Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budget. Show all posts

Monday, April 6, 2009

Beware of phony hotel and travel deals


All the time I see hotel "sales" that once you look closer, really aren't sales at all. They are just trying to con people into thinking they are discounting their rooms.

I just saw a big textile hotel in the Palm Springs area advertise a 45% off room sale for the summer. Their rooms are advertised midweek at $149/night. This "sale" has been picked up on many travel sites like Los Angeles Times as a "real" deal for budget travelers.

Now when you read the fine print, you'd also see that you'd have to pay a $25 resort fee and parking at this resort.

For the room rate to be 45% off, that means the current rate would be $270/night. I know this hotel NEVER sells for that amount. I checked travelocity and expedia. How much is a room currently at that hotel? $149/night plus $25 resort fee plus parking. Big deal, where's the discount.

People have to watch out for these phony "deals." Hotels all over the world are creating phony come ons so they can submit them to the gullible media as room sales. Let the buyer beware.

Now we have never ever had phony rates in which to offer phony discounts at our hotel. That is why we are considered one of the best value hotels of ALL hotels in Palm Springs. This is also why we have one of the highest occupancy rates of all hotels in Palm Springs.

In the summer, in July and August, we have a true sale on Monday thru Thursday of stay 1 night, the 2nd is half priced. We have had these special rates for the last 14years every July and August which is why we will be full in the summer. We have NO resort fees and no day fees and no parking fees. Also we include complimentary breakfast and afternoon stacks. We also allow early check in (10am) and late check out (5pm).

This year should be the year that you de-stress and try a fun new kind of vacation experience. A clothes free vacation. Stay at our resort, The Terra Cotta Inn clothing optional resort and spa to see why repeat guests from around the world fly to our nudist resort. AOL.com picked us as one of the 10 best clothing optional resorts in the world last summer.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

Hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Looking for a bargain vacation? - Look no further than The Terra Cotta Inn


The Terra Cotta Inn has always been the best value nudist resort vacation in the US.

We have always offered so much value which is why for years, we have had one of the highest occupancy rates of ALL hotels in Palm Springs.

Our rates start at $149/couple/night. We include a great complimentary breakfast (we are one of the few nudist resorts in the US that does so) and delicious afternoon snacks. For instance our breakfast is famous among nudists. All of our fruit is restaurant grade which means it is ripe and of very high quality compared to fruit you buy at the grocery store. Of course we pay about twice the price for restaurant grade food compared to grocery store fruit, but our guests are worth it.

We have complimentary pick up and drop off at the Palm Springs airport.

We allow guests to bring their own alcohol to our resort. When we pick you up at the airport, we are happy to stop at a local grocery story for food and alcoholic beverages. This saves our guests a lot of money as they don't have to give us $5 for a beer, or $10 for a glass of wine or cocktail like at other hotels.

If a guest wants to save even more money, we have a BBQ area. Everyday of the week, we have couples who BBQ together. As our guests say, we are the only nudist resort in the west that is busy everyday of the week. And our guests do make friends.

Every room has a refrigerator and microwave oven. We also have rooms with full kitchenettes. So if you don't want to go out for dinners, you can save even more money.

Our beds are top of the line Sealy plush top beds. Most guests tell us they have never had a better nights sleep than here.

We have free wifi.

We use a local restaurant to cater lunches so you can relax poolside if you don't want to prepare your own lunch. And their prices are very reasonable and the food is very good.

Our heated pool (86F) and jacuzzi are salt water systems which are super gentle on the skin. We don't have to use harsh chemicals like other hotels do. Even pools that say they have "natural" water have to use harsh chlorine unless they invest in a salt water pool like us. Last year the MGM hotel in Las Vegas sent our a press release bragging that their premium pool was salt water and that they were the very first hotel on the Las Vegas strip to have made that major investment. We have had our salt water pool for over 3 years. We think that highly of our guests.

We have a state of the art high pressure misting/cooling system for the summer, and poolside heaters for the evenings so you can stay naked and warm outside in the winter time nights. NO ONE else in Palm Springs has invested in high pressure cooling systems and poolside heaters. And we just made a major investment last year in upgrading our cooling system so it is now on a stainless steel line. We are the only hotel that has done that upgrade.

All rooms have free in room coffee (Godiva coffee). In our lobby we serve a free Starbucks blend. All rooms have VCR/DVD players. we have a free complimentary library. All rooms have iPod docks.

It is no wonder that for about the last 11 years in a row, we have had the 2nd highest occupancy rate of ALL hotels in Palm Springs (the Indian Casino hotel beats us).

As you can see, we are the best value nudist resort in the whole US.

One of the reasons I mention this is we don't have phony "rack rates" where we say our rates are on sale 50% off like many hotels do.

We have always had a very honest rate which is why we have one of the highest repeat guest rates in the whole travel industry. Don't be misled by phony "sales."

If you have always wanted to try clothing optional vacations, now is the perfect time. We are considered the most mainstream nudist resort in America and perfect for couples trying topless or nude sunbathing for the first time.

Give us a call at 800-786-6938 for more information or to make a reservation.

Visit our site at http://sunnyfun.com

I was just at a hotel industry seminar. They pointed out this year more than ever, people need to vacation in the United States. About 1.9 million people work in the hotel industry. That is one area that is American and where you can help the US economy. Every time you vacation in Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, or else where overseas this year you are hurting instead of helping the US economy by sending dollars overseas. If you really want to buy American and help the US, vacation only in the US in 2009. (IMO, the only exception is vacationing in Canada. The US and Canada are probably the 2 friendliest countries sharing a common border).

Hope to see you soon in sunny Palm Springs