With rates starting at $79 per night, venture through mid-Atlantic cities, while staying at charming boutique hotels with this sale from the Ascend Collection Hotels.

Book a room over the following dates and save up to 35% compared with surrounding dates at the sample hotels below:

• Island Inn & Suites, an Ascend Hotel Collection Member (Piney Point, Md.)
     $79 ... Sundays-Thursdays through April
• Virginian Suites Arlington an Ascend Collection Hotel (Arlington)
     $91-$95 ... Fridays-Saturdays in March
• Inn at Mendenhall, an Ascend Collection Member (Mendenhall, Penn.)
   $109 ... Through March 31
   $112 ... April 1 -4, 7-8, 14-18, 21-25, 30
• The Woodlands Inn, and Ascend Hotel Collection Member (Wilkes Barre, Penn.)
     $119 ...  March 24-31

In addition, Choice Privileges members can receive an additional discount of up to 20% on all the above rates when booking a room at: Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep, Clarion, Cambria, Mainstay or Ascend Collection hotels. This is part of a larger sale from Choice Hotels that cuts prices at hotels across New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Note: Reservations require advance purchase, are non-refundable and cannot be changed. Must sign up to be a Choice Privileges member to qualify for extra discount. The hotels above are samples; hundreds of hotels are available.