Travel Deals /Bargains from around the world
The week’s best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air:
• Voyages of Discovery is offering free airfare from Washington on several fall cruises aboard the MV Discovery. Deal applies to a 22-night itinerary departing Nov. 13 that includes two nights hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, and cruise from Lisbon to Buenos Aires, Argentina; a 36- night cruise-hotel package that includes the Lisbon-to-Buenos Aires itinerary, plus an ongoing voyage to Antarctica; and a 13- night Antarctica and Falkland Islands tour departing Dec. 3. Pricing varies. For example, the 22-night transatlantic itinerary is also offering two-for-one fares: First person pays $6,660 (plus $356 port charges and fees) and $395 air taxes and fuel surcharge, while the second person pays taxes and fees only. Value of airfare varies. Book by Aug. 15. Info: (866) 623-2689, www.voyagesofdiscovery.com . • European Destinations is offering a five-night Best of Switzerland package for summer travel. Prices vary by dates. Info: (877) 267-2247, www.europeandestinations.com . • One child age 4 to 12 sharing a room with two adults stays free at the all-inclusive Mango Bay in Barbados. The resort’s Family Package promotion also includes round-trip airport transfers, a $50 voucher toward a tour of Harrison’s cave and a welcome snack basket. Standard one-bedroom starts at $400 per couple per night (including taxes); extra guests normally cost $225 each per night, and transfers are valued at $90. Seven-night minimum required. Book by July 31 for travel
through Dec. 14. Info: (246) 432-1384, www.mangobaybarbados.com .
• Take a Rocky Mountaineer Vacations trip of five nights or longer that includes Goldleaf train service and receive a $600 per-couple Fairmont Hotels & Resorts gift card for future hotel stays or amenity purchases. Book by July 15, and travel through mid-October. Prices vary. The five-night Canadian Rockies Highlights trip, for example, starts at $2,639 per person double for Oct. 1-13 departures, plus 2.5 percent tax and $30 per-person fuel surcharge. The trip travels between Vancouver and Calgary and includes two-day train tour, motor coach transport and hotel. Info: (800) 665-7245, www.rockymountaineer.com . • Save $285 per person on Crystal Cruises’ New England & Canada fall cruises. The three 11-night cruises, which travel one way from New York to Montreal, start at $3,495 per person double, plus $430 port charges and $7 per-person per-day fuel surcharge. Depart Sept. 16, Sept. 27 (reverse itinerary) or Oct. 8. Info: (866) 446-6625, www.crystalcruises.com . • MSC Cruises is offering stateroom upgrades, plus children age 17 and younger sail free, on select Caribbean sailings of the MSC Lirica and the MSC Orchestra. For example, on the Dec. 13 sailing of the Lirica, the price for a family of four staying in an upgraded ocean-view cabin starts at $629 per adult, plus $83 taxes and fuel surcharges (children pay $42 taxes only). Brochure rate starts at $925 per adult and $425 per child. Book by June 30. Info: (800) 666-9333, www.msccruisesusa.com .
