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 April 12, 2011
When it comes to pet-friendly travel in Maine, the Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth, does everything right. So says Bernie, my almost-five-year-old Leonberger (no, not a cheese, a big, furry dog). Bernie and I recently spent a night at this beachfront boutique inn: 24 hours of pure dog bliss. It began with check-in, [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Crescent Beach, Inn by the Sea, ocean-front lodging in Maine, pet-friendly lodging in Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on January 29, 2011
After an afternoon of nibbling my way through downtown Rockland, sampling pie after pie after pie last Sunday, innkeepers Ed and Joan Hantz invited me to call it a night at the Granite Inn, a bed-and-breakfast and member of the Historic Inns of Rockland, Maine. The Granite Inn, located on the northern end of Main [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged downtown, Granite Inn, Rockland |
By Hilary Nangle on December 1, 2010
Wow! TravelZoo has a great deal for the tony Inn by the Sea, the ultra-green, four-diamond luxury property overlooking Crescent Beach. Sure it’s winter, but at $149 per room, including breakfast and a $25-50 spa credit, this is a steal. The deal is available any day through February, although there are some blackout dates (Dec. [...]
Posted in Deals, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Trip Planning, Where to go, Woof | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Inn by the Sea |
By Hilary Nangle on August 19, 2010
It’s always pleasant to return to a place and find that it’s far better than previously experienced, and that was the case with the Craignair Inn Restaurant. This tucked-away oceanfront dining room, in an old timey inn, surprised us with excellent fare at a more than fair price. Earlier this year, the Craignair, which tips [...]
Posted in Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Woof | Tagged Craignair Inn, restaurant, review, Spruce Head, St. George Peninsula |
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
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 |
By Hilary Nangle on May 8, 2010
Through May 26, write a $35 check to Habitat for Humanity, and save 50 percent, Sundays through Thursdays, on a two-bedroom beach, cottage, or loft cottage at the chic, ultra-green, four-diamond, oceanfront Inn by the Sea, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. With the donation, rates range $134.50-$169.50. While you won’t see the special advertised on the [...]
Posted in Deals, Food, Lodging, Southern Coast/Beaches, Woof | Tagged Cape Elizabeth, Chef Mitchell Kaldrovich, Deals, discounts, Inn by the Sea, Inns, James Beard House dinner, Lobster Shack, luxury, Maine, oceanfront lodging, Sea Glass, Spa, tasting menu, Two Lights |
By Hilary Nangle on October 30, 2009
to bring your furry buddy and join him at the pet-friendly Harraseeket Inn. Now plenty of inns are pet friendly these days, but what sets the Harraseeket Inn apart is its use of RD as its spokesdog. Roger is a shelter dog seeking a new home. Roger Dodger is quite loquacious in detailing his Freeport [...]
Posted in Greater Portland, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Woof | Tagged Freeport, Harraseeket Inn, Lodging, Maine, pet friendly lodging |
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