BnBFinder.com Gas Savings Fact Sheet for Summer Travel

• Inns and Bed and Breakfasts offer gas discounts, rebates and savings. Travelers can escape high gas prices and still enjoy a vacation.
• According to the Travel Industry Association, the number of people expected to travel this year is growing. People are still travelling, they are just travelling closer to home.
  
• Bed and Breakfasts are often within a one tank drive of a major city.
• Large cities have many inns that are less than a 175 mile drive, making for a quick and inexpensive getaway.
  
• These ‘One Tank Trips' reduce the overall cost of a vacation by limiting driving.

• Staying at an Urban B&B may require no driving or gas at all! Many urban inns are accessible by public transportation.

• The BnBfinder.com Advanced Search is the fastest way to find gas saving deals in the area where you live or enjoy vacationing.
  • Gas Refunds/Free Gas Cards
  • Hybrid Car Bonuses
    
  • Gas Discounts
  • One Tank Trips

• Saving money is great, but gas savings can also have a positive environmental impact. If you'd like to know more about environmentally friendly inns, please visit our Green Inns here.
  • Saving Gas and Staying at a B&B also Helps to Save the Planet
    
  • Travellers can reduce your carbon footprint by driving less and staying at B&Bs, which are an eco friendly alternative to large hotels
    
  • Hybrid Car Discounts
  • Mass Transit Discounts, such as the 10% discount offered to guests who arrive to the Wallingford Victorian by train and mention the ‘Going Green Special'
  • B&Bs use local items from nearby farms and farmers markets which reduces fuel consumption by transporting items long distances.
    

Selected Quotes from Travel Expert and BnBFinder.com President Mary White

"Getting away and taking a break are more important than ever, and gas savings make that easier."

"Occupancy is up as guests have already realized the secrets of a close to home getaway, though many people are feeling the crunch"

"Hundreds of B&Bs are one tank or less away from major cities."

"Innkeepers are telling us that many guests that would have normally taken a longer vacation are opting for quick getaways closer to home."

"Innkeepers are seeing mores guests from the local area that usually travel farther distances."

The Gas Savings initiatives and specials on BnBFinder.com have been featured and discussed in many media outlets

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on April 16,2008
http://classifieds.nwanews.com/adg/News/222924/

SmartMoney Magazine and Aol Money on April 15,2008

http://money.aol.com/news/story/_a/hotels-lure-guests-with-gas-incentives/20080415114509990001

Miami Herald on March 23,2008
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/weekly_features/story/463448.html

For further information, interview requests or high resolution photos, please contact:

Michael Dolan

PR Coordinator at BnBFinder.com

(212)432-7693 x.15

michael@bnbfinder.com

About BnBfinder.com

A "Current Specials" section is also featured, which lists packages and special deals from innkeepers across the country. Updated seasonally for holidays and daily by some innkeepers, this section brings consumers the very latest information on the best B&B offers.

But what sets BnBFinder.com apart from other sites is this: deliberate attention to the needs of consumers. As a result, BnBFinder.com was the first B&B site to allow users to save their searches, compare inns and email reservation requests to several inns at once. BnBFinder also implemented a simple system so guests can evaluate inns they have visited and check other people’s comments before making a reservation. BnBFinder is the only B&B directory to publish a Bed & Breakfast Blog and offer syndication of their content through RSS feeds. Through a partnership with AvantGo, a mobile services provider, BnBFinder.com became the first site to put B&Bs on popular handheld devices such as the Palm Pilot.

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