Washington: Hotel and $100 dining credit at Liaison Capitol Hill

The Liaison Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., offers a dine-and-stay package that will appeal to budget-minded travelers as well as fans of chef Art Smith. Stay a night and receive up to $100 dining credit each night that’s good at Smith’s Art and Soul restaurant at the hotel.

The deal: The Gourmet Getaway package starts at $249 a night plus tax and includes a $50 dining credit per day per adult, a signed cookbook and a s’mores kit to use while sitting around the hotel’s patio fire pit. Smith, a James Beard award winner, is best known for having served as chef to the governor of Florida and to Oprah Winfrey.

When: The offer is good through Feb. 29.

Tested: I checked online and found a range of prices for the package, depending on the date. For example, I found it at the low price of $162 a night for a stay Nov. 23-25 (over Thanksgiving) and $357 a night Nov. 11-13 (excluding tax). In each case, the best available rate runs about $50 lower than the package, but the $100 dining credit per night for two makes up the difference.

Contact: Liaison Capitol Hill, (866) 246-2203