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Ritz-Carlton’s $199 sale at two California coastal resorts

Ritz-Carlton is selling rooms for $199 during the prime summer season at two luxury California coastal resorts, Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in Orange County and and Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay south of San Francisco, where nightly rates often start at more than $300. The deal, called the California Coast Summer Special, was put up at 7 a.m. today and is scheduled to last 72 hours.

Jennifer Chiesa, spokeswoman for the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, said, “We have great availability, especially during the weekdays,” when the $199 rate applies. In a quick check online around 7:30 a.m., I found the deal at both hotels for a weekday stay that I checked, June 23-24 (Tuesday and Wednesday).

The deal: You must reserve by May 20, and the deal is supposed to be good for weekday stays Memorial Day through Labor Day, according to a Ritz-Carlton news release. But exact travel dates may vary. Half Moon’s website listed the deal as good for stays May 21 to Sept. 7; Laguna Niguel’s said May 18 to Sept. 30.

The rates do not include resort fees, which are $25 per day, or taxes, which run more than $20 per day. Don’t expect to get an ocean-view room for $199. I found courtyard-view rooms for $199 at Half Moon and garden-view rooms at Laguna Niguel.

Contacts: You can reserve the deal online at the hotels’ websites; or call (800) 930-7189 for Laguna Niguel, or (800) 266-9580 for Half Moon Bay. Online, the rate, if available, will show up as the “California Coast Summer Special” after you pick your dates.

— Jane Engle, assistant Los Angeles Times Travel editor

[Photos: RitzCarlton.com]

This entry was posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 8:52 am by Jane Engle and is filed under Big Sur, Business Travel, California, California's Central Coast, Deals, Family & Kids, Honeymoon, Spa & Romance, Hotels, Islands & Beaches, Luxury Travel, News, Tips & Advice. 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.