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Three Hotels That Will Pay for Your Car's Gas

The average gas price in the United States has spiked to $4, which is just 11 cents short of the record high, CNN reported, and a huge crimp in your travel budget. If the pump prices have given you sticker shock and are making you rethinking your summer travel plans (any good destinations within biking distance?), there are a number of hotels that want to sway your opinion. They are offering gas packages to get you on the road again.

Check out three hotels that offer gas relief (you know, the kind for your car).

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Forget Liposuction! Just Take a Trip to The Miraval Resort

Where: 5000 E. Via Estancia Miraval [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85739

If you're going to follow Kim Kardashian's Twitter advice and steer clear of plastic surgery, the Miraval Arizona Resort & Spa offers another option. The resort is partnering with integrative medicine trailblazer Dr. Andrew Weil for a new health and wellness program.

So instead of doing lipo, Miraval will teach people about weight management and how take charge of their overall health in a program that will launch in August.

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JW Marriott Starr Pass Gets a New Sports Bar (Just in Time for Football Season)

Where: 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85745

If you're ready for some football, spend the season opener at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa's new Catalina Sports Bar and Grill in Tuscon, Arizona.

Formerly dubbed Catalina Steakhouse, Catalina Sports Bar and Grill was reopened on Sept. 4 with a new casual tavern-style look, menu and focus on sports fans. Watch the kickoff from one of seven HDTVs and guzzle some beer from local breweries like Barrio and Thunder Canyon. If you visit during happy hour, daily from 4 to 6 p.m., all pints of draft beer cost $2.50, glasses of selected wines are $3 and all cocktails are $5. There are also daily specials available.

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JW Marriott Starr Pass Featured in 'Away We Go'

Where: 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85745

Guh, did you see 'Away We Go' with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph? It looked promising and Garden-State-esque, and it definitely delivered — lots of cute moments with generous shots of John Krasinski's face, backed by some pretty acoustic music and a whole lot of scenery changes. The movie is the story of a young couple (Krasinski and Rudolph) who goes on a journey across the country to search for a place to raise a family.

And in the scene where they go to Arizona to see Verona's sister, did anyone else manage to catch the hotel the couple dropped by? You know, where they had drinks on the patio and Krasinski's character awkwardly sorta-fell off the side of the balcony? It was the JW Marriott Starr Pass. Gorgeous, no?

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Round Up the Fam and Head to JW Marriott Starr Pass for Memorial Day

Where: 3800 W Starr Pass Blvd [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85745

Memorial Day is only two Mondays away (May 25th), so it's hot time you start doing your research to figure out where you're going for the long weekend — that is, if you happen to be so fortunate as to have the day off.

The always fam-friendly JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson is offering a special Memorial Day rate and lots of activities to keep everyone busy: on Saturday and Sunday, the resort is setting up arts and crafts or face painting and airbrush tattoos, a Hula Hoop Contest, a Watermelon-Eating Tournament, a Ping Pong Tournament, a Water Balloon Toss or Potato Sack Races, and, at night, a "Dive-In-Movie" at the pool.

On Sunday, the place will be decked out for a "tropical beach bash," complete with theme-y decor and drink specials, with a Summer Kick Off Beach Concert and carnival-ish games for the youngins — and (yay!) fireworks at the end of the evening.

Guests departing on Memorial Day (Monday) get a 3 pm checkout, and rates start at $159 — or you can opt for a room plus a $100-a-day resort credit starting at $239 per night. These rates are offered May 21 through May 25 only; use booking code PX3.

No kiddies? Um, we suggest you avoid the place on Memorial Day weekend — come the weekend before or after; golfin' and spa-ing will keep everyone happy and relaxed without the threat of rogue screaming children.

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Cardinals Fans Can Take In the Super Bowl at JW Marriott Starr Pass

Where: 3800 W.Starr Pass Blvd [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85745

Ok, so maybe it's not Tampa — but surely the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson is going to be a warmer spot to watch the Super Bowl than wherever you are right now, right?

In any case, if you're pulling for the Cardinals (or would like to be in a place where the people will be pulling for the Cardinals), JW Marriott Starr Pass' Catalina Steakhouse is throwing their first annual Super Bowl Party on Sunday.

Food and drink specials kick off at 11 am, and you can drink and eat to your heart's content while rooting for your team of choice playing on one of the 10 TV's or massive bigscreen in the place. Food and drink specials include:

· $4 well drinks, $4 import and domestic bottled beers, and $8 draft beer pitchers.
· $5 Super Bowl specialty cocktails: Margarita XLIII, The Referee, Touchdown Tea, and the Blitz.

Steelers fans: now we're just guessing here, but maybe this isn't the appropriate venue for you to watch the Super Bowl. Or maybe you could just watch it from your room — rates start at $389 this weekend.

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The Arizona Inn: 'The Place Luxury Hotels Imagine Themselves to Be'

Where: 2200 East Elm Street [map], Tucson, AZ, United States, 85719

We can't get enough of our Desert Retreats so here's one more to add to the list.

The Arizona Inn is a luxury boutique hotel in historic Tucson. An AAA four diamond hotel, it's also listed as a Conde Nast Traveler Gold List "World's Best Places to Stay." As one TripAdvisor critic put it, it's one of Arizona's "best kept secrets." The grounds are superb, although not typical for a desert resort.

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At Miraval, It's Better to Give AND Receive

Where: 5000 E. Via Estancia Miraval [map], Catalina, AZ, United States, 85739

When The Miraval Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona says that a key tenant of its philosophy is the concept of giving back, they really mean it.

Here's proof: book a reservation through the resort's Give and Receive Special Offer between January 1 and February 21, 2008 and Miraval will deduct the amount of charitable contributions you have made in the past year -- up to $1,000! That means you can partake of the award-winning destination spa's healthful gourmet cuisine, hot stone massage and Zen garden and (almost) feel like you're getting a bargain.

Rates start at $805 per person/per night and include:

· Luxury accommodations
· Use of complete resort facilities
· Unlimited access to all programs and activities
· Three gourmet meals daily, snacks, and hors d'oeuvres
· Unlimited non-alcoholic beverages
· One spa service, or one round of golf up to a $110 value per person/per night
· And round-trip transportation from Tucson International Airport.

But you must book using code GIVE1, present receipts for your charitable contributions, and stay a minimum of four nights to receive this special offer.

[Photo: BooClarendon]