Boasting mild weather, iconic landmarks and award-winning eateries, watering holes, museums and more, locals know it’s true: there’s no better place to be than the Bay Area. So, while you’re planning your next summer getaway, why not treat yourself to the best the region has to offer?
Over the last few weeks we’ve showed you how to do exactly that by planning staycations in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland that require nothing more than one free weekend and a BART ticket. Now, there’s just a few days left to enter to win one of five Bay Area staycation packages from BARTable.
Each local getaway—worth up to $1,100—includes a two- to three-night stay at a luxury downtown hotel plus vouchers for some of each city's top attractions, like a trip to the recently expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art or a dinner for two at Berkeley's famed Italian restaurant Corso Trattoria.
Entering the promotion is simple. Check out all five packages below, then head over to bart.gov/staycation and vote for your favorite. You can vote for just one, or, if you really can't choose, all five.
Entries are accepted until July 31st, and BARTable will announce five randomly selected winners at bart.gov/staycation on August 1st.
Good luck to all, and happy [local] travels!
BARTable Summer Sweepstakes Prize Packages
Stay & Play In San Francisco #1
Stay
3 nights at Hilton's Parc 55 with breakfast for 2 daily
Play
2 tickets to the Contemporary Jewish Museum and 1 book by Roz Chast
2 tickets to the Asian Art Museum
2 tickets to the recently expanded San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Fisherman's Wharf Segway Tour via Electric Touring Co
2 $30 BART tickets
Prize Value: $935
Stay & Play In San Francisco #2
Stay
3 nights at Hilton SF Union Square
Play
2 tickets to the Contemporary Jewish Museum + one Roz Chast book
2 tickets to the Asian Art Museum
2 tickets to SFMOMA
Golden Gate Park Segway Tour via Electric Touring Co
2 $30 BART tickets
Prize Value: $935
Stay, Shop & Dine In The 49
Stay
3 nights at Park Central Hotel with breakfast for two daily
Play
2 tickets to SFMOMA
1 ‘Shop Small’ tote bag by Mafia Bags
$200 American Express gift card
2 $30 BART tickets
Dine
$100 gift card to Jersey, fine dining and pizza
$100 gift card to DOSA, South Indian street food
Prize Value: $1,070
Oakland Staycation
Stay
2 nights at the Oakland Marriott
Play
4 tickets to Children's Fairyland
4 Oakland A's tickets (choice of one weekend home game in August or September)
2 $30 BART tickets
Dine
$100 gift card to Lake Chalet
$25 gift card to Cookie Bar Creamery
Prize Value: $1,157
Visit Berkeley Staycation
Stay
2-night stay at Hotel Shattuck with breakfast at FIVE restaurant
Play
2 tickets to Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2 tickets to Shotgun Players
4 Oakland A's tickets (choice of one weekend home game in August or September)
2 $30 BART tickets
Dine
$100 gift card to Corso
Prize Value: $806
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[Editor's Note: This is a sponsored article written by freelance writer Brittany Hopkins.]