"I Love Inns" Bed & Breakfasts Guide Book Review and Giveaway (includes Certificate for a Free Nights Stay with Purchase)!

5 Winners, Ends 5/20 @ 10pm EST!

I was recently contacted by iloveinns.com about reviewing and offering a giveaway of their Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns Guide Book!

I think that every women dreams of a weekend away at a Bed & Breakfast with their hubby! The thought of how romantic it could be. The beautiful rooms, historical house and the yummy breakfast and snacks are calling your name!

A few years ago my hubby and I visited an awesome little B&B in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Helmer House near Curtis, MI). We stayed in January for my birthday and spent a glorious weekend snowmobiling, getting to know the host and hostess of the B&B, dining on their scrumptious food and exploring the house with all it's antiques and stories! This was the only time that either of us had stayed at a B&B but both of us decided that we would like to do it again.

When I received my own copy of the Bed & Breakfast and Country Inns Guide Book I curled up on my couch and started dreaming about all the great B&B's that we could escape to for our upcoming Anniversary or for a weekend stay this winter during snowmobiling season! The Guide is huge! It list's over 1,400 Inns across North America! I started in Michigan but branched out to some surrounding states (a girl can dream).

The book is very detailed. It lists Inns by State and their City in alphabetical order. Each listing tells you information about the B&B, what makes it special, cost, special information about their rooms and some history on the Inn itself!

There is something extra that comes with each Bed & Breakfast and Country Inns Guide Book! In the front of every book is a Certificate for "One Free Night at a Bed & Breakfast or Country Inn"! This Certificate entitles the bearer one free night at nearly 1,500 Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns when the bearer buys the first night at the regular rate! Sweet! :) A weekend away for the price of one night at a Romantic B&B with your someone special! This Certificate will easily save you $100-$450 on your stay at a B&B. Each Inn has their own restrictions on how and when this Certificate can be used. This info can be found at the bottom of each listing in the Guide Book.

How many of you want one of these awesome books? How many of you are dreaming about getting away without the kids for 2 nights? How many of you are looking at your calendar for that perfect weekend to get away? If you said yes, then keep reading!

**The kind people of iloveinns.com have offered me 5 extra books to be given away right here!**

Each Bed & Breakfast and Country Inn Guide Book retails for $24.95 and is Amazon's best selling B&B book! You can also visit the iloveinns.com website HERE to check out an additional 5,000 Inns!

GIVEAWAY: 5 lucky readers of Money Saving Mama in Michigan will each win a copy of their own Bed & Breakfast and Country Inn Guide Book, along with the Certificate for a free night's stay with purchase of 1st night!

WAYS TO ENTER: Please leave a separate comment for each entry!! You can do as many as you like!

*Visit iloveinns.com HERE and leave me a comment telling me about a B&B you would like to stay at! 1 entry

*Enter one of my other giveaways. Leave me a comment telling me which one you entered! You can enter as many as you want, with 1 entry for each giveaway entered! 1 entry each

*Become a follower of Money Saving Mama in Michigan via Google Friend Connect. You can become a follower by clicking on the link on my right sidebar. If your already a follower that counts too! 1 entry

*Subscribe to Money Saving Mama in Michigan via Email. You can submit your email address on my right sidebar. 1 entry

*Like Money Saving Mama in Michigan on Facebook! Doing this already, that counts 1 entry

*Become a follower of Money Saving Mama in Michigan on Twitter! Already a follower, that counts! 1 entry

*Share this great giveaway with your friends! Blog about it, tweet it or share it on Facebook, either way gets you an entry in the giveaway! Do all 3 and you have 3 entries! Please come back and leave me the direct link. 1 entry each

Please leave me your email address with your comments so I can contact you if your the winner or make sure it is listed on your profile page.

All entries must be made by Thursday, May 20th @ 10pm EST. Open to people residing in the U.S. and Canada. I will pick 5 lucky winners using Random.org and will post it on my blog as well as email the winners! If a winner does not contact me with their mailing info within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Any questions please contact me at moneysavingmamainmichigan@yahoo.com

I received a copy of the Bed & Breakfast and Country Inn Guide Book from iloveinns.com to aid in my review. My thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and I received no monetary compensation for my review. The people at iloveinns.com are providing the 5 books for the above giveaway!

Three Cups Book Review and Giveaway~Closed~

This Contest is now closed!

2 Winners, Ends on Monday, April 12th @ 10pm EST!




I am excited to tell you about a wonderful Children's book that I recently had a chance to read. It is called "Three Cups" and it is based on a true story. It is written by Mark St. Germain and illustrated by April Willy.

The idea for this book comes from Tony Townsley, CPA. Here is what he has to say about "Three Cups".

As new parents, my wife and I wanted to find a way to teach our children about money, so we agreed on using a weekly allowance to accomplish this. We thought it equally important to teach our children good values as related to money (saving, spending and charity) to help them develop positive habits early on that would last them the rest of their lives. This was when we came up with the idea of using three cups. We've tried to teach our children that it is not how much money you have that is important, it's how you use it. The three cups we have given them have led us on many wonderful adventures together and have brought our family a lot of joy. We hope you will experience the same joy, excitement and success using three cups with your children... and will share the Three Cups story with others.
- Tony Townsley, CPA

CLICK HERE to visit the Three Cups site and learn more about this great book. There is a video that you can view that will show you some of the pages in the book. You can also purchase the book for only $10 (plus tax)!

This book is wonderfully written and illustrated! The pictures are just beautiful. The book starts out introducing you to a young boy who is turning 5 years old. He is given a wonderful present from his parents that promises to take him on many adventures! The present is 3 cups from his parents cupboard. The book then goes on explaining that "One cup is for savings, one cup is for spending and one cup is for charity." You will then follow along with the young boy and his "adventures" of learning to save, spend and give his money to charity!



I would recommend this book to parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles and anyone else that has young children in their life.

I am happy to tell you that I have 2 copies of the great book to give away to my readers!

GIVEAWAY: 2 lucky readers will each win their own copy of Three Cups! This is a hardcover book with ARV being $10.

WAYS TO ENTER: Please leave a separate comment for each entry!! You can do as many as you like. There are 10 possible entries for this giveaway!

*Subscribe to the Three Cups Email Newsletter. 2 entries

*Leave me a comment telling me who you would read this book to! 1 entry

*Become a follower of Money Saving Mama in Michigan via Google Friend Connect. You can become a follower by clicking on the link on my right sidebar. If your already a follower that counts too! 1 entry

*Subscribe to Money Saving Mama in Michigan via Email. You can submit your email address on my right sidebar. 1 entry

*Become a fan of Money Saving Mama in Michigan on Facebook! Already a fan, that counts 1 entry

*Become a follower of Money Saving Mama in Michigan on Twitter! Already a follower, that counts! 1 entry

*Share this great giveaway with your friends! Blog about it, tweet it or share it on Facebook, either way gets you an entry in the giveaway! Do all 3 and you have 3 entries! Please come back and leave me the direct link. 1 entry each

Please leave me your email address with your comments so I can contact you if your the winner or make sure it is listed on your profile page.

All entries must be made by Monday, April 12th @10pm EST. Winners must reside in the USA. will pick 2 lucky winners using Random.org and will post it on my blog as well as email the winners! If a winner does not contact me with their mailing info within 48 hours, a new winner will be chosen. Any questions please contact me at moneysavingmamainmichigan@yahoo.com

I received a copy of Three Cups to aid me in my review. My thoughts and opinions are my own. I received no monetary compensation for this review. The great people of Three Cups are providing the 2 copies of Three Cups for my giveaway.