Lord Cadillac
08-17-05, 02:19 PM
Emergency 6-Day Promotion!
Our server upgrade/migration didn't go as smoothly as planned and I have to over-extend my budget in order to get squared-away with the server administrator. (We don't have room in the budget (yet) for a full-time or part-time employee so we have to pay on-call by the hour.) Anyone who either purchases a new 1 year supporting member account OR extends their current 1 year supporting member account by one year will get:
1. Three months additional for FREE (that's 15 months total)
2. A 3 day, 2 night hotel stay certificate as a free bonus. Details are below...
3 Day, 2 Night Hotel Stay Certificates:
Sample Destinations (many others available!):
Las Vegas
Daytona Beach
Atlantic City
Lake Tahoe
New Orleans
Palm Springs
Victoria, British Columbia
Phoenix, Arizona
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Branson, Missouri
Reno, Nevada
Anaheim (Disneyland)
Cancun, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
San Francisco
White Mountains, New Hampsire
Breckenridge, Colorado
Honolulu, Hawaii
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Orlando, Florida
Pocono Mountains
Mazatlan
Key West
San Diego
No airfare purchase required. No timeshare or sales presentations. Free breakfast included in many rooms.
Each hotel stay certificate is valid for a 3 day, 2 night stay. At no time will you be required to attend any type of timeshare presentation. Basic restrictions apply (next section below), so please be sure to read the details.
We work with many different hotels in each location. The published room rate at the resorts averages between $70-139 a night.
Restrictions for hotel stay incentive certificates:
Because they are essentially giving these hotel stays away, the resorts have requested a few restrictions. You don't have to worry, though - we try to make it easy for you. Restrictions are few, and clearly stated. No fine print here!
• Weekday check-ins, please.
• 60 days notice is preferred.
• Each household may only redeem one free vacation per year.
• You have until December 5, 2006 to take your vacation.
• To receive the registration forms, a registration fee of $10 is payable by the customer upon registration.
• Room taxes of about $9 per night are required by law and are due at reservation time.
That's all! You pay about $37.00 for a 3 day, 2 night hotel stay where breakfast is free in many rooms.
If you're looking for fine print, you won't find it here. No other fees will ever be collected.
Hotel Certificate Details:
Hotel rooms for free? How do you do it?
We've been getting this question quite frequently, so that's why we put it here first. The simple answer is that many hotels have low occupancy rates during the week. Rather than letting the rooms sit empty, they'd prefer to give them away to people in the travel business (the author of this eBook is also a travel agent). That's all there is to it!
To learn more about how this works, be sure to read the inside scoop (The "Inside Scoop" section is at the bottom of this page).
What exactly is each hotel stay certificate redeemable for?
Each of our hotel stay certificates are redeemable for a free 3 day, 2 night stay in one of 20 great destinations. No additional purchase is required, and transportation to and from the hotels is up to you. We estimate the average retail value of each certificate to be nearly $300.
A deal this great has to come with some restrictions. What are they?
We don't believe in fine print, and are happy to discuss all the details up front. Basic restrictions do apply, but you'll never encounter hidden fees, an unhelpful redemption office, or required timeshare presentations. Basically, we ask that you follow three basic rules to receive your 3 day, 2 night hotel stay:
1. You must check in to the hotel on a weekday.
2. You must give 60 days notice prior to taking their vacation.
3. You must pay a registration fee of $10, and state-mandated room taxes of about $9 per night (per room, not per person). No other fees are ever collected.
What hotels do you use?
Because the travel industry is constantly changing, we do not publish a list of available hotels. You don't have to worry about going on a less than superior vacation, however - probably the best way to describe them is that they are hotels that would normally cost the consumer between $70-139 a night. Typical chains include Marriott, Hampton Inn, Red Roof Inn, Ramada, and other well-known franchises. In Las Vegas and Atlantic City, we work with major casino hotels to provide a mini-suite.
Are you sure no timeshare presentations are involved?
