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Pacifica Hotels: 25% off, plus bring a toy for a bigger discount

For a getaway up or down the coast, or in popular destinations inland, you might look into a stay with Pacifica Hotels. The company, largely rooted in California but with locations in Florida and Hawaii as well, has a great promotion going for late fall and early winter. See below for the scoop.

Deal: Under its current online winter promotion, receive 25% off regular rates at Pacifica Hotels properties over the next couple of months. Plus, if you bring along a new, unwrapped toy valued at $10 or more, you get an additional $10 per night off your bill at checkout. The hotel participates in the Toys for Tots program, so your gift will go to children in need.

The deal is good only in California, where Pacifica runs hotels in in Sonoma, San Francisco, Cambria, Pismo Beach, Santa Barbara, Marina del Rey, Redondo Beach, Laguna Beach and San Diego, among other locations. [Corrected at 10:15 a.m. Oct. 29: An earlier version of this post did not make it clear that this deal is good only at Pacifica hotels in California, not in Florida or Hawaii.]

When: Book by Dec. 11 for stays now through Dec. 20, 2009.

Tested: I checked out rates at the largely well-regarded FogCatcher Inn in Cambria in mid-November and found a room for $134 per night (pre-tax), discounted from the inn’s usual $179 per night.

Tip: For even greater savings at these hotels in the future, sign up for the company’s free newsletter. I subscribed and recently received a heads-up on this winter offer, which was similar to the online promotion but a little better, at 30% off instead of 25%.

Contact: Pacifica Hotel Company, (800) 720-0223

— Susan Derby, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Photo: A balcony at the well-placed FogCatcher Inn in Cambria. Credit: Jim Bartsch / Pacifica Hotel Co.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 5:51 am by Susan Derby and is filed under California, California's Central Coast, Deals, Hotels, Northern California, Pismo Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, San Simeon & Hearst Castle, Santa Barbara, Sonoma Wine Country, Weekend Getaways, Winter. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.