Branson chamber offers Gas Buster cards

The Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce is offering Gas Busters discount punch cards to anyone that presents a minimum of $40 in gas receipts for a trip to Branson through Sept. 29.

Gas receipts can be exchanged for the cards at the chamber’s welcome centers, located at the corner of Highway 65 and Highway 248 and at the corner of Highway 65 and Highway 160.

The punch card is worth up to $50 in discounts when redeemed at participating businesses. Discounts are: $20 toward five nights of lodging, $12 toward six show tickets, $8 toward four attraction admissions, $4 toward two retail purchases and $6 toward three meals.

Cardholders also are automatically entered into a weekly drawing for a $100 gas card and a grand prize drawing for a five-day, four-night Branson vacation. Weekly drawings will be held every Friday, and the grand prize drawing will be held Sept. 30.

Meanwhile, Springfield City Council heard a bill Monday that would provide an additional $101,000 to the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau for its We’ll Buy Your Gas program. The money, pulled from the CVB’s fund balance, would extend the $300,000 advertising campaign.

The program offers visitors a $40 gas card for visiting Springfield before Dec. 31.

CVB Executive Director Tracy Kimberling told council that 70 forms had already been validated and gas cards sent to those travelers. The major travel season doesn’t begin until after Memorial Day.

He added that CVB expects to run out of the $15,000 worth of cards it currently has before the end of the calendar year, adding that the bureau and its program partners have already agreed to buy extra cards to meet the demand.[[In-content Ad]]