Check out the City of Boston ’s one-stop holiday planning website.

The 6th Annual MayorsHolidaySpecial.com is the ticket to a festive day, a sparkling getaway, and the complete Boston experience at an easier-to-afford price.  It offers 1/2-price seats to holiday shows like The 101 Dalmatians Musical, the Holiday Pops, Disney on Ice and Boston Ballet's "The Nutcracker," and dozens more.  It also provides a guide to the area's free and low-cost festivities.  And this year it provides HUNDREDS of special offers that help you shop, eat, stay and even park for less.

The site is free to use, and you can print out as many vouchers for discounts as you like.  You buy the 1/2 price arts tickets directly online, and use the vouchers in the restaurants, hotels, stores and services (like salons).

In addition to the half-price holiday show tickets, discounts include deals like 20 percent off hotel stays and dinner entrees, free appetizers or desserts, free access to shopping discount passes, and low, flat parking rates. The three-month program runs from October 15, 2009 to January 18, 2010, a month longer than in previous years.

Restaurants offering a free dessert with your entree include: Brasserie Jo, Durgin, Mantra, Omni Parker House and others. Restaurants offering 20% off each entree include: Avenue One at The Hyatt Regency Boston, the Oak Room Restaurant at The Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Fajitas & 'Ritas on Boston Common and Club Café in Back Bay, among others.

Shopping specials range from a free PRUferred Shopping Card at The Shops at Prudential Center to offers at David Yurman, Montblanc Boutique, Sony Style - Copley Place, Betsy Jenney, the IHCDstore and Macy's Boston.

Hotels and B&Bs welcome guests with specials such as: 20% off room rates (breakfast included); stay-2-nights-get-the-3rd-night-free; and more. Participating hotels and B&Bs include: Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro, The Colonnade Hotel, Hilton Boston Logan Airport, The Seaport Hotel, Doubletree Hotel Boston, The Inn at Longwood Medical, Encore Bed and Breakfast, The Kendall Hotel at the Engine 7 Firehouse, Le Meridien Cambridge and Hotel Indigo, Boston-Newton Riverside, among others.

Parking discounts include a $10 flat rate at the Copley Place Parking Garage for anyone presenting a same-day, paid-ticket stub from any museum, theater or concert venue, and low rates at The Garage at Post Office Square.

MayorsHolidaySpecial.com's guide to Boston holiday traditions includes handy info on Tree Lightings, Skating on the Frog Pond, and the Macy's Enchanted Trolley Tour, plus deals such as 15% off on the GoBoston Card.

Mayor Menino and the Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events present this free service in collaboration with ArtsBoston and its year-round, half-price arts box office, BosTix, and many partners. See the complete list of participating organizations, events, and deals online at www.MayorsHolidaySpecial.com. If you have a business or organization, you can add your own discounts and events to the listings (at no charge) by visiting the site at any time during the holiday season.