Now that the holidays are over, it’s the best time of the year to go on vacation.
The holiday surge in air travel has settled and many hotels and resorts around the world are finding that their guests have left them desolate and deserted. The majority of people are heading back to work and have no intention of taking a vacation until this Spring.
So between now and March is an optimal time to take a vacation. Prices are extremely low, the resorts are empty, and the airlines have plenty of available seats.
I have mentioned the FREE airline ticket offer and the FREE 6 nights hotel offer in previous posts, however I would save those offers for times of the year when it’s really expensive to travel rather than using them when everything is cheap.
Some current hot offers are:
$200.00 per person - Chicago - Flight - 3 nights hotel
$350.00 per person - Las Vegas - Flight - 3 nights hotel
$450.00 per person - Carribean - Flight - 3 nights hotel
$490.00 per person - Oahu, Hawaii - Flight - 4 nights hotel
Sandals All-Inclusive Resorts
Sandals resorts are located on some of the nicest beachfront settings of the Carribean Islands. They are extremely upscale high-end resorts. For one price you get unlimited fine dining, top-shelf bar drinks, scuba diving and watersports, golf, unlimited use of all amenities, and all airport transfers, taxes, and gratuities included for one low price.
Right now they are offering 45-50% off all their resport packages.
Jamaica - Was $1100 (3 nights) - Now $550 (3 nights) - 50% off
St. Lucia - Was $1170 (3 nights) - Now $585 (3 nights) - 50% off
the Bahamas - Was $1175 (3 nights) - Now $764 (3 nights) - 45% off
Antigua - Was $2200 (3 nights) - Now $1100 (3 nights) - 50% off
Cheap Tickets Last Minute Cruise Deals
Cheaptickets.com (aka Orbitz.com) consistently has the best deal on airfare 90% of the time. Right now they are offering some killer deals on last minute airfare and cruise packages.
3 night Bahamas Cruise
Carnival - from $219
Royal Caribbean - from $249
Disney - from $2995 night Carribean
Carnival - from $219
Royal Carribean - from $319
Celebrity - from $339
Mexico
3 night (Royal Caribbean) - from $199
4 night (Carnival) - from $199
7 night (Holland America) - from $449
Last Minute Travel
Last Minute Travel offers awesome airlines, hotel, cruise, and package deals if you book your trip with less than 30 days in advance. Great hotel deals in over 250 cities for less than $100 a night. Check them out!
Travelocity
Travelocity has tons of great hotel and airlines deals including hundreds of trips that you can take for less than $250 per person with both airfare and hotel accomodations included for 3-5 nights. Go to “last minute packages” and then to “trips under $250″ for details!
Use the promotion code: SAVE50 to take an additional $50 off your purchase with travelocity.
Hotels.com
Hotels.com has the best deals on hotels out there guarenteed. However, their airfare and vacation packages are not as good as some of the other companies such as CheapTickets (Orbitz). Use them when you only need hotel reservations without any airfare.
Cheap Carribean
Cheap Carribean has the best priced package deals for trips to the Carribean, Mexico, and Bermuda. They generally have the best deal on hotel/airfare packages or all-inclusive packages.
Current deals include:
Dominican Republic - Punta Cana - 5 nights, airfare, room upgrade, all inclusive resort - $699 per person
Mexico - Los Cabos - 6 Days/5 All Inclusive Nights with Air! - $599 per person
Mexico - Puerto Vallarta - 4 Days/3 Nights with Air - $439 per person
you are correct… right now airlines and hotel prices have plummeted… but in 2-3 weeks they will be even cheaper than now.
some of those cruise deals are really good. i so want to go on a cruise to the bahamas so that i can smoke some ganja, drink some fruity tropical drinks and have hot sex on the beach.
Living in the snowbelt I’m usually looking for a quick winter escape come Jan or Feb. Have been to Mexico many times, the Carribean, St.Martin. Was online yesterday looking at the Sandals resorts. Have never done an all inclusive and might give it a try.
The Sandals Resorts are really nice. It’s a great deal to stay at such a nice place where you get to eat and do all your activities for the same price. With these vacations you have a better idea what you are spending beforehand and won’t get surprised afterwards. It’s easier to budget that way!
These are good vacation deals. I was planning on going to Mexico during the sprint for margeritas and senoritas!
airlines rates are already starting to rise in anticipation for spring.