Thanks to everyone who attended offMetro’s panel on Northeast Getaways at the New York Times Travel Show! Enjoy these tips and special exclusive travel deals. And remember, if you can’t make the weekends longer, strive to make them better.
Special Spring Travel Promotions
Lark Hotels
Exclusive Offer: Stay one midweek night at any Lark Hotel, get the second midweek night 50% off,plus a free upgrade to the best available room upon check-in. The hotel will also welcome you with a complimentary box of Lark Fine Foods salted rosemary shortbread cookies. Valid at all hotels on midweek nights (Sunday-Thursday) from March 2-June 26, 2014. Not valid holidays or with any other offers. New reservations only. Must mention when booking by phone or use the code “NTTravel” when booking online.
About Lark Hotels: Set in six coveted seaside locations—Kennebunkport and Portland, ME, Nantucket, MA, Portsmouth, NH and Newport and Narragansett, RI—Lark Hotels embrace the locations they are in, but in playful, unexpected ways. Think “sense of place” with imagination and a touch of mischief. Each Lark Hotel invites guests to experience modern luxury in the heart of an iconic destination, to feel the pull of a nostalgic getaway while surrounded by today’s amenities and to find attentive service when they want it and privacy when they don’t.
Discovery Bicycle Tours
Exclusive Offer: Enjoy a $300 discount on all 6-day/5-night Vermont tours. Also, receive a $100 discount on two of DBT’s weekend tours: October Country Inn and Shoreham Inn. Must mention offMetro when booking to get the deals.
About Discovery Bicycle Tours: DBT is celebrating its 38th year, and offers a huge choice of inn-to-inn bicycling vacations with over 150 start dates a year in the United States, Canada and Europe. The family-owned company also provides a large selection of shorter weekend tours in Vermont and the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Woodloch Pines Resort
Exclusive Offer: Now through April 11th, 2014, save 50% on rack rates starting at $181 for a weekend and $124 for a midweek night. Rates are per adult per night, and there is a two-night minimum. Woodloch Pines Resort 50% off NOW
Giveaway: The giveaway can be just like last time a 2 night getaway for a family of four, maximum value of $2,000. Blackout dates apply.
About Woodloch Pines is an all-inclusive resort located near Hawley, Pennsylvania on Lake Teedyuskung in the northeast Pocono Mountains Lake Region. The resort has been owned by the Kiesendahl Family since 1958 and is open all year round. Woodloch Pines has expanded to include Woodloch Springs, a championship golf course and housing community, and The Lodge at Woodloch, a world-class destination spa.
Appalachian Mountain Club
Exclusive Offer: Take advantage of a rare 20% discount on individual and family memberships. Just visit http://online.outdoors.org/
About Appalachian Mountain Club: AMC is one of the United States’ oldest outdoor groups. Created in 1876 to explore and preserve the White Mountains in New Hampshire, it has expanded throughout the northeastern U.S., with 12 chapters stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C. The AMC’s over 100,000 members mix outdoor recreation, particularly hiking and backpacking, with environmental activism. Additional activities include cross-country skiing, whitewater and flatwater canoeing and kayaking, sea kayaking, sailing, rock climbing and bicycle riding. The Club has about 2,700 volunteers, who lead roughly 7,000 trips and activities per year. The organization publishes a number of books, guides, and trail maps
New York Times Travel Writer Brendan Spiegel
FOOD ADVENTURES
 | Midcoast, ME Primo Reid State Park Camden Harbour Inn Salt Water Farm Rockland Sea Dog Brewing Company |
 | Tarrytown, NY: Tarrytown Lighthouse Lubins and Links Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tarrytown Music Hall Rockefeller State Park Sweet Grass Grill The Tapp |
 | New Haven, CT: Pepe’s Pizza The Study Hotel Miya’s Sushi East Rock Park |
City Weekends Author Alison Lowenstein
FAMILY ADVENTURES
 | Cooperstown, NY: Baseball Hall of Fame Boat rides on Otsego Lake Doubleday Field Games Glimmerglass State Park Inn at Cooperstown Alix and Ika restaurant |
 | Long Beach, NY: Allegria Hotel Food truck bonanza Boardwalk Surfing |
 | Montreal: La Ronde Biodome/Garden Montreal Science Center Mile End bagel from St Viateur Old Port of Montreal Amtrak to Montreal Bixi bike share |
Edge Media’s Matthew Wexler
GAY-FRIENDLY ADVENTURES
 | Vermont: Good Commons Moose Meadow Lodge Killington Pride Vermont Gay Tourism Association Long Trail Pub at Killington Resort Take Amtrak from $89/roundtrip |
 | Berkshires: Nudel Restaurant Jacob’s Pillow Kemble Inn Topia Inn Clark Institute Ashuwillticook Rail Trail “Southern Comfort” from Barrington Stage Company |
 | Providence: Waterfire Hotel Providence AS220 Figidini The Duck & Bunny The East Bay Bike Path |
Budget Travel’s Robert Firpo-Cappiello
BUDGET-FRIENDLY ADVENTURES
 | Bennington, VT: Bennington Museum Knotty Pine Motel pool Henry Covered Bridge in Bennington Madison Brewery Bennington Station Restaurant |
 | New Paltz, NY: Minnewaska State Park Main Street Bistro Mohonk Mountain House Alpine Endeavors rock climbing adventures Milkshare or ice cream from Stewart’s Mountain biking in Mohonk Preserve Awosting Falls |
 | Portsmouth, NH: Odiorne Point State Park Seacoast Science Center Strawbery Banke Ale House Inn (rooms from $129) Sunset punch cocktail and calamari from Surf restaurant |
offMetro’s 101 Favorite Car-Free Getaways From NYC
The co-founder and editor-at-large at offMetro, Lauren is a sustainable travel specialist and freelance journalist with frequent bylines in National Geographic, Bicycling Magazine and Shape. Follow Lauren’s adventures at @laurenmati.
Sarah Knapp is a Brooklyn based entrepreneur whose love for the outdoors and community building led her to the October 2013 creation of OutdoorFest. She has a BA in History, is a Wilderness First Responder and a NY state hiking, camp and boating guide. Her proudest achievement to date is reading the Aeneid in Latin. 
Allison was one of our first top writers and Chief Editor but is no longer working with offMetro. Allison is a native New Yorker, who has lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Toronto and Los Angeles. She frequently contributed travel pieces to Family Travel Forum, using her own children as guinea pigs as they travel the globe. She never missed a chance to sample local delicacies, as her love for travel goes hand-in-hand with her love for food and wine. 
Josh Laskin is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. When he is not at work or on the road, you can find him in the mountains snowboarding, climbing, hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, and eating bagel bites.
Annie is a travel writer, environmentalist, and surfer based in Venice, CA. She heads up our West Coast team, keeps our grammatical errors in check, and makes sure our California writers always have a plan for their next adventure. Follow Annie’s travels @annelisemcb.
Carly Pifer is a freelance writer who has been known to follow whims inspired by romantic movie scenes or colorful street style shots to India, Japan, Tunisia and Argentina. After stints living in Seoul, Boston, Paris and Los Angeles, writing and searching for something intangible, she landed somewhat steadily in Brooklyn and has begun to find inspiration in her more immediate surroundings. 
Kate E. O’Hara is a New York based freelance writer and photographer who loves all things food—especially the people who make it and market it. Her writing aims to capture the essence of the food experience; the stories that go well beyond a plate of ingredients. In addition to her love of food, Kate is also known to have a hankering for red wine and craft beer. You can also find Kate on Instagram