Our Best Rate, Offered Personally
When you reserve directly with us, you’re booking with the innkeepers themselves, and that comes with a few thoughtful assurances.
You’ll always receive our best available rate along with our most flexible cancellation terms, giving you the ease to plan your time on the Maine coast at your own pace.
The Best Rate and a More Personable Stay
A stay by the sea should feel easy from the very beginning. When you book directly with Inn by the Sea, our coastal Maine innkeepers are here to make the details feel effortless, personal, and close to home.
A Few Extras, Just Because
When you reserve directly with us, thoughtful touches come naturally.
Changes in Plans, Handled with Ease
Life shifts. Tides change. We keep things simple so your time by the sea remains unhurried.
Details Not Overlooked
We take pride in getting the little things right.
A Voice You'll Recognize
When you call, you'll speak to someone right here at the Inn, a friendly voice who knows the property, the shoreline, and often our returning guests by name.
First Consideration
Direct guests receive priority for available upgrades and special requests.
Rooted in our Community
Booking directly supports the Inn, our team, and the coastal Maine community we are proud to call home.
Found a lower rate?
If, within 24 hours of making your reservation, you find a lower publicly available rate elsewhere, let us know by submitting a claim form. We will gladly match it and extend an additional 10% savings on that lower rate.
Because at Inn by the Sea, hospitality begins long before you arrive.
Our Best Rate Terms and Conditions
When you reserve directly with Inn by the Sea, you can do so with complete confidence; we promise you our best available rate.
Below, you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions along with the Terms & Conditions that guide our Best Rate Guarantee. Should you need clarification at any point, we are always just a phone call away.
If you happen to find a lower qualifying rate on a third-party website, simply submit a claim within 24 hours of making your reservation directly with us.
Should that rate meet the terms of our Best Rate Guarantee, we will gladly match it, and extend an additional 10% savings on the lower rate you found.
It’s our way of ensuring that when you book with the innkeepers, you receive not only the most personal experience, but the best value as well.
If you happen to find a lower rate elsewhere, it must reflect the very same stay, the same room type, arrival and departure dates, number of guests, length of stay, and identical cancellation and guarantee terms.
The rate must also be publicly available to anyone at the time of booking. Member-only pricing, promotional codes, negotiated corporate or group rates, and other offers requiring special eligibility would not qualify.
Because each website presents pricing a bit differently, rates that appear lower solely due to the exclusion of required fees (such as resort or destination fees) would not be considered eligible. We always compare total, like-for-like rates to ensure fairness and transparency.
If you’re ever unsure, we’re happy to walk through it with you.
To submit a Best Rate Guarantee claim, a confirmed reservation made directly with us is required. This ensures we are comparing the same stay, including room type, number of guests, arrival and departure dates, length of stay, and identical cancellation and guarantee terms.
Once your reservation is in place, we can thoughtfully review the details against our Best Rate Guarantee Terms and ensure everything aligns fairly and accurately.
Booking directly allows us to take personal responsibility for your stay from the very beginning, and that’s exactly how we prefer it.
No worries at all. If you come across a lower qualifying rate after reserving directly with us, submit a claim within 24 hours of making your reservation.
As long as the rate meets our Best Rate Guarantee terms, we will gladly review it and make it right.
We believe peace of mind should be part of the booking experience, from the first click to your first walk along the shore.
We intend to keep every comparison fair and straightforward. The Best Rate Guarantee applies to the room rate itself, and we compare only like-for-like totals, meaning the same required taxes and mandatory fees must be included on both sides.
If a difference appears simply because another website displays certain items differently, it would not qualify.
The guarantee does not extend to taxes, service charges, gratuities, or other non-room fees.
If you have any questions while reviewing rates, we are always happy to walk through the details with you, personally and thoughtfully.