MORE Post-Irene Bargains

An avalanche of post-Irene deals showed up in my inbox yesterday, specifically for properties in Atlantic City. So on top of what I wrote about then, the following places are also offering Good Night Irene (or some iteration of that) deals: Showboat (including hurricane drink specials with souvenir glass in addition to room rate deals), Tropicana (hotel and the Palm), Trump Plaza (room rates), Trump Taj Mahal (room rates and the Price is Right contestant search has been rescheduled for Friday plus specials at Il Mulino and Trattoria), Atlantic City Absecon Lighthouse, Atlantic City Marathon (refer a friend and get $10 off your registration with offer code ACMRaF), Blue Water Grille at Flagship Resort, Carisbrooke Inn, The Chelsea (a "storm survival offer), Ramada Atlantic City (room rates and a casino coin package), Tony Boloney's (the The P.O.I or Peace-Out Irene! sandwich), Tun Tavern Restaurant & Brewery, Tripician's Macaroons, Vive Day Spa at Showboat Casino and Web Feet Beach Boutique.

Call the properties for details.

ALSO! And this might be my favorite: for those of you who had your Atlantic City wedding washed out by Irene, Cinematic Movements Video wants to talk to you. They're going to pick the best wash out wedding story and offering that couple a free three to five minute Love Video Story. According to the press release, "Even if the couple ended up doing something different such as using a justice of the peace in town hall, Cinematic Moments Video would like to shoot the couple in their chosen AC venue, and have them tell their story to the world to be shared on social network sites. There will be a simple, no obligation contract to sign, and the couple would need to accommodate Cinematic Moments Video's camera crew's schedule for filming." To submit your story contact Marie Scott-Eldred at 609-926-3195 or info@cinematicmomentsvideo.com.

Post-Irene Deals

Based on the traffic jams yesterday, looks like a lot of people were headed back to the shore.

If you want to be one of them but didn't have a rental or hotel room, now might be your chance to get a good deal. Yup, it's post-Irene special time.

Here's the few I know:

Cape Resorts - which runs Congress Hall, the Virginia, Star Inn, and Beach Shack in Cape May - is offering discounts if you book this week at one of their properties. Call and ask for details.

Avalon Campground - the place where I spent all my summers as a kid - is accepting walk ins. Just give them a little time to clear off your site. Call first, though. They announced this yesterday and may have filled back up.

Bally's, Caesars, the Golden Nugget, Resorts and Harrah's are all have post-Irene specials on room rates, meals, entertainment and special package deals. Call for details.

The Annual Stone Harbor Sidewalk Sale has been pushed back to this Saturday at 9am. It's always a zoo, and for a good reason. Lots of deals.

That's just what I'm seeing. Anyone else have something to add?

UPDATE: The Scarborough Inn in Ocean City is running a 20% off deal. Call for details.

Don't forget - signed books for $15 through September 6.

P.S. I ended the Jersey Shore Fact of the Day series a week early because of the storm. Doesn't feel like a good fit right now.

POST IRENE BOOK BLOWOUT!

In honor of the Jersey Shore surviving Hurricane Irene - WITH FLYING COLORS - I'm going to drop the price of signed copies of my book to $15 (includes shipping).

So if you want a signed, personalized copy sent right to your door, email me at jenmiller27 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Think ahead to the holidays, folks. They'll be right around the corner. Signed copies were very popular for Mother's and Father's day gifts :-)

This offer will last until Tuesday, September 6.

To order, drop me a line at jenmiller27 [at] gmail [dot] com. I take credit cards and paypal :-)

Post Irene

Well then. How's everyone doing today? We good?

In what feels like a miracle, most of the South Jersey Shore was spared. There was flooding, trees down, and wires down, but last night, businesses started opening back up and I'm sure there was a hell of a party happening in most parts of town.

Thank you to everyone who followed along on twitter. I did the best I could to get the word out, check in on people who had stayed during the storm, reported during the storm, or who had fled and were worried about losing everything.

Don't believe anything that this storm was overhyped. Just look at what's happening in Vermont, or the pictures of a boat going down Route 18 in NJ. If more people had stayed, this could have been worse.

I want to head down the shore today, but I need to get some help for myself. I have stress induced eczema. I was having a bit of a flare up pre-Irene, but over the weekend, it got out of control, so I'm headed to the doctor this morning.

I know it sounds silly that I was so worried when I don't even own property down the shore, but - this is my favorite place in the world, and I knew so many people put in harm's way. I tweeted for a solid 12 hours on Saturday trying to help them out, which resulted with me sitting in my office shaking for two hours as the worst rolled ahead. I really haven't been able to eat since Saturday though my appetite is coming back now.

Anyway - let's all take a big sigh of relief and get back to the last "official" week of summer down the shore.

HOORAY!

Thank you Irene for (mostly) sparing the Jersey Shore! If you were supposed to start your shore vacation on Saturday, PLEASE BE PATIENT. As of right now, the Garden State Parkway South is still closed exit 98 down. Some homeowners/inn keepers aren't even allowed back in yet. They will get to you as soon as possible. Just let them get themselves re-settled first.

Hunker down time

Atlantic County officials are saying that the bay will meet the ocean on all barrier islands today. For the south jersey shore, that's everyone but Cape May (they weren't clear if they meant JUST their county islands or all the barrier islands at the Jersey Shore). So thoughts and prayers for everyone in that area - whether they chose to stay or not - are appreciated.

And at this point - stay safe, and let's get ready for the cleanup.

For continual, live updates from the South Jersey Shore, you can follow the following accounts on Twitter: @capemaycooke, @atlanticcity911, @jasonnark, @amysrosenberg, @Dgood73 and @s_watson - to name a few. I'm @jerseyshorejen and will be tweeting and retweeting as long as I have power in Philadelphia.

And if you don't have twitter? Today might be a good day to sign up for an account.

And now we wait

Anyone else feel like sobbing? I do.

I know we will get through this. But to think of this place we all know and love so well being destroyed just breaks my heart.

Irene, please go out to sea. Please.

For those who have asked, I'm in Philadelphia hunkering down. Godspeed to those still down the shore.