By Hilary Nangle on December 19, 2012
Ho, ho, ho: Santa has rewarded Maine’s Skiers, riders, and snow lovers. A three-day storm has buried western Maine in 14 to more than 30 inches of often snow. And get this: It’s still snowing. Sure other regions received some new snow, but check out these stats: As of this morning, Sugarloaf and Saddleback are [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Motels, Penobscot Bay cheap sleeps, Quebec, Skiing/Riding, Transportation, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged mainehuts and trails, Saddleback, Sugarloaf, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on June 3, 2011
Yes, you can find budget lodging in Maine’s Acadia region, encompassing the Blue Hill/Deer Isle Peninsula, Mount Desert Island home to Bar Harbor, and the Schoodic Peninsula, all providing easy access to Acadia National Park. Some of these are waterfront. Some have a bit more, uh, character. If you’re used to five-star lodgings, these won’t [...]
Posted in Acadia, Acadia Cheap Sleeps, Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Albee's Shorehouse cottages, Bar Harbor, belle isle motel, Boyce's Motel, budget lodging, Deer Isle, edenbrook motel, Ellsworth, Harbor View Motel & Cottages, inexpensive hotels, islesview motel & cottages, lighthouse inn & restaurant, Main Stay Cottages, Maine, Maine Coast, Prospect Harbor, robbins motel, Schoodic, Seal Harbor, Southwest Harbor, Stonington, Sunset Motor court, trenton, Winter Harbor |
By Hilary Nangle on March 13, 2011
Lodging in Maine’s Western Lakes & Mountains region tends to be less expensive and less fussy and frilly than on the coast. Whether you’re oohing and aahing at the foliage; skiing at Sunday River, Sugarloaf, or Saddleback; antiques shopping in Cornish; visiting Bates College in Lewiston; or touring the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community and Poland [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Western Lakes & Mountains cheap sleeps, Where to go | Tagged Auburn, Bethel, Bethel Village Motel, budget lodging, Cornish, Cornish Inn, Jeremiah Mason Bed & Breakfast, Kedarburn Inn, Kingfield, Limerick, Midway Country Lodging, Morrill Farm Bed and Breakfast, Paws Inn, Poland Spring, Poland Spring Resort, Sleepy Time Motel, Stratton, Sumner, Three Stanley Avenue, Tranquility Lodge, Waterford |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
Once you pass the Acadia region, prices drop significantly, but if you’re seeking true budget lodging on the Maine Coast, accommodations that provide character, are clean, and pass my sniff test, then check into these inexpensive lodgings. Pleasant Bay Bed & Breakfast, Addison How cool is this? Stay at Leon and Joan Yeaton’s rural, waterfront [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Down East Cheap Sleeps, Down East Coast, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Addison, budget lodging, Cheap Sleeps, Down East, Eastport, inexpensive lodging, Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
The stretch of coastline around Penobscot Bay, including Rockland, Rockport, Camden, and Belfast, is Maine’s Gold Coast, but you can find budget-friendly lodging and downright cheap sleeps, even oceanfront ones. Oakland Seashore Motel & Cottages, Rockport Wow! Oceanfront lodging for a song is yours at this low-key, throwback on 70 mostly wooded acres. It originated [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot Bay cheap sleeps, Penobscot Bay cheap sleeps, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged budget lodging, Camden area Maine, Penobscot Bay, Rockport, Searsport |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
Yes, you can find reasonably priced accommodations along the Maine Coast between Brunswick and Thomaston, including these in Boothbay Harbor, on the Pemaquid Peninsula, and adjacent to Moody’s Diner in Waldoboro. Mid-Town Motel, Boothbay Harbor Smack dab in the center of Boothbay Harbor, the appropriately named Mid-Town Motel has been owned and operated by the [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Mid Coast Cheap Sleeps, Mid-Coast, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Boothbay Harbor, budget lodging, Cheap Sleeps, Maine, Mid coast Maine, Pemaquid, Waldoboro |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
Lodging can by pricey on Maine’s Southern Coast, but these budget accommodations provide a good night’s rest. Katahdin Inn, York Beach Only a sliver of road separates the Katahdin from Short Sands Beach. Owners Rae and Bob LeBlanc call their homey operation a bed and beach. No breakfast, but it’s only a five-minute stroll to [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Resources, Southern Coast Cheap Sleeps, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged budget lodging, Cheap Sleeps, Kennebunk, Maine, York Beach |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
Need budget lodging? These Portland and Freeport accommodations are inexpensive, and each has a bit of, uhm character. Inn at St. John, Portland A room for less than $100 in Portland? Yes! Built by railroad baron John Deering in 1897, The Inn at St. John delivers a lot of bang for the buck. Local calls, [...]
Posted in Cheap Sleeps, Greater Portland, Greater Portland Cheap Sleeps, Lodging, Trip Planning, Woof | Tagged Cheap Sleeps, Freeport, Greater Portland, Lodging, Maine, Portland |
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