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Be a Better Kid (Or Spouse) This Year: 5 Mother's Day Getaways

Cake is nice but a hotel stay is much sweeter.

As kids we showered mom on Mother’s Day with love, from the burnt but well-meaning breakfast to the glue-stained handmade card. Fast forward and our big kid selves may have slacked off a bit with cheesy e-cards, half-dead flowers, and even lame IOUs for our spouses. So, we’ve drummed up a few getaways you can still book to wow her on her special day.

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Five Tasty Spots for a Mother's Day Hotel Brunch

Mother's Day is this weekend and you need to get her something pronto. Instead of giving her another tchotchke she doesn't need or an impersonal gift card, go all out and treat her to a swanky hotel brunch. Let her feast on everything from eggs Benedict and pancakes to champagne.

Check out our top five spots for Mother's Day brunch.

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The Five Best Hotels for Mother's Day

Mother's Day is this weekend, and if you're scrambling to do something nice for sweet old mom, a number of hotels have last-minute special offers tailored to your mother's personality. Whether your mother is a foodie, music lover or a British-style mum, these hotels will help you celebrate your moms on Sunday.

Check out which package fits your mom best after the jump.

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Marriott's Residence Inn Will Give Mom Roses for Mother's Day

UPDATE: We misunderstood the press release. Residence Inn will give the first 50 moms who check in a single rose. Not 50 roses to each mom. (Darnit. That's sorta what we were planning on doing next weekend!) Sorry for the misunderstanding.

You won't have to scramble to a florist on Mother's Day, wait in a long line and pay a ridiculous amount for a subpar bouquet if you go to a Marriott Residence Inn. The hotel will already have taken care of it!

That's because Marriott is giving 50 red roses to all moms who stay at a Residence Inn on May 9. Fifty red roses will surely impress your hard-to-please mom, and you won't even have to cough up extra dough to get the blooms. It'll cost $75 to $130 a night at the hotel—a bouquet of 50 roses could easily cost more than that.

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Yo' Momma's So Hip...She Goes to the Standard Miami

Where: 40 Island Ave [map], Miami Beach, fl, United States, 33139

Alright, we can probably quit it with the "yo momma" jokes (mostly because it is no longer 2002 and they are no longer the funny or cool thing), but as Mother's Day approaches — just a few days 'til Sunday the 10th, kiddies — we're gonna keep coming atchya with some last-minute Mother's Day deals.

This one comes from the super hip-n-trendy Standard Miami, whose spa is tres excellent — but the rest of the hotel may have a super-trendy vibe that some of the, er, more tea-and-crumpets-type mothers may not take a liking to (we know our own mothers may not be so down for Standard-ish environs).

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Hotels for $100 or Less: The Arizona Biltmore

Where: 2400 E Missouri Ave [map], Phoenix, AZ, United States, 85016

Every now and then, we'll be profiling hotels for $100 or less. Yay! Know of any other bargains? Send 'em to us.

If you didn't know, The Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix is part of the Hilton family of Waldorf-Astoria Collection Hotels, so for this luxury property (and host to every president except Obama), to have rooms going for $80 a night is kind of insane. But it's for real.

As part of a Mother's Day celebration and the Biltmore's 80th anniversary, the hotel is offering rooms for $80 for 80 hours. The special rate is only bookable for 80 hours starting yesterday and ending Friday, May 1, 2009. The rate is also only available for the dates of Friday, May 8 to Monday, May 11, 2009.

When we plugged in the Mother's Day weekend rates we actually found rooms for the rate of $69. Crazy! However, the resort does charge a $28 resort fee, bringing your nightly total to $97 a night. That fee includes include high-speed Internet, access to the fitness center, local, 800 and credit card calls, and a newspaper. To book, go to the Biltmore's special offers page and enter code MOM in Group/Convention code field.

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Play Up Your Mom's 'Mad' Hotness at The Carlton on Madison Ave

Where: 88 Madison Avenue [map], New York, ny, United States, 10016

If your mom may be more into an adventurous getaway than a peaceful retreat (or you're not sure which one she may want) for Mother's Day, consider this one: take the lady to New York, and treat her to both adventurous excursion-type activities and indulgent de-stressing pampering sessions.

Try out New York's Carlton on Madison Avenue's Moms on Madison Package, which promises to keep yo momma occupied (and you occupied as well, should you choose to join her). It includes one night at the lovely Carlton — which boasts 42" flatscreens, Molton Brown toiletries and a nice location at 28th-ish and Madison — plus a Swedish massage, a classic facial and continental breakfast for two. Plus, the hotel offers free WiFi (yay!) and round the clock room service. And! Mom can bring the dog, so long as its 25 pounds or less.

The package starts at $500, and is valid through the month of May. Bonus: Macy's is within walking distance. Oh yes. Take her shopping.

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Just Say 'La-Tea-Spa' at the Four Seasons Chicago

Where: 120 E. Delaware Place [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60611

Since we're old hats when it comes to Afternoon Tea service in Chicago hotels, new menus or packages to jazz up the offerings never fail to excite us. That's why the spring season is so awesome, as it promises all kinds of fun new tea flourishes and Mother's Day deals like the Four Seasons' "La-Tea-Spa" package.

