What's the Deal?
The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.
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LAND
* Hit the slopes one last time this season with a deal from Killington in Vermont. Ski and stay for three nights and pay for two through April 20. Prices vary. For example, a couple staying for three nights midweek at the one-bedroom Edgemont condominiums, less than a mile from the slopes, pays about $455 (includes lift tickets and taxes), a savings of about $185. Info: 866-233-0826, http:/
* Passages of Distinction is offering reduced prices on Casa Di Palma, a two-bedroom apartment in the Italian town of Maiori on the Amalfi Coast. Book a high-season visit (April 15-Oct. 15) by April 30 and receive a 10 percent discount; rate after discount is $290 a night, including taxes. Three-night minimum required. Or stay for seven nights and receive two nights free; high-season rate after discount is $1,625 for the week with taxes. Info: 973-838-0899, http:/
* Take a rail trip across Canada from Toronto to Vancouver for half-price. VIA Rail is offering the discount aboard Canadian on Comfort Class (economy) tickets through June 14, and on Silver & Blue (sleeper) class through May 31. One-way economy rate starts at $387 per adult; rate for sleeper berth for two starts at about $1,455. Some dates are sold out. Purchase by March 31. Info: 888-842-7245, http:/
SEA
* Save 50 percent on Seabourn's Sept. 6 sailing aboard the Seabourn Legend from Barcelona to Nice, France. Fares start at $3,588 per person double (plus $20 taxes). Info: 800-929-9391, http:/
* French Country Waterways has reduced its rates by as much as 43 percent on July and August cruises along the canals of France. A six-night cruise through Burgundy aboard the 18-passenger Esprit, for example, starts at $2,995 per person double (taxes included), a savings of $2,300. Rate includes drinks, wine and daily excursions. Info: 800-222-1236, http:/
AIR
* AirTran is holding a systemwide sale for travel through Nov. 12. Fares range from $64 to $159 each way from BWI, $89 to $159 from Dulles, and $94 to $159 from National. Round-trip fare for nonstop flights from BWI to Rochester , N.Y., for example, is $159 (including taxes); fare on other airlines starts at $200. Cheapest fares are for Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday travel; 10-day advance purchase required. Purchase by April 8 at http:/
* Virgin Atlantic has sale fares to London for spring travel. Round-trip fare for nonstop flights from Washington Dulles is $600 , including $170 taxes; other airlines are matching. Travel April 2-May 25; seven-day advance purchase and Saturday night minimum stay required. Buy by April 2. Info: 800-821-5438, http:/
PACKAGES
* British Airways is offering packages to London, Paris, Rome, Athens and Prague. Prices with three nights' hotel range from $660 per person double to London to $963 to Athens; taxes of $164-$240, depending on destination, are extra. For example, a three-night trip to Prague in mid-May with airfare from Washington Dulles and lodging at the Ibis Prague Karlin starts at about $1,073 per person double, including taxes; priced separately, the package would cost about $380 more per couple. Depart by May 22; some dates are sold out. Book by May 15 by calling 877-428-2228. Info: http:/
* Book by March 31 and save $200 per couple on a Historic Yangtze Highlights tour from China Travel Service. The trip now starts at $2,689 per person double for the Dec. 4 departure. (Ten other departures are available at higher prices.) Price includes airfare from Washington to Beijing, returning from Shanghai; three-night cruise on the Yangtze River with Victoria Cruises; four nights in Beijing; two nights in Xian; three nights in Shanghai; some meals; sightseeing; land transport; and guide. Priced separately, air, hotel and cruise alone would cost $200 more per couple. Info: 800-899-8618, http:/
-- 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.
