Travel Deals /Bargains from around the world
The week’s best travel bargains around the globe:
• The Blue, a new 240- suite property in Doral, Fla., just west of Miami, is offering Sneak-a-Peek rates for stays through Jan. 18. The introductory price starts at $189 (plus 13 percent tax) per night and applies to standard suites and one-bedroom units; regular rate is $245 per night for suites and $280 for deluxe suites. The 15-acre resort is adjacent to several golf courses. Rooms feature full kitchens and plasma TVs. Info: (877) 748-2583, www.theblue.com . • Get a fifth night free and a $100-per-room food and beverage credit at Curacao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino for stays through Nov. 29. The five-night Sand Dollar package in a resort-view room with balcony starts at $961 (including taxes) for as many as four guests, a savings of $240. The smoke-free resort, which sits on six oceanfront acres, offers an on-site dive and water sports center.Info: (800) 223-6388, www.curacaomarriott.com . • The five-star Stanley and Livingstone hotel in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is offering a discounted three-night package for stays through Dec. 21. The $525-per-person double package (savings of $175) includes accommodations, breakfasts, transfers from the Victoria Falls Airport, transportation to Victoria Falls and an elephant-back safari. The 16-suite hotel is in the 6,000-acre Victoria Falls Private Game Reserve.Info: 011-27-11-467-1277, www.raniresorts.com/luxury . Request promo code GTVLL08. • Save 20 percent on cruises along England’s River Thames aboard the luxury barge Magna Carta. Price is $3,040 per person double, a savings of $760, for April departures of the six-night cruise. The eight-passenger barge travels between Hampton Court Palace outside London and Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire; price includes transport between the boat and the Stafford Hotel in London. Price also includes several excursions, including tours of Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace. Book by Dec. 31. Info: 011-44-7836-551-912, www.magna-carta.co.uk . • A Senegal & the Gambia Roots and Culture Tour during Thanksgiving week, Nov. 22-29, is priced from $2,229 per person double, including taxes. The escorted trip, offered by Spector Travel of Boston, includes round-trip flights from New York to Dakar, Senegal; three nights at the Novotel Hotel in Dakar; two nights at the Sunbeach Hotel in Banjul, Gambia; land transport; several tours; and breakfasts. Priced separately, air and hotel, without tour, would cost about $2,050 per person.Info: (617) 351-0111, www.spectortravel.com . • Cruise West is waiving the single supplement fee and offering a $250 shipboard credit on its Nov. 24 Thanksgiving 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. Includes two nights’ hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam; the cruise aboard the 120-passenger Spirit of Oceanus from Haiphong, Vietnam, to Kobe, Japan. 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, www.cruisewest.com . Deals sell out quickly. Restrictions may apply.
