What's the Deal?
The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.
Sunday, October 8, 2006; Page P03
LAND
· Pay for three nights at any of 19 Hyatt resorts in the United States and the Caribbean and get a fourth night free . Price and savings vary by property: Nightly rates at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort & Spa in Indian Wells, Calif., for example, start at $189. Taxes and resort fees, which also vary, are extra. The "Sunshine on Sale" deal is good through Dec. 18. Info: 888-591-1234, http:/
· Stay at Spring Creek Ranch outside Jackson, Wyo., and ski for free at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The deal, available Dec. 4-17, starts at $150 double per night for a deluxe room and includes two lift tickets per day (value is $51 each); breakfasts; and shuttle service. Two-night minimum is required; taxes are 6 percent, and resort fee is $10 per room per day. Info: 800-443-6139, http:/
· The Alexandra Hotel in Turks & Caicos has air credits of $390 to $1,370 per room . The "You Fly, We Buy" deal is valid for travel through Dec. 15. Value depends on room type and length of stay: Four nights in an ocean-view studio, for example, which starts at $280 a night, nets the $390 rebate. Ten percent service charge and 10 percent taxes are extra. Info: 800-704-9424, http:/
SEA
· Select sailings on China's Yangtze River have been disco unted by more than 40 percent . Victoria Cruises has the deal on several itineraries; a seven-night "Three Gorges Explorer" cruise that sails Thursdays round trip from Chongqing starts at $800 per person double (shore excursions are an extra $175) for departures December through mid-March. Info: 800-348-8084, http:/
· Book a 10- or 11-night Caribbean cruise departing from New York aboard Holland America's Noordam through Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel and receive free motorcoach transportation between the company's offices in Glenelg and the pier in New York. Cruise price starts at $1,199 per person double for the 10-night Eastern Caribbean itinerary departing Jan. 17. The free motorcoach offer applies to 10 cruises departing January-April. Info: 800-321-3973, http:/
· A three-night voyage aboard easyCruiseOne between St. Maarten and Antigua departing Fridays, Dec. 8-April 6 (except Feb. 9), starts at $198 per couple for a standard cabin with a window; price usually starts at $327. Food not included. Book by Wednesday. Go to http:/
AIR