Beginning on May 4 and lasting through Labor Day, the "La-Tea-Spa" combo melds two of our favorite things—proper tea service and a good massage—for a deal designed for two. Take your mother, your daughter, your significant other or just your best friend and reserve tea and a spa treatment and get the second tea and spa treatment at half-off. We'll let the Four Seasons break down the savings for you: "applicable treatments begin at $135 and tea is $32 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. With La-Tea-Spa, your second spa treatment could cost $67.50 and your second tea, just $16, excluding tax and gratuity."

As tea mavens, we do have one solid recommendation for those opting for this offer: take tea after your treatment. Post-rubdown or facial, there is nothing more luxurious than to continue to be waited on while sitting back in a plush chair and leisurely sipping tea. For reservations, call the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago at 312-280-8800.

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Hang With Mom at a Hilton (Or Send Her Away Solo)

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Mother's Day gifts typically can be grouped into three categories: gifts for mom, gifts for you and for the Lady of the House, or gifts for the whole fam. Any of these are acceptable, but some of us prefer to indulge ourselves while the ol' Mums is being pampered too (whatever, sometimes a girl needs an excuse, right?) while some of us prefer to send her off on her own to do her thang.

If you're in the latter group, Hilton Hotels have a variety of just-for-mom indulgence packages, designed with her (and only her) in mind: The Hilton Anatole in Dallas, for instance, offers Mother's Day spa packages for the brand new V Spa, which involve a whole day of pampering solo, including a mani-pedi, a footbath, a massage and an organic facial. At The Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii, you can send her off to get spa services such as "signature Lomi Lomi and Healing Stone massages," let her blow off steam on the fitness equipment, and refresh her look at the salon.

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Have an EPIC Cabana Party With Yo' Momma on Mother's Day

Where: 270 Biscayne Boulevard Way [map], Miami, fl, United States, 33131

Alright, Mother's Day is coming up very, very soon and you need to start getting your game up and figuring out what you're going to do for the Matriarch of your fam. Does your Lady of the House dig the whole chill-by-the-pool scene? Pamper her and make this Mother's Day an epic one (i.e. ensure you will be getting better gifts than the rest of your siblings — or earn yourself a Get Out of the Doghouse Free card) at EPIC Miami.

For $2,200, you get mom accommodations for three days and two nights at Kimpton's newest Miami property (which, by the way, has been getting fairly stellar reviews). During her stay, she gets a 90-minute massage at EXHALE spa, a two-day poolside cabana rental, and "a kids pool party for up to 10 children inclusive of all water toys and floats, lunch, beverages, custom made party cake" and some kind of surprise gift.

This is an ideal package for a hubby to give to his wife, and you can bring the kids along, too: the KimptonKids program keeps the tots busy so parents enjoy can enjoy themselves a little.

The EPIC Mother's Day Package can be booked for either this Mum's day or next year's — but you've gotta book by June 10, 2009 and stay by May 10, 2010. Use rate code UMD at the hotel's website.

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Indulge With Mom at the Crescent Without Missing Pilates Class

Where: 403 North Crescent Dr. [map], Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 90210

Some mothers are all about indulgence. Some mothers are all about discipline. Whether your mother is one or the other shouldn't matter on Mothers Day — though for the latter, more disciplined group, sprinkling a bit of exercise into an ultra-indulgent Mom's Day weekend may help the lady who birthed you to stay happy.

The chic and charming Crescent Beverly Hills' "Mother’s Day Work-Out, Chill-Out" offer keeps you and yo' momma pampered — and neither one of you have to give up your pilates for the weekend, so your mother can't blame you for getting her bloated via cocktails or a too-big breakfast. The one-night package includes a room for two, afternoon cocktails, breakfast in your room or on the hotel's patio, a private Pilates Reformer Bed class for two and one massage or facial for each of you. The last two goodies are offered at nearby Allure Pilates Spa, where facials run $105 and semi-private pilates lessons run $86 for two people without the package.

The package can be yours (for you and mom, obvs) for $425 for the single night, and additional room nights can be added on without all the goodies for $175.

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Indulge Mom (And Yourself) at The May Fair London's Spa

Where: Stratton Street, London, United Kingdom, W1A 2AN

If your mom is as special as ours, we've got a suggestion for a way to spoil her on Mother's Day. Pop over to one of London's poshest hotels, the May Fair, and sign yourself and your mum up for a decadent Moroccan Steam Cleansing Ritual.

While at first you might think of steam cleansing as something you want to do to the carpet, once you hear what the May Fair's spa staff have in store for you, you'll think otherwise. After cleansing your skin with a crushed olive and eucalyptus oil mix, you head into a private steam chamber to apply a selection of products (including a scrub and mineral clay), chosen to match your individual needs: relaxing, healing or energizing, for example.

The nicest part about this spa treatment is that it's a whole lot cheaper if two of you do it. At £60 ($90) for one and £90 ($130) for two, this Mother's Day gift easily does triple-duty: a nice gift for mom, an opportunity for some quality mother-daughter bonding time — and a chance to sneak in some relaxing spa goodness of your own.