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Deal of the Week Twenty-seven inns and hotels, including several Best Western sites and the Montecito Inn, are ready to pay you to drive to Santa Barbara and stay a spell. “Tanks for the Memories,” which runs through March 31, is available to anyone who visits Santa Barbara by car. To participate, visitors must present their gasoline receipts ($25 max) at check-in. The cost will be deducted from the room bill. Advance reservations, which are required, are based on space availability. For a list of participating lodgings and a free 64-page Destination Guide, contact the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau, (800) 927-4688.
Free for the Asking
“Alaska’s Inside Passage Travel Planner, 1994” is new from the Southeast Alaska Tourism Council. The 36-page guide covers travel tips, attractions and events, and has an extensive directory of lodgings, restaurants and charters, trips and tours. To obtain a copy, call (800) 423-0568.
This week’s Holidays
Banking and government offices will be closed or services curtailed in the following countries and their dependencies this week because of national and religious holidays:
MONDAY: Colombia, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Venezuela
TUESDAY: Albania, Morocco, Nepal, Singapore
WEDNESDAY: Myanmar, Tanzania, Turkmenistan
THURSDAY: None
FRIDAY: Sri Lanka
SATURDAY: Cape Verde Is., Japan
Source: J. P. Morgan
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