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Where to stay in Maine & beyond: Look here for reviews, news, special experiences, pet-friendly accommodations, and more. For more specific lodging posts, click on one of the tabs: Hotels & Resorts, Cabins and Cottages, Inns & B&Bs, motels, sporting camps, or cheap sleeps (my picks for budget-friendly accommodations).

Puffins, warblers, and eagles, oh my!

Deer Isle is going to the birds. The third annual Wings, Waves & Woods festival of birding and art, sponsored by the Island Heritage...

Steal away to Ogunquit’s Rockmere Lodge

Through April 9, rooms at the Rockmere Lodge, which has a spectacular location on Ogunquit's Marginal Way, are—get this: $90 midweek, $98-$110 Friday through...

Bethel Inn makes it easy

Grand dames come and go, but the Bethel Inn and Spa keeps chugging along. Sister grand resorts—The Mount Washington, in Bretton Woods, N.H., and...

Sundance dreams

Almost everyone's heard of Robert Redford's Sundance film festival, but mention the ski resort of the same name, and the response is often a...

Deals, deals, deals…. skiers/riders take note

The skiing conditions are phenomenal here in northwestern Maine. The snow is light and very dry (thanks to that recent sub-Arctic air mass), the...

Pre-Prelude quietude

Spent Wednesday night at K'port's Cape Arundel Inn. This is a very comfortable B&B with a smashing location: It's on Ocean Drive, with views...

View from Goulding’s, Monument Valley

Talk about a fab view! Gouldings Trading Post is a historic property in Monument Valley, Utah. Not only is there a motel with divine views,...

Spa escape

Listen up, girlfriends: Augusta, Maine's capital city, isn't a tourist destination, not by a long shot. It is, however, a great place for a...

Harboring secrets

I toured the new addition to the Portland Harbor Hotel yesterday with the general manager, and no question, this is a great addition for...

Escape the leaf-peeping crowds

If I wanted to lose the tour buses, the vehicle parades, the lines and the masses, and I wanted to not only see the...

Cheap Sleeps in the Kennebunks

You don't have to be religious to book a room at the Franciscan Guest House. An easy walk to Lower Village and Dock Square...

Sweet, sweet Samoset

I live so close to the Samoset, that I rarely visit, but here I am in Rockland, for a conference and now I understand...

All in the Family

Previously I've blogged about the Oakland House, which has been in Jim Littlefield's family since it was awarded in the mid 1600s as a...
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Staycations: Control costs for your Maine vacation

Are you trying to control costs this summer yet yearning for a vacation? Consider a staycation--the trendy term for vacationing at home and doing...

News and Snooze: Open, shut and in flux

In short: The Danforth and the Chebeague Island Inn are back; Atlantic Seal B&B is closed; West End Inn, Bear Mountain Inn and Newcastle...