Santa Maria Offering $100 Vouchers to Tourists
By edhat staff
The City of Santa Maria is offering $100 vouchers for tourists to visit the area for a minimum of two nights.
Travelers who stay in local hotels now through March 31 will receive a voucher that can be used at wineries, breweries, restaurants, and attractions in the Santa Maria Valley.
The promotion was created by "Visit Santa Maria Valley" and launched on Thursday. According to the website, it's already sold out, but there is a waiting list.
"Our $100 stimulus offer is currently sold out, but that doesn't mean you can't still plan a visit! Explore lodging, dining and attractions and start planning your next getaway," the website states.
Credit: Visit Santa Maria Valley
Under a header of "Do More for Less in Santa Maria Valley," the website boasts the area has nearby beaches, beautiful hotels, and wineries for the budget-conscious traveler. There are 34 wine tasting rooms within a 30-minute drive as well as hiking, golfing, art exploration, and birdwatching, the promotion states.
An area map showing attractions, dining, and arts includes the Pismo Beach, Nipomo, Orcutt, Lompoc, Los Alamos, and Solvang cities as well as Santa Maria.
The website also asserts businesses and attractions are following the state's guidelines for a safe reopening due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We expect that all visitors to the area will do their part to respect our region and our state by practicing social distancing, wearing a mask and washing their hands regularly," the website states.
Learn more at https://santamariavalley.com.
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Feb 06, 2021 11:12 PMCold and hot running women included?
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Feb 06, 2021 06:49 PMAs a Santa Maria resident I am horrified to learn of this folly!!! was endangered enough without encouraging travel by unscreened non residents. Ever hear of LIMIT travel guys? This is a disgrace. As a senior heart patient I am life threatened by this stupid move.
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Feb 06, 2021 04:19 PMI thought we are still in a pandemic, the largest outbreak ever thousands dying every day.
Why is SM encouraging tourist who might bring Covid to them?
Seriously? Open up or stay closed. Make up your minds! Now they’re paying people to travel? Seriously messed up leaders and public health officials!
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Feb 09, 2021 12:01 PMSBgetsalong - You are obviously not a history major! Smallpox? The plague? Black Death? Plague of Justinian?
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Feb 08, 2021 11:48 AMYou know, I've been looking at the numbers, and the case rate in Los Angeles county is now the same as SB county. We've caught up to them, I guess. So, where's the risk?
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Feb 08, 2021 11:33 AM98.5% recovery rate is 1.5% dead rate. 5 million US people dead and about the same number of traumatized hospital staff. Please have some mercy on the staff and the families of the soon to be dead people.
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Feb 07, 2021 10:49 AMFact checking on the recovery rate: https://fullfact.org/health/Covid-recovery-vaccine/
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Feb 07, 2021 09:13 AM99% recovery rate.
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Feb 06, 2021 10:26 AMFree lodging at Santa Maria Inn plus $500 voucher, I'd be tempted!
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Feb 06, 2021 09:48 AMDoes the voucher come with a free Santa Maria escort and case of VD? Because if so, count me in!
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Feb 08, 2021 07:28 AMYou seem knowledgeable about this. That stuff doesn't happen anywhere else. I didn't have a young woman ask me if I wanted a "date" in the early morning on Haley St in SB once.
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Feb 06, 2021 08:44 AMIf you only have two days of vacation, come to Santa Maria and make it feel like two weeks!
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Feb 06, 2021 08:07 AMThis promotion is completely sold out and no longer available.
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Feb 06, 2021 07:25 AMPurchasing the vouchers should include a sign-off on seeking Covid treatment in SB County for the duration of the visit and 14 days subsequently. Something like indemnifying Disneyland if one chooses to ride a roll-a-coaster or signs up to participate in a bronco-busting event in a rodeo. Freedom of choice needs to come with responsibility for it.
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Feb 06, 2021 06:45 AMWow! To think some brain-dead grifters working for the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce got paid good money to dream up this idiocy. LOL
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Feb 05, 2021 08:26 PMVisit Santa Maria . Covid and Gun capital of SB County. No thanks.
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Feb 05, 2021 07:30 PM"With 15 beaches and 34 tasting rooms all within a 30-minute drive---PLUS over 35% of the county's COVID-19 cases!---it’s the perfect home base to do more for less."
There, fixed it.
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Feb 05, 2021 07:02 PMThis is crazy!
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Feb 05, 2021 05:26 PMCan you use the voucher to rent a bullet proof vest?
It is Santa Maria after all.
Seriously, what is there to visit as a tourist?
Costco? Popeye's?
The beautiful packed like sardines housing tracts on Blosser?
Did you know they have 2 WalMarts? - well, one is a Neighborhood Market but whatever.
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Feb 08, 2021 07:27 AMPt Sal, Guadalupe Dunes, Los Osos, Nipomo OHV, Pismo, Shell Beach, Cuyama, Wine Tasting, Los Alamos. And those are just the things close by.
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Feb 05, 2021 04:24 PMThere's stupid, and there's abysmally stupid. This is even beyond that.
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Feb 05, 2021 03:34 PMAbsolute stupidity. The travel and hospitality industry is just a small part of the county's larger economy. You wouldn't know that by watching KEYT's nearly nightly obsession with stories about restaurants and bars. Endangering our residents to please one special interest group only slows down our overall economic recovery.
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Feb 06, 2021 10:43 AMAlong these same lines, who was visiting Santa Maria before the pandemic? It's not like they're trying to recover their tourism industry that never existed.
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Feb 05, 2021 03:15 PMThis is outrageous! What will they come up with next, sending children to school? Opening museums? Or god forbid, would they attempt to revive the performing arts? This must be stopped!
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Feb 05, 2021 03:56 PMHospital offer not valid in Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo.
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Feb 05, 2021 03:18 PMDiscount on your Santa Maria hospital admission. Two night minimum.
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Feb 05, 2021 02:45 PMWhat the actual f&%$???! Unbelievable!
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Feb 05, 2021 02:23 PMPromoting tourism in a PANDEMIC? Can they at least wait until the red tier?
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Feb 05, 2021 06:04 PMTiers shmeirs, people take this tier stuff way too personally and really think it guarantees you some sort of safety net. Wrong. The only tier we have is called life and there are zero guarantees.