Is your last name Kennedy, Hayes, or Taft? How about Arthur, Adams, or Harding? They won't play “Hail to the Chief” when you enter the lobby, but Austin’s
Horseshoe Bay Resort is offering a Presidents' Day special (dare we say a New Deal?) worthy of any first family.
If you stay between February 14 and 19 and share the last name of any of our 44 presidents, you can get a room for just $99 a night. (If you need a refresher on those Presidential names—listen up, you Polks, Pierces and Fillmores—check out this White House list.) This is a nice boon for a huge swath of commonly-named folks—so heads up, all you Johnsons, Jacksons, Harrisons, Tylers, Fords, and Wilsons.
But what if your driver's license says McCain, Kerry, or Willkie? These names—and any other non-Oval Office monikers—will still score a rate between $129 and $179 during the entire month of February. Even for a Dukakis, this is a solid deal, with savings ranging from 28 to 40% compared to starting rates in March ($179) and April ($224). February temperatures in this part of Texas are pretty mild, with typical highs in the 60s.
The 7,000-acre resort—set on the shores of Lake LBJ, and offering four pools, a kids' club, three golf courses, water sports and even Andy Roddick junior-sized tennis courts—is an easy drive from the first Texan president’s memorial, the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park. (The ranch of No. 43, meanwhile, is a little further away, in Crawford.) Horseshoe Bay even has its own small private airport, if you want to land your own version of Air Force One.
Use promo code HOL when booking online or call 877/611-0112. Assuming you're lacking a Secret Service detail, be prepared to show ID upon check-in to prove you’re a Grant or a Garfield.
