What's the Deal?

The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.

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LAND

· The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resorts are offering reduced room rates for travel March 1-3, April 19-21, May 11-13 and May 24-28. Rooms start at $199 per night, a savings of at least $50. Taxes are an extra 11.5 percent. The resorts are on Disney property, between Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios, but are operated by Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Info: 800-227-1500, http://www.swandolphin.com/. Request rate code SD199.

· The Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake Placid, N.Y. , has a three-night ski package through March 22. The per-couple price is $765 (plus about $88 taxes) for Sunday-Thursday stays and includes lodging, two three-day lift tickets to Whiteface and daily breakfast. Priced separately, the package would cost about $1,279. Info: 518-523-2544, http://www.mirrorlakeinn.com/.

· Book a "Vienna to Prague" walking tour with the Wayfarers for May 12-21 or June 16-25 and get a free pre-tour night at the Kaiserin Elisabeth Hotel in Vienna, worth about $273, and free pastries delivered to the hotel. The escorted 10-day walk is $3,695 per person double, including lodging, meals, transfers, sightseeing and tips. The trip covers an average of eight to 10 miles a day of moderate walking. Highlights include a tour of Prague Castle and wine-tasting in Moravia. Info: 800-249-4620, http://www.thewayfarers.com/.

SEA

· Book any of three summer voyages with Peter Deilmann Cruises aboard the MS Deutschland and receive free air, shore excursions and airport-ship transfers. For example, a cruise around Norway June 4-14 starts at $4,324 per person double; $225 fuel surcharge and port taxes, plus air taxes of $265 per person, are extra. Priced separately, round-trip air from Dulles to Hamburg costs about $1,028; shore excursions go for as much as $600; and transfers cost $70. The deal also applies to a 19-night cruise in July to Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Scotland, and a 23-night cruise in August to Denmark, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Canada and Ireland. Info: 800-348-8287, http://www.deilmann-cruises.com/.

· Icruise.com is offering free business-class air and two nights' hotel in Rome on a 28-day cruise aboard Holland America's Prinsendam from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Rome departing March 12. An oceanview cabin is $7,415 per person double, including taxes. Book by Feb. 28. Priced separately, the airfare costs about $3,498, and the hotel is about $394 a night. Info: 888-427-8473, http://www.icruise.com/.

· Book a transatlantic cruise aboard Cunard's QM2 with Cruise Web and receive a ship credit worth $100 to $300 per cabin, depending on category. Price for the six-night April 30 sailing from New York to Southampton, England, starts at $1,117 per person double (including taxes) for an inside cabin, which qualifies for a $50 per-person credit. The credits can be used in the ship's shops or for drinks, photos, etc. Book by Feb. 27. Info: 888-250-7805, http://www.cruiseweb.com/.

AIR

· American Airlines has sale fares from Washington to Shanghai. Round-trip fare is $828, including $80 taxes, from Reagan National or BWI. Purchase by March 2, depart by March 31 and return by May 30. Lowest fares apply to Monday-Thursday flights. Other airlines are matching. Book at http://www.aa.com/, or pay $10 more at 800-433-7300.

· ATA is holding a systemwide sale. Round-trip fare from Reagan National to Chicago Midway, for example, is $99, including $21 taxes. Book by Feb. 27; good for travel through May 23 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Other airlines are matching. Purchase at http://www.ata.com/, or pay $10 more at 800-435-9282.

PACKAGES

· British Airways has a Spring Into Europe sale for travel before March 25. The sale applies to various European cities, including Rome, London and Vienna. For example, a three-night package from Washington Dulles to Vienna, including round-trip airfare and three nights' lodging at the three-star Hotel Harmonie, is $794 per person double (including $160 taxes). Valid March 4-8 or March 14-25. Priced separately, airfare costs about $822, and the hotel about $337. Info: http://www.ba.com/. Book at 877-428-2228.

· A six-night Deluxe India package is $1,409 per person double (including $110 taxes) with a deal from Go-today.com. The vacation includes round-trip air from New York to Delhi on Air India, two nights at the Maiden Hotel in Delhi, two nights at the Clarks Shiraz Hotel in Agra, two nights at the Country Inn and Suites in Jaipur, transportation between cities, daily breakfast and transfers. The price applies to trips departing April 16 and May 21; other departures in April, May, June and September are about $100 more. Purchase by March 1 at 800-227-3235 or http://www.go-today.com/. Priced separately, the airfare and hotels alone would cost about $1,592.

-- 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.