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· St. Joseph Institute, a healing and wellness facility in central Pennsylvania , is offering $100 discounts on two of its packages. The Spa Lovers deal is $389 per person double weekdays ($429 weekends) and offers two nights' lodging, five meals and seven spa treatments, including a Swedish massage and a hot stone massage. The Friends Get Away promo starts at $249 per person double ($269 weekends) and includes two nights' accommodations, five meals and five spa treatments. Taxes are an extra 8.5 percent. Valid through Dec. 23. Info: 814-692-4954, http://www.stjosephinstitute.com.
· Two major rental car companies are offering half-off weekend rentals at off-airport locations throughout the country. In Maryland and Virginia, Enterprise Rent-a-Car (800-261-7331, http://www.enterprise.com) has economy cars starting at about $14 a day, plus about $1 taxes. The vehicle can be rented for three to five days, including a Friday through Monday, by June 30. Hertz (800-654-3131, http://www.hertz.com) is offering compact cars in Virginia and Maryland from about $20 a day, plus about $2 taxes, for three-day Friday-Monday rentals through Dec. 31; mention code FIFTY.
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· Stay at the luxury Four Seasons Resort on the Caribbean island of Nevis between Nov. 25 and Dec. 14 and receive a $100-a-night resort credit . Also, a family can save 50 percent on a second room for children. Rate for the first room starts at $475 per night (plus about $100 taxes and fees). With the Family Plan promotion, the second room starts at $238 (plus $55 taxes and fees). The West Indian Summer resort credit package applies to first room only. Info: 800-819-5053, http://www.fourseasons.com/nevis.
SEA
· Royal Caribbean has discounted a six-night Southern Caribbean sailing departing San Juan on Dec. 15. Price starts at $499 per person double (plus $202 taxes); brochure rate is $649, plus taxes. The cruise aboard the 2,501-passenger Serenade on the Seas visits St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; St. Maarten; St. Lucia; and Antigua. Info: 866-562-7625, http://www.royalcaribbean.com.
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· Book an 11-night Amazon Adventure cruise with Voyages of Discovery and receive $95 round-trip airfare (plus $326 fuel surcharge and taxes) from Washington to Montego Bay, Jamaica, with a return from Manaus, Brazil. Cruise fare ranges from $2,795 per person double for an interior cabin to $3,750 for a superior oceanview cabin. The 650-passenger MV Discovery departs April 3 and includes stops at several Caribbean islands and a 90-mile journey down the Amazon River. Priced separately, airfare is $1,039. Info: 866-623-2689, http://www.voyagesofdiscovery.com.
· RiverBarge is offering a last-minute special on its Dec. 4-8 Mississippi River cruise round trip from New Orleans. The deal, which starts at $1,385 per person double (including shore excursions, port charges, taxes and tips), includes a $50 onboard credit for each stateroom. Also, the single supplement has been reduced from 50 percent additional to 25 percent (single fare starts at $1,731). Info: 888-462-2743, http://www.riverbarge.com.
AIR
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· Virgin Atlantic has sale fares on its Upper Class (business class) service from Washington Dulles to London . Round-trip fare is $2,577 , including about $251 taxes. Deal is good for travel Dec. 22-Jan. 15 (no flights Dec. 25); book by Nov. 27. Other airlines are matching, but fare is typically about $3,750. Info: 800-821-5438, http://www.virginatlantic.com.
· American Airlines has sale fares to ski destinations in Colorado and Wyoming . For example, fly round trip from Reagan National to Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden, Colo., 22 miles from Steamboat ski resort, for $321 round trip, including $42 taxes. Travel Dec. 13-March 11, excluding holiday blackout dates. Book by Nov. 28. Other airlines are matching, but fare usually starts at about $390. Buy at http://www.aa.com, or pay $10 more at 800-433-4300.
PACKAGES
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· The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism has joined with several travel providers to offer discount deals to the Bahamas this fall and winter. Purchase a package with an American Express card for travel through Feb. 14 (book by Nov. 30) and save $100 on two-night stays and $200 on three-night packages. Also, several hotels in Nassau and on Paradise Island are offering discounts of up to 50 percent, and participating hotels on Grand Bahama Island are offering a free night stay on at least four nights. For example, a mid-January package with nonstop air from Reagan National to Nassau and three nights at the Sheraton Cable Beach Resort starts at $984 per couple (including taxes) when booked with an American Express card. Purchased separately, the deal would cost $1,307. Info: 800-435-3760, http://www.bahamas.com.
· Premier Tours is offering a 19-night Overland Explorer tour of South Africa for $2,995 per person double (plus about $250 taxes). Tour includes round-trip air from Washington to Johannesburg; intra-Africa flight; 19 nights in 10 camps, inns and tents (sleeping bags required); most meals; ground transportation; and daily activities, including game-viewing excursions. For lowest prices, travel through Dec. 6 or Jan. 7-March 31. Priced separately, lodging and flights alone cost about $2,848. Info: 800-545-1910, http://www.premiertours.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.
