WHAT'S THE DEAL?
What's the Deal?
The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.
Sunday, August 20, 2006; Page P03
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LAND
· A four-night stay at Hacienda Petac on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula is now half-price for stays through October. A couple can rent the entire 80-acre estate with a staff of 20 for four nights for $2,700 (including taxes). Rate includes meals, beverages and four activities; choose from spa services, a cooking demonstration, a guided bird walk, a serenade from a guitar trio or a presentation on Mayan culture by an anthropologist. Info: 800-225-4255, http:/
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· Show your student I.D . at any of six South Beach Group hotels in Miami's South Beach and get a second night free . The deal is valid Sunday-Thursday through Sept. 1. Starting rates range from $50 per night at the Hotel Shelley to $95 at the Catalina Hotel and Beach Club. Taxes are 13 percent extra. Info: 877-762-3477, http:/
· U.S. citizens traveling to the Caribbean will need a passport beginning Jan. 1, and SuperClubs Resorts will pay the $97 application fee for each traveler booking at least four nights at any of its 10 all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Curacao or the Dominican Republic. Book by Sept. 30 for travel anytime in 2007. Info: 877-GO-SUPER, http:/
SEA
· A last-minute Carnival cruise from Orlando to Nassau , the Bahamas, starts at $249 per person double (plus about $34 taxes). The three-night cruise aboard the Sensation departs Aug. 24; brochure rate starts at $729. Info: 888-CARNIVAL, http:/
· Vantage Deluxe World Travel is offering two-for-one pricing on its 14-night Antarctica and Chilean fjords cruise departing Dec. 13. The cruise, plus one night at a hotel in Buenos Aires and one night in Santiago, Chile, now starts at $3,045 per person double (plus $470 port charges and fuel surcharges). The price includes flight from Puntas Arenas, Chile, to Santiago and an expedition parka. Air from Washington is available for an additional $850 (plus $185 taxes and fuel surcharges). Info: 800-322-6677, http:/
AIR
· American has sale fares from the United States to cities throughout Central and South America . For example, fly round trip from Washington to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for $537 (plus about $70 taxes); fare on other airlines is about $725. Depart Monday-Thursday Sept. 2-Dec. 8 or Jan. 8-March 27; return no later than April 26. No return to the United States is permitted Jan. 1-10. Purchase by Aug. 25 at http:/
· US Airways is offering introductory fares of $218 round trip (plus about $21 taxes) on its new nonstop service between Reagan National and Sarasota, Fla .; other airlines are matching. Purchase 14 days in advance and travel by Nov. 17. Holiday blackout dates apply. Buy at http:/
PACKAGE
· An independent tour of Malta -- with round-trip air from Washington Dulles, five nights at the Victoria Hotel Sliema and transfers -- is $999 per person double (plus about $115 taxes). FIT Tours is offering the rate for trips Dec. 1-14. Priced separately, air is about $894, the hotel about $128 a night and transfers about $44 -- for a savings of about $288 per couple. Info: 800-248-3487, http:/
· Ski Europe has several " Superski Week " promotions for 2007 to select destinations in Andorra, Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland . For example, a six-night vacation to Innsbruck, Austria, departing Washington Jan. 11 is $709 per person double (plus about $310 taxes and fuel surcharges). The deal includes round-trip air on Lufthansa, six nights at the three-star Hotel Tautermann and breakfasts; lift tickets are extra. Priced separately, the package would cost about $336 more per couple. Info: 800-333-5533, http:/
-- Carol Sottili
Prices were verified and available on Thursday afternoon when the Travel section went to press. However, deals sell out quickly and are not guaranteed to be available. Restrictions such as day of travel, blackout dates and advance-purchase requirements sometimes apply.