Hotels offering family packages

Hotels are luring parents with special family packages:

•Hyatt’s Summer of Family Fun promotion offers half off a second room and a free consecutive night with a three- to six-night minimum stay, depending on property. The offer is valid for stays at the Sunshine on Sale rate through Aug. 31 in North America; through July 31 at the Aruba Resort & Casino; and Oct. 1-Dec. 16 at the Regency Lake Tahoe Resort and Spa. Mention code SUMR05 at booking. Contact: (866) 886-5060; www.hyatt.com/corporate/hyattpalooza/summeroffamilyfun.jhtml?category1820&ssnav0.

•Sheraton has family packages for Thursday-Saturday check-ins. Guests get special rates, 4 p.m. check-out when available and kids 12 and under eat free with an adult. Valid through Dec. 31. Promotion code FSP. Contact: (877) 782-0018; www.starwoodhotels.com/promotions/promo_landing.html?category=SI_FAMILY05.

•The Loews Hotels SummerBungaLoews promotion lasts through Sept. 10. Sample rates include $109 Tucson, $149 New Orleans and $159 Chicago. Contact: (866) 768-6658; www.loewshotels.com/promo/bungaloews.

•Kimpton has family packages at 10 North American properties. Sample rates include $129 at the Cypress Hotel in Silicon Valley, with valet parking, two pints of Haagen Dazs, an in-room movie and popcorn and soda; and $169 for the Family Affair Package at Washington, D.C.’s Hotel Monaco, including an in-room movie, $10 mini-bar credit and evening wine hour. Dates vary by property. See www.kimptonhotels.com/family_packages.aspx.

•Millennium Hotels and Resorts has a $129 Science Museum Package in Minneapolis with a $25 museum gift card, free parking and free meals for kids under 15. In Boulder, Colo., a $179 Slumber Party Package includes pizza, popcorn, sodas and an in-room movie. And a $219 Bostonian Kids Package includes breakfast for two adults and two kids, an activity book and crayons and cookies and milk. Contact: (866) 866-8086; www.millenniumhotels.com.