What's the Deal?

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

LAND

* Spend Thanksgiving at a ski resort in Kellogg, Idaho, with a deal from Silver Mountain Resort. Pay for two nights, including Thanksgiving, and receive the third night free. A studio unit for two, for example, costs $218 for three nights (after discount), plus $22 taxes. Info: 800-204-6428, http://www.silvermt.com.

* Skyland Resort in Shenandoah National Park is offering a late fall special through Nov. 20. Stay Sunday-Thursday (except Nov. 11) and pay $99 per night for lodging and breakfast for two, a savings of about $37. Taxes and fees included. Info: 800-778-2872, http://www.visitshenandoah.com.

* Six Fiesta Americana resorts in Mexico are offering room discounts of up to 30 percent for travel through Dec. 21; several also are offering spa and food discounts. For example, rates at the Fiesta Americana Condesa Cancun now start at $135 per night (usually $189), food and drinks are reduced by 25 percent and spa treatments by 20 percent. Add 12 percent taxes. Book by Nov. 30. Info: 800-343-7821, http://www.fiestamericana.com/fall.

SEA

* Book a 2008 Alaska cruise on Holland America through Cruise Web and receive an onboard coupon book worth $340 per person. The coupon book includes discounts for spa treatments, fitness classes, wine, casino play, etc.; book by Nov. 12. Also, the third and fourth guests in a cabin sail for free on select cruises. For example, the May 3 Alaskan Explorer cruise on the Oosterdam, which sails round trip from Seattle, starts at $779 per person plus $115 taxes for the first two guests; the third and fourth passengers pay $115 tax each. Info: 888-250-7803, http://www.cruiseweb.com.

* Save $800 per person on a seven-night Sea of Cortez cruise from Mexico's La Paz to Loreto. ExpeditionTrips is offering the deal on the Dec. 27 sailing of the Safari Quest, with rates starting at $4,695 per person double. Taxes and port charges are included. Info: 877-412-8527, http://www.expeditiontrips.com.

* Hurtigruten (formerly Norwegian Coastal Voyage) is offering savings on its summer expedition cruises to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Book by Dec. 31 and save $200 per person on the nine-day itinerary, offered June through August. Fare after discount starts at $6,199 per person double and includes round-trip airfare from Washington to Oslo and flights between Oslo and Longyearbyen, Norway. Info: 800-323-7436, http://www.hurtigruten.us.

AIR

* Virgin Atlantic has sale fares to London. Fare on nonstop service from Washington Dulles starts at $483 round trip (including $165 taxes) for travel Jan. 1-Feb. 28; fare for travel through Dec. 18 and March 1-23 starts at $565 (including taxes). Seven-day advance purchase, Saturday night minimum stay and 30-day maximum stay required. Some dates are sold out. Book by Nov. 7 at http://www.virgin-atlantic.com.

* Lufthansa is offering a Winter Adventure sale from Washington Dulles to several cities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Round-trip fare to Amsterdam, or example, is $608 including taxes. (Other airlines are matching.) Depart midweek by March 13; blackout dates Dec. 14-24. Seven-day advance purchase required. Buy by Nov. 7 at http://www.lufthansa.com.

PACKAGES

* Icelandair is offering $100-per-person discounts on several packages to Iceland for travel through Dec. 15. For example, the Northern Lights Quest package starts at $761 per person double (including $93 taxes) for several Saturday departures in November and December. The deal includes round-trip air from BWI to Reykjavik, transfers, two nights at the Icelandair Hotel Loftleidir and a Northern Lights tour. Book by Nov. 30. Priced separately, the package would cost about $268 more per couple. Info: 800-779-2899, http://www.icelandair.com.

* Book a Taste of Malaysia (Including Borneo) trip with Friendly Planet by Dec. 28 and save $800 per couple. Price after discount starts at $1,499 per person double plus $130 taxes for March 17, April 7 and Nov. 17, 2008, departures (other departures slightly higher). Trip includes round-trip flights from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur; round-trip flights from Kuala Lumpur to Kuching on the island of Borneo; seven nights' lodging; 11 meals; sightseeing; and tour guide. Priced separately, airfare and hotel alone would cost about $1,660 per person. Info: 800-555-5765, http://www.friendlyplanet.com.

-- 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.