It’s road-trip season, kids! So back the cut lunch and beach-towels and squash in the back because Crowne Plaza thinks you’ve earned a good old-fashioned summer holiday. Their ‘Recharge’ promotion is on now and is giving you  up to 20% off the best available rate*.

Available for stays of two nights or more, the package includes complimentary full buffet breakfast for two, with stays starting from AU$132 per night.

A family wedding (of the traditional, wild descendants of Irish convicts kind) required a recent stay in Terrigal and thank heavens for the Crowne’s soft pillows to nurse our throbbing heads. Seaside views of the quaint and lovely kind… and you just need to see this breakfast to believe it.

Everything from traditional continental breakfasts to the (rarely available at other hotels) delicious healthy options, the spread had my companions’ eyes bulging out of their heads and required a number of returns to the buffet. There’s even a little coffee stand with a snaking line for your barista brewed fix, in case you’re missing your morning commute rituals. But don’t worry, you won’t feel like you’re still in town because as you wait, you will be gazing out the arched windows and through the pines to the sea, to the sea.

If you have overindulged at breakfast slim down in the sauna or sweat it off at the gym facilities which we took advantage of, hoping to purge the evils of a night of slurred speeches and far too many toasts to the happy couple.

Terrigal Crowne Plaza isn’t the only destination included in this deal.

 

Participating Crowne Plazas include:

New South Wales & ACT

• Crowne Plaza Coogee Beach from AU$200
• Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley from AU$190
• Crowne Plaza Newcastle from AU$190
• Crowne Plaza Norwest from AU$132
• Crowne Plaza Terrigal from AU$180

Queensland

• Crowne Plaza Surfers Paradise from AU$159

South Australia

• Crowne Plaza Adelaide from AU$160

Victoria

• Crowne Plaza Melbourne from AU$190

West Australia

• Crowne Plaza Perth from AU$179

Packages are bookable from 19 November, 2012 through to 27 February, 2013 for stays between 1 December, 2012 and 28 February, 2013. For more information on Crowne Plaza’s Recharge packages, or to make a booking visit –  www.crowneplaza.com/recharge .

* Packages are subject to availability. Terms and conditions and blackout dates apply. Minimum two-night stay.