This has become our second most frequently asked question. The answer is clear: we do not require any type of sales presentations from customers. No tours, no meetings, business opportunities, or anything similar.
When do the certificates expire?
Currently, the expiration date on all the hotel stay certificates we print is
December 5, 2006. Many other issuing vendors are much stricter, with expiration dates as early as 90 days after issue.
Are there any blackout dates?
Dates near holidays are usually not available. Hotels are often full around the holidays. Other than that, you shouldn't have any problems getting the reservation you want.
Can you guarantee that all locations will always be available?
We can't promise that every destination will always be available at all times, but it's extremely rare when one isn't. We work with numerous hotels in each destination, so that if one ever drops out of our program, we have a backup.
How many vacations can I take?
A maximum of one per year.
Who pays the registration fee?
The $10 registration fee is paid by you.
How much are room taxes?
State law usually requires consumers to pay taxes on any stay at a lodging establishment, even if the stay is given away or "comped" by the hotel. You don't have to worry, however - we've made sure that taxes will never be higher than $9 a night. (That's per room, not per person.)
Are there really no other fees?
None at all. No purchase of airline tickets, car rentals, restaurant passes, or anything else is required.
The Inside Scoop:
All across North America, hotels have thousands of empty rooms available during the week. Most guests check in on Friday and Saturday, so frequently the hotels are actually losing money during the off-peak times.
Until recently, there wasn't much that the hotel owners could do about the problem. They had to deal with both the loss of revenue and the loss of happy hotel guests that would hopefully return for another visit.
Recently, however, many companies in the travel industry have begun to recognize the value of allowing guests to come visit during the week for practically nothing. If you think about it, it really makes sense for everyone. You get a great vacation in a luxury hotel, and they don't have to handle the problem of having excessive vacancies. Plus, they hope that you'll take advantage of their other services (restaurants, concierge, etc.) while you're staying in the room. If you like their property enough, they know you'll also probably recommend it to other travelers. It's a win-win situation!
If you're interested in taking part in this time-limited promotion, click the "Site Supporter" link just below. Thank you!
Our server upgrade/migration didn't go as smoothly as planned and I have to over-extend my budget in order to get squared-away with the server administrator. (We don't have room in the budget (yet) for a full-time or part-time employee so we have to pay on-call by the hour.) Anyone who either purchases a new 1 year supporting member account OR extends their current 1 year supporting member account by one year will get:
1. Three months additional for FREE (that's 15 months total)
2. A 3 day, 2 night hotel stay certificate as a free bonus. Details are below...
3 Day, 2 Night Hotel Stay Certificates:
Sample Destinations (many others available!):
Las Vegas
Daytona Beach
Atlantic City
Lake Tahoe
New Orleans
Palm Springs
Victoria, British Columbia
Phoenix, Arizona
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Branson, Missouri
Reno, Nevada
Anaheim (Disneyland)
Cancun, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
San Francisco
White Mountains, New Hampsire
Breckenridge, Colorado
Honolulu, Hawaii
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Orlando, Florida
Pocono Mountains
Mazatlan
Key West
San Diego
No airfare purchase required. No timeshare or sales presentations. Free breakfast included in many rooms.
Each hotel stay certificate is valid for a 3 day, 2 night stay. At no time will you be required to attend any type of timeshare presentation. Basic restrictions apply (next section below), so please be sure to read the details.
We work with many different hotels in each location. The published room rate at the resorts averages between $70-139 a night.
Restrictions for hotel stay incentive certificates:
Because they are essentially giving these hotel stays away, the resorts have requested a few restrictions. You don't have to worry, though - we try to make it easy for you. Restrictions are few, and clearly stated. No fine print here!
• Weekday check-ins, please.
• 60 days notice is preferred.
• Each household may only redeem one free vacation per year.
• You have until December 5, 2006 to take your vacation.
• To receive the registration forms, a registration fee of $10 is payable by the customer upon registration.
• Room taxes of about $9 per night are required by law and are due at reservation time.
