“ASI (GetMoreVacations.com) Welcomes Baskins Creek Vacation Rentals to Amenity Program” plus 1 more |
| ASI (GetMoreVacations.com) Welcomes Baskins Creek Vacation Rentals to Amenity Program Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT Amenity Services, Inc. (GetMoreVacations.com) continues to expand throughout the southeastern United States. ASI, the nation's leading provider of free-to-guest amenity programs, recently partnered with Baskins Creek Vacation Rentals in the Smoky Mountains of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Baskins Creek now offers the following amenities to their guests free every day of their stay: golf, white water rafting, horseback riding, sky diving, tubing, go-cart passes, music shows, laser tag, miniature golf and unlimited DVD rentals. Destin, FL (Vocus) July 2, 2010 -- Amenity Services, Inc. (GetMoreVacations.com) continues to expand throughout the southeastern United States. ASI, the nation's leading provider of free-to-guest amenity programs, recently partnered with Baskins Creek Vacation Rentals in the Smoky Mountains of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Baskins Creek now offers the following amenities to their guests free every day of their stay: Guests of Baskins Creek will enjoy daily a complimentary round of golf at Bent Creek Golf Village, white water rafting with USA Raft, horseback riding at Five Oaks Riding Stables, sky diving at Flyaway Indoor Skydiving, tubing on River Rat's Little River, go-cart passes to Star Tracks and Speed Zone, admission to the Country Tonite Music Show and the Smith Family Theater, a game of laser tag, one round of miniature golf or one go-cart trip at Lazer Port Fun Center and unlimited DVD rentals. ASI is the nation's leading provider of free to guest amenity programs to vacation rental property management companies. These programs give guests a more "all-inclusive" vacation experience by providing the best activities an area has to offer in one convenient, easy-to-use program. ASI was founded in 1996 and is based in Destin, Florida. The company currently provides programs for over 10,000 vacation rental properties in Alabama, California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia. GetMoreVacations.com was launched by Amenity Services, Inc. (ASI) in 2008. ASI President Darrell Blanton says, "What makes GetMoreVacations.com different from other websites is the fact that every property on our site offers free to guest services such as golf, water and amusement parks, free snow skiing and rafting. People used to think the idea of free golf or white water rafting was far-fetched as a guest amenity. Today, our partnering properties couldn't imagine trying to rent their properties without the amenity program. The program has really taken off. We are thrilled to be a part of so many remarkable communities in 2010." All visitors to GetMoreVacations.com can enter to win a free, amenity-filled vacation by clicking on the Win Big GMV icon. The next winner will be announced July 7th, 2010. An email will be sent to all contest entrants announcing the winner and the next free vacation. For more information, go to www.GetMoreVacations.com. Media contact: Susie Cross, Amenity Services, Inc. for GetMoreVacations.com, (850) 337-4510 ### Amenity Services, Inc. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| County reaffirms ban on renting vacation homes Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:25 PM PDT The Board of Supervisors reaffirmed Napa County's ban on vacation rentals this week, citing a local law designed to limit growth in Napa County. A Measure J vote would be required in order to allow private property owners in unincorporated Napa County to offer short-term rentals to vacationers, Supervisors announced Tuesday. Measure J — passed in 1990 and extended by Measure P two years ago — calls for any proposed change in zoning in the county's agricultural preserve to go before the voters. Previous Measure J votes include the approved expansion of Bistro Don Giovanni north of Napa and the Stanly Lane pumpkin patch in Carneros. Napa County voters also have rejected the expansion of a restaurant site on Oakville Grade, a market in Pope Valley and the creation of cabins near the Napa River in Carneros. Throngs of people spoke both for and against the county's ban on vacation rentals at the supervisors meeting Tuesday, after a months-long effort by some to overturn the prohibition. Technically, vacation rentals — rentals for 30 days or less — have been illegal in unincorporated Napa County since at least the late 1980s, but property owners routinely advertise and rent properties to visitors nonetheless. An estimated 300 vacation rentals are operating illegally in the unincorporated county, generating $45 million to $57 million in spending throughout the county annually. Supervisors voted in December to make the prohibition explicit, but a large group of property owners fought back, arguing that vacation rentals bolster the local economy and provide a practical alternative for some visitors. The board agreed to hold off on implementing the new ordinance, and critics of the ban unveiled a proposal to allow up to 300 vacation rentals to operate in the county for up to 20 weeks a year. The group predicted that these vacation rentals could boost the county's hotel tax revenue by up to $1.45 million annually. An attorney for the group assured supervisors that existing law gives the board the discretion to allow the proposal to move forward by deeming vacation rentals an "accessory use" — not the primary use of the residence. County officials promised to study the proposal, and Tuesday they came back to the board with concerns. In order to define vacation rentals as an accessory residential use, the county likely would not be able to limit the number of vacation rentals to only 300, Napa County Planning Director Hillary Gitelman said. It also could be difficult to collect hotel taxes from the vacation rentals, since they'd be considered residential and not commercial uses. In addition, lawyers for the county argue that because vacation rentals might be inconsistent with portions of the county's general plan, which can be changed only by a vote of the people, "submitting the vacation rental proposal … to the voters for approval would seem to be the most appropriate approach." Supervisors — even those who have expressed an interest in allowing vacation rentals in the past — agreed. Acknowledging the arguments both for and against vacation rentals in the county, Supervisor Mark Luce said, "I think I'll leave that up to the voters." Liza Graves, one vocal proponent of vacation rentals, remained noncommittal Tuesday about sending the idea to voters. "I don't know what the next steps will be," Graves said. Five Filters featured article: Headshot - Propaganda, State Religion and the Attack On the Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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