American Historic Inns and iLoveInns.com created a Mother’s Day Flower Hunt on their Web site and will be giving away $375,000 in free nights at participating bed and breakfasts and country inns throughout the United States, Canada and U.S. territories. The hunt has already begun and continues through Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8, 2011.

You don’t have to be a mother or even a woman to win a free night at a bed and breakfast or country inn. Just search the individual inn listings at iloveinns.com to find an icon with a bouquet of Mother’s Day flowers. Click on the bouquet and fill out the information to be eligible to receive a Free-Night Certificate.

The Free-Night Certificate normally retails for $19.95 on their website and entitles the bearer to a free second night at a participating B&B when a first night is purchased. There are 1400 inns currently participating in giving away the free night which is valued at $60 to $650 depending on the accommodations selected. Detailed listings of participating inns in the United States, Canada and U.S. territories can be found by browsing the iLoveInns.com Web site. The online directory has inn descriptions written by travel writers and offers articles and in-depth travel features. Finding the flower bouquet on the Web site provides the opportunity to win a Free-Night Certificate.

To find out more and to learn about other special promotions be sure to like iLoveInns.com on Facebook.  This Free-Night program was started more than 22 years ago and has been featured in Amazon’s bestselling bed and breakfast directory, Bed & Breakfasts and

Country Inns, 22nd Edition. The book includes the Free-Night Certificate that is good for any inn listed in the guide and also those designated on the Web site as a participating inn. The directory is an easy-to-use reference and state maps locate each inn. There are more than 300 illustrations and an index with Inns of Interest, listing lodging in lighthouses, former schools, castles and rail cars as well as many other inns with special significance.

This program continues to be fondly embraced by more than 2 million guests who have received a copy of the bed and breakfast book with the Free-Night Certificate. It is a popular gift for most any occasion or holiday, and a perfect Mother’s Day present. Take advantage of this thoughtful way to show appreciation and pamper the mother in your life.

Want a getaway? The Free-Night offer makes it very affordable and stress-free. Playing and winning the Mother’s Day Flower Hunt is an added bonus. Browse the inn descriptions on the iLoveInns.com Web site to see where you might like to stay. Find the Mother’s Day Bouquet and win a free night! Not feeling lucky? Then buy a Free-Night Certificate and pamper yourself at a bed and breakfast. Need a gift for Father’s Day, college graduations and summer weddings? Buy a Free-Night Certificate and give more than a present, give a memorable getaway that will be fondly remembered long after the holiday or special occasion has past.

1. Like iloveinns.com on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/iLoveInnscom/152249455592

2. Search for inns on iloveinns.com and find a bouquet

3. Click the bouquet and complete the form

4. Print your free-night certificate

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iLoveInns.com is the only inn directory online with inn descriptions written by travel writers instead of innkeepers and offers articles and in-depth travel features. There are 20,000 inns on the Web site. American Historic Inns is the parent company for iLoveInns and is the publisher of more than 60 inn guidebooks including the best-selling guidebook, Bed and Breakfasts and Country Inns with a free-night certificate inside each book. American Historic Inns guidebooks have been featured in Book-of-the-Month-Club and received several book awards, including Book of the Year by Publishers Marketing Association. iLoveInns.com‘s new bed and breakfast iPhone application, InnTouch, features 6,000 B&B listings and is free from iTunes. To find out more and to learn about special promotions be sure to like them on facebook.