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New York, NY (PRWEB) March 24, 2009 -- With the economy in turmoil, long lines at airport security and flight delays, many travelers are sticking closer to home for quick weekend getaways, day trips to museums or visits to local festivals. The newly relaunched EscapeMaker.com offers an extensive online guide to destinations, lodgings, events and affordable getaway packages -- all within a day's drive or train ride of New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington, D.C.

First launched in 2000, EscapeMaker.com is a time-saving service, featuring a free local travel guide and lodging directory. The site's mission is to provide a portal for stressed-out city dwellers and families to find an affordable vacation and to narrow down the choices for their next weekend trip - whether by car or public transportation.

The newly designed website now offers visitors more than 80 destination profiles, as well as hundreds of weekend getaway and day trip ideas based on theme and travel distance from their city of origin. From Atlantic City casino vacations to quaint Pennsylvania country inns to kid-friendly waterpark discounts, EscapeMaker lists unique finds and fantastic deals for all types of travelers.

Among the site's new features:

From Vermont inns to Pennsylvania bed & breakfasts to New York hotels, the site features a lodging directory as well as an expanded amenity search for vacation rentals. In addition, the site will be adding more content in other nearby states, as it has mostly focused on NY, CT, NJ and PA in the last few years.

Other new features to EscapeMaker.com include a monthly weekend getaway contest, a blog with last minute travel alerts, a travel forum for users to post questions, and an itinerary feature where users can save events and businesses and submit comments on their own local travel experiences.

For more information, visit http://www.EscapeMaker.com

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