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Ohio State Park Resorts Gear up for Busy Spring Break
Resorts offer wide selection of value-added packages for last-minute breakers
2/11/2009
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Mona Mesereau
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OHIO STATE PARK RESORTS, (Feb. 11, 2009) – Spring break is coming, and Ohio families will be ready for some fun after months of winter weather.
Ohio State Park Resorts around the state are offering a variety of spring break packages with active, budget-minded families in mind. The resorts are popular spring break locations because they offer a wide range of both indoor and outdoor activities – an important consideration given Ohio's unpredictable weather in the early spring.
"Spring break is family playtime, and our lodges offer a variety of ways for families to play," said Hans Desai, vice president of resorts for
Xanterra Parks & Resorts, operator of Ohio State Park Resorts. "While we cannot guarantee sunshine during spring break, we can promise that families can find something fun to do."
All seven Ohio State Park Resorts feature an indoor pool, exercise room and dining room. Most feature old-fashioned arcade-style game rooms, outdoor playgrounds and bonfire rings. Each resort is a little different.
Maumee Bay State Park in northwest Ohio, for example, features a Nature Trail, complete with a kid-pleasing bird blind.
Hueston Woods State Park features a paintball field. And there is a historic stone house a short hike from
Salt Fork State Park Resort.
The resorts are located within an easy drive of major cities. Maumee Bay State Park Resort in northwest Ohio, for example, is a 15-minute drive from Toledo and 45-minute drive from Detroit. Hueston Woods State Park Resort is close to Cincinnati and Dayton. And Salt Fork State Park Resort is within an easy drive of Columbus, Akron, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
The resorts feature a variety of special deals during spring break. Families with "A" students can also save money by participating in the Stays for A’s program. Guests who show report cards with A’s receive $10 off the published room rate for each A up to five A’s, or $50. One report card per room may be applied for this discount, and families must present the original report card upon check-in.
Examples of spring break packages with starting rates are listed below. Upgrades are available on some packages at an additional cost. The package prices do not include taxes. All seven resorts offer children’s menus. Children under 18 stay free with their parents. Follow the links to the individual resort web sites for complete details on each package. The promotional code listed with each offer below can be used on the applicable web site to make reservations online. Several of the package examples are for weekday package rates. Weekend rates are also available.
Hueston Woods State Park Resort – The Family Escape Package includes one or two nights of lodging, one large one-topping pizza, 20 game room tokens and a movie rental. Rates start at $109 for one night in a double or lakeview room booked for Sunday through Thursday night stays. Promotional code: ESCAPE1 for one-night package; ESCAPE2 for two-night package.
Shawnee State Park Resort – This Spring Fling Family Package includes lodging for two nights, one large two-topping pizza and a two-liter bottle of soda, two complimentary movie rentals and a $10 gift certificate for purchases in the gift shop. This package starts at $109 for a double or double lakeview room Sunday through Thursday night. Promotional code: FLING
Punderson Manor State Park Resort – The 3 for 2 special. Stay two nights in a hillside cottage and get the third night free. If rates vary from one night to the next, the least expensive night is free. Rates for a hillside cottage begin at $127 for Sunday through Thursday. The free night will be applied at check-in. Promotional code: 3FOR2
Salt Fork State Park Resort – Golf in March? It’s possible, and Salt Fork State Park Resort has the perfect package for golfing families. The Just Puttz’n A Round package includes one night of lodging in a king or double room, one round of golf (18 holes) per person with a cart and a complimentary breakfast. The package starts at $79.50 per person Sunday through Thursday, based on double occupancy. Promotional code: PUTTZN
Maumee Bay State Park Resort – The Spring Fling Family Package includes overnight lodging, one large two-topping pizza and four tickets to the Toledo Zoo. This package begins at $180 for a double or double lakeview room Sunday through Thursday nights. Promotional code: FLING
Mohican State Park Resort – The Pizza and Movie Package includes lodging in a standard room for one night, one large pizza, one movie rental, popcorn and a $10 retail coupon for beverages or other snacks. The rate is $109 for a stay in a standard room Sunday through Thursday nights. Promotional code: PIZZA
Burr Oak State Park Resort – The Wednesday Night Twilight rate is $50 for one night in a standard lodge room and $75 in a king room. Promotional code: TWILIGHT
Complete information about the facilities at each of the seven Ohio State Park Resorts operated by Xanterra Parks & Resorts is available online at www.atapark.com or by calling 1-800-AT-A-PARK (1-800-282-7275). Xanterra also operates the marina and facilities at Geneva Marina State Park in Geneva-on-the-Lake in northeastern Ohio.
About Xanterra Parks and Resorts
Xanterra Parks & Resorts® (consisting of Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc. and Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C.) operates lodges, restaurants and other concessions at national parks and state parks and resorts. Xanterra Parks & Resorts is the country’s largest park concessioner. Xanterra operates concessions in the following locations: Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Crater Lake, Death Valley, Rocky Mountain and Petrified Forest National Parks, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial; and at the Silverado Resort in Napa, Calif.; and eight Ohio State Parks. Its affiliate Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. operates concessions at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Xanterra also operates the Grand Canyon Railway in Williams, Ariz.
Long committed to the preservation and protection of the environment, Ecologix, Xanterra Parks & Resorts’ environmental program, includes a variety of proactive environmental stewardship programs in each location. Xanterra has been repeatedly recognized for its environmental leadership in the hospitality industry and is the recipient of many honors, including major awards from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Travel Industry Association, Colorado Department of Public Health, State of Arizona, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Utah Department of Environmental Quality.
For more information about Xanterra, links to individual properties and reservations numbers, visit
www.xanterra.com.
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