How nice of the folks at Kimpton Hotels to pay our taxes!

From now until the end of the month, if you stay at a Kimpton property under the Sweet Tax Relief package, they will pay your taxes.

On your room, that is.

With the Sweet Tax Relief Package, you’ll get

• deluxe accommodations
• a grab bag filled with appropriately named sweets like the 100 Grand candy bar or the Payday
• late checkout when available
• paid room tax

And if you dine at the hotel restaurant during your stay, they’ll pay the tax there too.

Speaking of restaurants, all Kimpton property restaurants have highchairs and boosters for the little ones that can also be delivered to your room for private dining.  And when dinner is over, kids can wrap up in pint-sized animal print bathrobes, loaned for your stay or available for purchase.

Hey! Maybe you can pay for it with the money you saved on your room tax!

Although it might be easy to forget that Oregon has a wine region, it’s been a major player in the wine world for quite some time now.  Located in downtown Portland, the Hotel Vintage Plaza is only 20 miles from the boundaries of Willamette Valley, home to the majority of the state’s 100+ wineries. The property is ushering in the fall with a “Pinot in Portland” package, a soft introduction to Oregon’s wine world.  Get the details after the jump.

luxury accommodations, copyright Kimpton Hotels 

The Pinot in Portland package includes:

• overnight accommodations in a room dedicated to a local winery
• a carafe with an Urban Wineworks blending class certificate for 2
• a bottle of ’05 Chateau Bianca Pinot Noir, the hotel’s private label wine
• 2 Riedel Oregon Pinot Noir glasses
• a wine journal for tasting notes
• certificate for an Italian/Oregon Pinot Noir comparison flight, redeemable at Pazzo Ristorante
• complimentary valet parking

For more information on this package and to book, click here.

If business or pleasure beckons you to our nation’s capital, consider taking the kids along and getting the National Zoo’s Panda Package, which combines a welcome kit from the zoo with hotel deals at ten properties around the city. At check-in at the hotel you’ll be greeted with your welcome kit, which includes:

• a plush panda stuffed toy
• a zoo map
• a Giant Panda fact sheet
• a kids’ Giant Panda activity booklet
• a postcard
• an issue of ZooGoer magazine
• a Giant Panda video album CD
• an area dining guide

A portion of your hotel rate will go to the zoo’s Giant Panda Conservation Fund. Of the 10 participating properties, we recommend the following (be sure to check out each one’s individual Panda Package, as some hotels have added extra features like zoo tickets):

• Beacon Hotel and Corporate Quarters (opt for the Corporate Quarters rooms, which are larger and have kitchens)
• Hyatt Regency Bethesda
• Omni Shoreham Hotel
  
• Hotel Rouge
• Fairmont Washington D.C.
• Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Hotel Rouge lobby, copyright Kimpton Hotels