What's the Deal?

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

LAND

· The New Yorker Hotel in midtown Manhattan is offering rooms for $139 a night (plus $22 taxes) single or double, including continental breakfast. Deal is good for travel in January and February; blackout dates Feb. 5-10 and 13-18. Rooms usually range from $149 to $209 a night (plus taxes), and breakfast costs $12 per person. Info: 800-764-4680, http://www.newyorkerhotel.com. If reserving by phone, request Surprise Winter Rate.

· Book a four-night package and receive free lodging and ski lift tickets on Christmas Day with a deal from Mammoth Mountain in central California. A package for two with lodging at the Tamarack Lodge is $1,469, including taxes. Priced separately, the deal would cost $1,817. Dec. 21 check-in required. Also, new nonstop service on Horizon Air from Los Angeles to Mammoth Lakes, scheduled to begin Dec. 18, starts at $168 round trip; hotel transfers are free. Info: 800-626-6684, http://www.mammothmountain.com.

· The Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, a beachfront property in Destin on Florida's Emerald Coast, is offering $99-per-night rates (plus 11 percent tax) through Dec. 30, a savings of $40. Deal must be booked by phone; call 800-367-1271 and request code HS. Resort information: http://www.hiltonsandestinbeach.com.

SEA

· Kids age 12 and younger sail free on three-night cruises from Port Canaveral, Fla., to the Bahamas aboard the Disney Wonder. Offer applies to most three-night Disney Cruise Line sailings Jan. 22-May 28. Prices vary by date of travel and stateroom. For example, the March 5 departure starts at $833, including $135 taxes, for a family of four, a savings of $598. Info: 888-325-2500, http://www.disneycruise.com/kidsfree. Request code FREE.

· The Yachts of Seabourn has discounted seven European sailings by 60 percent. For example, a seven-night Cote D'Azur & Spanish Isles cruise aboard the Seabourn Legend departing June 20 starts at $2,840 per person double, plus about $44 taxes. Brochure rate was $7,100. Book by Dec. 15; cruises depart April-August. Info: 800-929-9391, http://www.seabourn.com.

· Kids sail free and adults receive free airfare on select Regent Seven Seas Alaskan cruises in June, July and August. For example, on the June 17 sailing of the Seven Seas Mariner between Vancouver and Seward, Alaska, the price for a couple with one child in a Category H suite starts at $4,050 per adult (plus $470 port charges and taxes; air included); the child pays port charges/taxes and airfare (flight is about $450 round trip, purchased separately through the airline). A family of four must stay in a larger suite, which starts at $6,150 per adult, plus taxes. Book by Dec. 31. Info: 800-285-1835, http://www.rssc.com.

AIR

· Air New Zealand has sale fares from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Australia for flights departing May 1-31. Round-trip fare to Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast, Melbourne or Sydney starts at $898, plus taxes of about $120. Sale fare allows stays of up to 350 days. Purchase by Dec. 15 at http://www.airnewzealand.com. Other airlines are matching; fares typically run about $300 higher.

· Virgin Atlantic has sale fares from Washington Dulles to London. Round-trip fare is $570, with $144 taxes. Travel Jan. 11-March 22; purchase by Dec. 15. Other airlines are matching. Minimum Saturday night stay; maximum stay is one month. Info: 800-821-5438, http://www.virginatlantic.com.

· Sign up for OpenSkies' e-newsletter and receive $250 savings on a round-trip ticket from New York to Amsterdam or Paris. Before the savings, round-trip premium-plus economy fare starts at $1,637 (including taxes) to either destination. Business-class seats also qualify for savings. Sign up at http://www.flyopenskies.com; savings code is then e-mailed to you. Complete travel by April 30.

PACKAGES

· With Springboard Vacations, save nearly $2,000 per person on a vacation to the Vatulele Island Resort in Fiji. The seven-night trip for $3,995 per person double (plus $80 taxes) includes round-trip air from Los Angeles to Nadi, Fiji; air transfers from Nadi to Vatulele Island; lodging in a deluxe bure (thatch-roofed cabin); and all meals and drinks. The luxury resort, with a staff of 110, has a maximum occupancy of 19 couples. Priced separately, airfare would cost $1,354 per person, and a week at the all-inclusive resort $9,361 per couple, for a savings of $3,919 per couple. Book by Jan. 31, and travel Jan. 4-March 31. Info: 866-447-7746, http://www.springboardvacations.com.

· Foreign Independent Tours is offering savings of $300 to $400 on its South Africa Sampler tour for departures through March. Price starts at $2,699 per person double (plus $219 taxes) for the trip departing March 25, a savings of $300. Package includes round-trip airfare from Washington Dulles to Cape Town; 11-day rental of a Hertz manual-transmission car; three nights at the Cape Manor Hotel in Cape Town; one night at the Protea Hotel in Franschhoek; one night at the Thorntree in Klein Karoo; two nights at Cuningham's Island Guest House in Knysna; daily breakfasts; and three nights at the Amakhala Game Reserve's Woodbury Lodge near Port Elizabeth (all meals and drinks included) with six game drives. Book by Jan. 31. Info: 800-248-3487, http://www.fittours.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.