Cars
Budget Rent a Car
Budget Rent a Car´s Budget Ski promotion through April 30 includes:
- unlimited mileage
- use of a ski rack
- choice of $50 off weekly rental of a standard, full-size and premium SUV
- $20 off a compact or full-size weekly rental, plus a free upgrade
- $20 off weekly rentals on other car classes
- up to $20 off a compact or full- size week-end rental and a free upgrade
- and up to $20 off a weekend rental of a SUV and other car classes
Promo code is "BCDU032105". This promotion is valid at Budget Ski locations in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Canada.
Hotels
Fitness-conscious business travelers can check fitness hotel directory for a description and color photos of hotel´s workout facilities. Site visitors can search for a hotel by clicking on the state and city.
Marriott is offering double reward points when you pay for your stays with a Visa card, starting with your second stay, between October 1, 2005 and January 31, 2006. You must register for the double rewards program at Marriott.com.
Westin´s recent decision to no longer permit smoking in its hotels follows a longstanding trend to cut back on the percentage of rooms that permit smoking, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association´s 2004 Lodging Survey.
The survey, which is conducted periodically by the association, found hotels in the U.S. have steadily increased their number of nonsmoking rooms over the years.
In 1988 only 30% of all hotel rooms were designated nonsmoking. By 1991, that percentage had jumped to 40%. The ratio of nonsmoking rooms jumped from 61% in 1999 to 73% in 2004. Hotel rooms in the luxury category are more likely to be nonsmoking guests are not allowed to smoke in about 80% of the rooms.
A total of 47,735 hotels were canvassed by questionnaire for the survey. Westin´s decision may be a harbinger of things to come at other hotels.
