Kimpton Hotels weekends starting at $129

The boutique hotel chain Kimpton Hotels has a new weekends-only “Pick and Play” promotion that puts 42 hotels across the country on sale. Starting at only $129 per night for selected hotels, the three-tiered sale also extends to additional Kimpton hotels, on sale for $159 or $179 per night. If you’re thinking about a weekend getaway, San Francisco has three hotels starting at $129 (Harbor Court Hotel, Serrano Hotel and Hotel Triton), and four hotels in the $159 category (Hotel Monaco, Hotel Palomar, Prescott Hotel, Sir Francis Drake Hotel). Los Angeles’ Hotel Palomar Hotel Westwood (2008) is also on sale in the $159-per-night tier. San Diego’s Solamar Hotel is not on the sale list.

Deal or no deal? In addition to weekend nights starting at $129, per night, pre-tax, the deal also includes a $30 dining credit or free parking. The relatively new Los Angeles Hotel Palomar in Westwood starts at $159 on the sale. I found the rate valid for next Friday night ($159) with free parking, worth $30 per night. After taxes the package was $181 for the single-night booking through the sale. When I double-checked the price on Hotels.com their rate was $175 down from $219. After taxes the deal would be $199, but that’s before the mandatory $30 valet parking charge if you are driving in. Still, double-check your selected dates on other travel sites, sometimes they are having their own sale and you can save a little bit more, like on the Vancouver hotel below.

Tested: I wanted to know how much rooms usually cost for hotels in Kimpton’s highest sale section ($179/night). I randomly chose the Pacific Palisades Hotel in Vancouver, observed their blackout dates that ran July 28-Aug.8, and checked the cost for a room on the weekend of Aug. 28-30. The Kimpton deal did indeed have the room on offer for $179 per night and included $30 dining credit or free parking ($358 after taxes). But Hotels.com had the room for only $137 per night, pre-tax, and included a $50 Best Buy gift card and a spa credit with an undisclosed amount ($318 after taxes). The difference, besides the cost, was that on the Kimpton site you could get the King Executive Suite whereas on Hotels.com the $137 was just for the Queen Deluxe Suite. The King Executive Suite, however, was only $154 per night.

When: Thursday – Sunday July 2-Sept. 7, 2009

Contact: Kimpton Hotels, (800) 546-7866

– Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Travel & Deal blogger

[Photo: Animal-print robes hang in a guest room at the recently opened Hotel Palomar in Westwood, described by its owners as the city's first eco-luxe hotel. The 268-room hotel at 10740 Wilshire Blvd. offers luxurious surroundings and amenities and features dozens of environmentally friendly programs and practices. Temperature sensors automatically adjust the heating and cooling in unoccupied rooms, cleaning products are eco-friendly, and guests can ask to reuse their linens instead of having them washed every day; Credit: Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times]

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