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The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.
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LAND
· The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., has Fall Savings rates starting at $225 per night per room (plus $52 taxes and fees). The deal includes breakfast buffet for two ($60 value) and is valid Sunday-Thursday through Oct. 31. Room-only rate typically starts at $275 per night, plus taxes and fees. The historic resort, founded in 1766, is about 210 miles from Washington. Available activities include golf, fly-fishing, hiking, horseback riding and tennis. Info: 540-839-1766, http:/
· Destination Resorts Hawaii is offering a Maui Mystery Vacation deal for stays through Dec. 18. Book a six-night vacation and receive discounts of at least $60 a night by agreeing to stay at a company-picked condominium or villa within any of the eight resorts in the Wailea or Makena areas. Package is $1,080 for six nights for two in a studio or one-bedroom unit; rates at the company's eight resorts normally start at $240 per night. Taxes and resort fees are about 16 percent extra. Info: 866-384-1366, http:/
· LaSource, an all-inclusive resort on the Caribbean island of Grenada, is offering discounted rates through Dec. 18. Rate starts at $225 per person per night double occupancy, a savings of $180 per couple. Price includes airport transfers, food and beverages, watersports, golf, various classes, a daily spa treatment and a daily dive for certified divers. During fall, minimum age at the 100-room resort is 16. Book by Oct. 31. Info: 888-527-0044, http:/
SEA
· Take a Caribbean cruise with Canadian Sailing Expeditions on the 76-passenger Caledonia and save up to $600 per person on select departures in November, December and April, or receive $300-per-person discounts on other departures December-March. For example, a six-night cruise departing Nov. 16 from Tortola to St. Maarten, with stops in Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, starts at about $1,610 per person double based on current currency exchange rates (plus $155 port taxes) after discount. Further discounts available for back-to-back cruises. Book by Sept. 30. Info: 877-429-9463, http:/
· Cruise West is waiving the single supplement fee and offering a $250 shipboard credit on its Nov. 24 Thanksgiving holiday departure of the 18-night Grand Asia itinerary. Price starts at $7,549 per person single or double; price for single would typically be $14,269. The trip includes two nights' hotel in Hanoi and the cruise aboard the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus from Haiphong, Vietnam, to Kobe, Japan. Port stops include Danang, Hue and Ha Long Bay in Vietnam; Hong Kong; Shanghai and Xiamen, China; and Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan. Info: 888-851-8133, http:/
· Carnival has last-minute deals on several cruises to the Western Caribbean, the Bahamas and Baja California , Mexico, departing this month. For example, an ocean-view cabin on a four-night cruise from Port Canaveral, Fla., to Freeport and Nassau in the Bahamas departing Sept. 28 starts at $199 per person double, plus $82 fuel surcharge and taxes ($562 per couple). Brochure rate is $979 per person double. Info: 888-227-6482, http:/
AIR
· Etihad Airways has sale fares on nonstop service from New York to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Round-trip fare is $999 (plus $63 taxes) for travel through Nov. 16. Fare on other airlines starts at $1,291 for connecting flights. Book online at http:/
