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

By Jane Leisteiner
Dec 18, 2008
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.

Corner Oak Manor, a 1920s-era English Tudor home, rests on a large lot surrounded by oak, pine and maple trees. This Asheville, North Carolina, bed and breakfast is just a half-mile from the famed Biltmore Estate. Cozy guest rooms are decorated with soft quilts and country furnishings. In addition to rooms in the main house, there is a cottage with a bedroom, living area and kitchenette. Innkeeper Karen Spradley is a trained chef and prepares a memorable morning meal, with entrees ranging from buttermilk French toast to a four-cheese herb quiche.

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.

In addition to offering printable gift certificates, iLoveInns.com, which has published more than 60 travel guides, also offers the guidebook "Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns." The book, which can purchased on the website for $24.95, includes a buy-one-night-get-one-night-free certificate which can be used at any one of the more than 1,400 boutique inns and B&Bs. The average savings is more than $150, so consider purchasing a copy for yourself, as well as a friend. ILoveInns.com also features detailed listings to more than 19,000 unique lodging choices, from lighthouse bed and breakfasts to posh city boutique hotels.
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