That's all! You pay about $37.00 for a 3 day, 2 night hotel stay where breakfast is free in many rooms.
If you're looking for fine print, you won't find it here. No other fees will ever be collected.
Hotel Certificate Details:
Hotel rooms for free? How do you do it?
We've been getting this question quite frequently, so that's why we put it here first. The simple answer is that many hotels have low occupancy rates during the week. Rather than letting the rooms sit empty, they'd prefer to give them away to people in the travel business (the author of this eBook is also a travel agent). That's all there is to it!
To learn more about how this works, be sure to read the inside scoop (The "Inside Scoop" section is at the bottom of this page).
What exactly is each hotel stay certificate redeemable for?
Each of our hotel stay certificates are redeemable for a free 3 day, 2 night stay in one of 20 great destinations. No additional purchase is required, and transportation to and from the hotels is up to you. We estimate the average retail value of each certificate to be nearly $300.
A deal this great has to come with some restrictions. What are they?
We don't believe in fine print, and are happy to discuss all the details up front. Basic restrictions do apply, but you'll never encounter hidden fees, an unhelpful redemption office, or required timeshare presentations. Basically, we ask that you follow three basic rules to receive your 3 day, 2 night hotel stay:
1. You must check in to the hotel on a weekday.
2. You must give 60 days notice prior to taking their vacation.
3. You must pay a registration fee of $10, and state-mandated room taxes of about $9 per night (per room, not per person). No other fees are ever collected.
What hotels do you use?
Because the travel industry is constantly changing, we do not publish a list of available hotels. You don't have to worry about going on a less than superior vacation, however - probably the best way to describe them is that they are hotels that would normally cost the consumer between $70-139 a night. Typical chains include Marriott, Hampton Inn, Red Roof Inn, Ramada, and other well-known franchises. In Las Vegas and Atlantic City, we work with major casino hotels to provide a mini-suite.
Are you sure no timeshare presentations are involved?
This has become our second most frequently asked question. The answer is clear: we do not require any type of sales presentations from customers. No tours, no meetings, business opportunities, or anything similar.
When do the certificates expire?
Currently, the expiration date on all the hotel stay certificates we print is
December 5, 2006. Many other issuing vendors are much stricter, with expiration dates as early as 90 days after issue.
Are there any blackout dates?
Dates near holidays are usually not available. Hotels are often full around the holidays. Other than that, you shouldn't have any problems getting the reservation you want.
Can you guarantee that all locations will always be available?
We can't promise that every destination will always be available at all times, but it's extremely rare when one isn't. We work with numerous hotels in each destination, so that if one ever drops out of our program, we have a backup.
How many vacations can I take?
A maximum of one per year.
Who pays the registration fee?
The $10 registration fee is paid by you.
How much are room taxes?
State law usually requires consumers to pay taxes on any stay at a lodging establishment, even if the stay is given away or "comped" by the hotel. You don't have to worry, however - we've made sure that taxes will never be higher than $9 a night. (That's per room, not per person.)
Are there really no other fees?
None at all. No purchase of airline tickets, car rentals, restaurant passes, or anything else is required.
The Inside Scoop:
All across North America, hotels have thousands of empty rooms available during the week. Most guests check in on Friday and Saturday, so frequently the hotels are actually losing money during the off-peak times.
Until recently, there wasn't much that the hotel owners could do about the problem. They had to deal with both the loss of revenue and the loss of happy hotel guests that would hopefully return for another visit.
Recently, however, many companies in the travel industry have begun to recognize the value of allowing guests to come visit during the week for practically nothing. If you think about it, it really makes sense for everyone. You get a great vacation in a luxury hotel, and they don't have to handle the problem of having excessive vacancies. Plus, they hope that you'll take advantage of their other services (restaurants, concierge, etc.) while you're staying in the room. If you like their property enough, they know you'll also probably recommend it to other travelers. It's a win-win situation!
If you're interested in taking part in this time-limited promotion, click the "Site Supporter" link just below. Thank you!