Bedandbreakfast.com is running a free gas promotion, in which B&Bs and hotels all over the country are offering fuel-related discounts. A handful of these venues is giving special deals to visitors who drive hybrid vehicles.

Here are two such deals in California:

The Colonial Terrace: Arrive in a hybrid, and you’ll get $25 off your total bill at this hotel a block away from the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Rooms regularly cost $139 (pretax) and up.

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Accor North America, one of the nation’s largest owner/operators of economy lodging, announced the opening of a new Motel 6 property in Marysville, California. The property is located at 803 “E” Street in Yuba County along US Highway 70, and was converted from a Red Roof Inn. The franchised property is owned and operated by Norcal Hospitality, Inc., and Andy Patel has been named the new General Manager overseeing the property.

Motel 6 offers a low price and great value without sacrificing comfort at more than 880 locations in the United States and Canada. Standard amenities include free local phone calls, no long distance access charges, free morning coffee, data ports, Wi-Fi Internet access and a channel line-up including HBO, ESPN/ESPN2, and CNN. All Motel 6 properties welcome pets, and most locations offer swimming pools and guest laundry facilities. Guests can save even more with Click 6 Internet bargains, available only at motel6.com. For reservations or information, visit www.motel6.com or call 800-4-MOTEL6.

Adventure travelers are everywhere, including the Golden State, which naturally provides a perfect venue for exciting activities.

And the statistics back up this travel trend. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, one-half of U.S. adults, or 98 million people, have taken an adventure trip in the past five years. This includes 31 million adults who engaged in more rigorous adventure activities, such as whitewater rafting, scuba diving and mountain biking.

“As travelers continue to push the envelope, what was once considered extreme is now packaged under adventure travel,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Caroline Beteta of the California Travel and Tourism Commission.

Most recently Perez spent time at Arden Hills Resort Club & Spa, a premier property in Sacramento, CA. Under his direction, the resort hosted in excess of 400 weddings a year among many other on-site events. Like Scheller, Perez has excelled in the Marriot Corporation, having held the Director of Food & Beverage position at both the Oakland Marriott Convention Center and at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco, overseeing all convention services.