Gas Prices Don't Have To Spoil Time Away

Yep, gas prices keep going up and up. Today I paid $3.93 per gallon at the local BP station on Person Street. We Americans have always adapted fairly well to rising gas prices over the years, sometimes cutting down on short trips to the stores or sometimes not traveling so far for a vacation. As prices seem to keep going up, you do have to wonder, where are they going to level off... maybe they never will, but hopefully they may come down a wee bit.

Whatever happens, we well just adjust our schedules and routines to make it work... what else can you do..... it's beyond our control. What can be done is maybe less longer vacations, and more frequent short relaxation stays. We have been getting a lot of people coming to us for just a 2 or 3 night stay, traveling anywhere from just 15 minutes from us on up to about 2-3 hours drive. We have always had a strong guest list that has used us for a short stay just to get a few days away from work or the stresses from around the home. But lately, we have seen a small increase in people living nearby and just wanting to get away for a few days. Some come in for a play or concert and dinner, some just for dinner and sit around the Inn, and some with a list of things to see and do that are on the relaxation side.

Our website www.oakwoodinnbb.com has a list of a few things like a dinner/theatre package, a date night using the Raleigh Rickshaw service, we have the Oakwood Spa close by that you can take a short walk to and enjoy a relaxing massage, or just come into Raleigh for a weekend event like the Beer Festival or Artsplousure. We always have a lot going on downtown with First Friday where there are numerous art galleries open late. Maybe you'd like to just walk around our Historic neighborhood and look at all of the houses or maybe just try a new restaurant.

Or how about just relaxing on our front porch with a glass of wine and a fine cigar, read a book, or just people watch all the neighbors walking by with their dogs.

You really don't have to go far to enjoy some relaxation which is what we all need nowadays. You can come to downtown Raleigh, stay at The Oakwood Inn B & B, park your car in our lot and just walk everywhere downtown or take the Raleigh Rickshaw. No gas used in either case.
Yeah we don't have the ocean, the sandy beaches, or the peaceful sound of the waves coming into shore. But we do have a quiet and peaceful residential neighborhood, we have good eats around us, quiet time for mediation or relaxation, and peaceful sound of birds chirping in the morning.

Doris and I purchased the Oakwood Inn Bed & Breakfast on September 1, 2001, ten days before 9/11 and our occupancy went down, down, down. We quickly re-grouped and came up with a plan to bring locate potential guests and came up with our tag line of: Don't Go Away, Get Away at The Oakwood Inn B & B. That line still stays with us even more so now than before. Cause you don't have to travel far away to have a nice Get Away.... we're just around the corner. A vacation or Get Away does not have to be to some far away exotic place to travel to in order to relax.... it can be right under your nose. A two or three day weekend or even some week days off can do more for reducing stress than a long 10-14 traveling vacation moving from hotel to hotel and seeing sights after sights.

Look us up at our website and either call us or just do an online reservation. Gas prices can double, but it doesn't mean that we have to cancel plans for a little time for relaxation.... there are alternatives..... and we Americans will adapt!