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Priceline.com Suggests Celebrating President's Day With A Visit To A Presidential LibraryNORWALK, Conn. --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 9, 2005 -- It's one thing to learn about the Presidents in a classroom or from a history book. It's something else to actually visit a Presidential Library, where visitors can step back in time, stand in a re-creation the Chief Executive's Oval Office, view exhibits packed with memorabilia, and listen to speeches and news coverage from the era. For this President's Weekend, priceline.com's(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) travel experts have assembled a collection of vacation packages to major cities close-by the Presidential libraries. All recommended priceline.com vacation packages are priced per-person for a February 19-21 trip and include round-trip airfare from the designated city, hotel, full-size rental car, and all taxes and fees. Packages do not include admission to the libraries. Vacation package examples shown below were based availability as of February 4, 2005. Actual prices and availability are always subject to change. Travelers who prefer to spend their President's Weekend in less educational pursuits like, say, a few days on the slopes or at the beach, can take advantage of priceline.com's full lineup of airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages to destinations in the U.S., the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada and Europe. GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 1000 George Bush Drive West, College Station, TX 979-691-4000 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Houston (from Chicago), La Quinta Inn Houston I-45 North, 2 stars, from $266. JIMMY CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia 404-865-7100 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Atlanta (from Boston), Sheraton Atlanta Mid-Town, 3 stars, from $418. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 200 South East 4th St., Abilene, Kansas 785-263-6700 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Kansas City (from Washington, DC), Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Overland Park, 2.5 stars, from $184. GERALD R. FORD PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 1000 Beal Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 734-205-0555 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Detroit (from St. Louis), Westin Southfield, 4 stars, from $274. LYNDON B. JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 2313 Red River St., Austin, Texas 512-721-0200 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Austin (from New York), Omni Austin, 4 stars, from $510. JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts 866-JFK-1960 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Boston (from Atlanta), Radisson Boston, 3 stars, from $361. RICHARD M. NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Yorba Linda, California 714-993-3393 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: San Diego (from Denver), Prime Hotel & Suites, 3 stars, from $319. RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, California 800-410-8354 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Los Angeles (from San Francisco), Marina Del Rey Marriott, 3 stars, from $287. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York 800-FDR-VISIT Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: New York (from Baltimore), Murray Hill East Suite Hotel, 2 stars, from $359. HARRY S. TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY 500 West U.S. Highway 24, Independence, Missouri 816-268-8200 Priceline.com Recommended Vacation Package: Kansas City (from Dallas), Hyatt Regency Crown Center, 3 stars, from $410. About Priceline.com Priceline.com is a travel service that offers leisure airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. Priceline.com also has a personal finance service that offers home mortgages, refinancing and home equity loans through an independent licensee. Priceline.com operates the retail travel Web sites Travelweb.com, Activereservations.com, Lowestfare.com, RentalCars.com and BreezeNet.com. Priceline.com licenses its business model to independent licensees, including pricelinemortgage and certain international licensees. |
