Hotel Deals and Vacation Discounts
March 11: Newly renovated and Green Globe-certified St. James’s Club & Villas, Antigua is offering “Instant Savings” reflecting a 20 per cent discount on all-inclusive vacations. The double occupancy, all-inclusive rate starts at $416 per night from April 20 to August 30 when booked by June 20. Nightly all-inclusive rates for the resort’s 568-square-foot Royal Suites, located by the waterfront, start at $600 per night. Kids aged 2 to 11 may stay at the reduced all-inclusive rate of $48 per child during “Instant Savings.” St. James’s Club & Villas is tucked away on a secluded 100-acre peninsula on Antigua’s southeastern coast. The resort says it has a longstanding reputation for exceptional service. For reservations, call (866) 237-2071 or visit www.stjamesclubantigua.com.
March 8: The Sands Resorts in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is offering 75 per cent savings on its most popular Myrtle Beach package. The discount applies to an inclusive deal for oceanfront accommodations, breakfast, waterpark admission, magic show, Hall of Heroes, kids activities, and recreational amenities at the company’s seven oceanfront locations. The trend to make last-minute reservations has increased in recent years, according to Sands Resorts. As a response to this trend, it has designed the Myrtle Beach package to provide big discounts to customers who book early. Sands Resorts will now offer its guaranteed lowest prices earlier and extend a “3-Pay Vacation Plan” if requested. The offer is available through www.sandsresorts.com and the Sands Resorts call center at (877) 322-3224. Sands Resorts’ collection of seven oceanfront resorts includes more than 1,600 guest accommodations ranging from rooms and efficiencies to one-, two-, and three-bedroom suites and six-to-eight-bedroom beach houses. All are convenient to golf, dining, shopping, entertainment and attractions. The resorts offer 28,000 square feet of meeting space, a waterpark, popular oceanfront restaurants, lounges, beach bars and cafes, two spas, health clubs, indoor/outdoor pools, lazy rivers, and kids’ programs. Sands Resorts is home to Ocean Annie’s Beach Bar and Mango’s on the Beach. It is also the site for Hall of Heroes, a Tribute to American Heroes.
March 2: The adults-only Le Blanc Spa Resort in Cancun is offering a 20 per cent discount and 30 per cent off green fees for select stays of three nights or more for travel throughout 2010. Le Blanc Spa Resort offers personalized attention with a staff to guest ratio of approximately one to one. The 20 per cent discount is applied to the room rate, available to all guests who book through May 31 for travel through December 23. Guests who book and travel through December 20 also receive a 30 per cent discount on green fees at Moon Spa & Golf Club, Riviera Cancun Golf & Resorts and Playacar Spa & Golf Club. All 260 of the resort’s waterfront guest rooms feature spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea or Nichupte lagoon and offer indulgences such as double Jacuzzi, double Swiss spa showers, custom-made pillow top Le Blanc bed and a Comfort Menu with pillows, bath salts and aromatherapy scents, 24-hour room service, included wireless internet, unlimited phone calls to the Continental U.S., Canada and Mexico and premier turndown service. To book a stay at Le Blanc Spa Resort, call toll free at 877-753-2526, visit www.leblancsparesort.com, or contact your preferred travel professional.
February 22: The Resort at Glade Springs in southern West Virginia is offering a family-oriented Stay and Ski Free Package that starts at $152.00 and includes a double room, two free adult lift tickets and full buffet breakfast. (Children 16 and under stay and eat free in the same room as adults.) The package is available until March 31. Conveniently located right off I-77 and I-64, The Resort at Glade Springs also offers a complimentary shuttle to and from Winterplace Ski Resort, just 10 minutes away. During the week, the Learn to Ski Package is available through the resort. This package includes three days of instruction, rental equipment and lift tickets for $99. It is available throughout the season, Monday through Friday on non-holiday days and includes rental equipment, lift ticket and a 90-minute group lesson for each day. The Resort at Glade Springs offers a wide variety of accommodations designed from parties of two to 20. For more information or reservations visit www.gladesprings.com or call 866-966-4905. The Resort at Glade Springs is an all-season resort in the heart of West Virginia’s mountains near the New River. The area offers activities that range from championship golfing on the Cobb, Stonehaven or Woodhaven Courses to luxury spa services at the resort, as well as pursuits such as swimming, biking, hiking and boating in a beautiful landscape.
February 19: Country Inns & Suites By Carlson has launched a “1, 2, Freee!” offer where guests can book two consecutive nights and get the third night free, at participating locations. Additionally, members of Carlson’s goldpoints plus loyalty program will earn 3,000 bonus Gold Points as part of the offer. Guests can book the “1, 2, Freee!” offer for stays through May 15, 2010 in the United States and Canada. Country Inns & Suites has more than 490 locations. Visit www.countryinns.com/springpromo for complete details about the promotion.
January 13: Up to and including March 25, three-night, four-day City Steal vacations to Vienna, Prague or Budapest are available for $829 through Austrian Airlines Vacation Center. The basic package price of $829 per person, double occupancy, includes round-trip, economy-class air transportation from either New York (JFK) or Washington, DC (IAD); three nights hotel accommodation in either Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Hungary; daily buffet breakfast, hotel service charges and hotel taxes. Travel is valid any day of the week, subject to availability. All hotels featured in these $829 City Steals are centrally located, superior tourist class properties. An upgrade to a five-star deluxe version with three nights in the InterContinental Hotel in Vienna, Prague or Budapest is available at $1,179. An advantage of Austrian Airlines’ vacation packages are their flexibility: you may stay in Europe up to 30 days, and you can use the hotel nights at the beginning or the end of your trip, as long as you use them consecutively. Furthermore, one optional stopover in Vienna is allowed, so if you select a City Steal beyond Vienna, you can add some extra days in Vienna on your way to or from your final destination – though additional hotel accommodations are extra. Single supplements, upgrades, additional combinations and extensions are available upon request. All City Steals must be paid in full within 7 days after reservations are confirmed, and no later than 14 days prior to departure. Once confirmed, the packages are non-refundable, non-transferable, and cannot be changed. All packages will be booked on Austrian Airlines in economy class and are subject to schedule and space availability. The minimum stay is 3 nights or one Saturday overnight, and your maximum stay in Europe is 30 days. City Steals package prices include fuel surcharges but do not include U.S. and foreign government taxes and security and airport Charges of approximately $170 per passenger, depending on the itinerary. Additional taxes and fees may be collected by foreign governments. Further details may be found on www.austrianair.com or www.austrianair-vacations.com. For additional information or to make reservations, contact Austrian Airlines Vacation Center at (800) 790-4682, or info@austrianair-vacations.com.
