-travelers who carpool to the inn and stay two nights with a $25 or greater gas incentive, plus picnics, gourmet dinners and more. Offers vary by inn.
Better Baltimore Bed and Breakfasts: Travel with friends by plane, train, or carpool and receive up to 20% back on lodging costs to put into the gas tank when two or more rooms are booked for two or more consecutive weekday nights. Use promo code KICK-GAS.
Cumberland Valley, PA B&B Association: Book two rooms for two nights and carpool to member inns and receive a $35 gas allowance.
BnBFinder.com and BedandBreakfast.com both offer gas saving packages and feature one-tank trips. Please visit their packages pages to see more offers.
Hundreds of B&Bs Kick Gas! offers can be easily searched in one central location at BetterWaytoStay.com. Simply click on the gas sign or CURRENT PROMOTIONS to review the offers - more are added daily.
The Better Way To Stay project is a grassroots campaign sponsored by the Professional Association of Innkeepers International (innkeeping.org). The campaign is dedicated to helping travelers discover today’s inns and B&B experience through programs and social network campaigns geared to enhancing the travel experience.
Marti Mayne is the B&B Editor for Wandering Educators
Feature photo: the Inn at Thornnill. Photo credit Jumping Rocks Photography