Sep 11, 2007
From $549 per person, including round-trip trans-Atlantic airfare: "Mini Weekends" in Eastern Europe!
We're approaching the time of the "Mini Weekends" (4 days, 3 nights) in Europe, those fall/winter dates when trans-Atlantic airlines and tour operators create new formulas for enticing people onto planes. This year's pattern: leave Wednesday evening, return Sunday. Or leave Thursday evening, return Monday. And though numerous promoters will eventually offer special rates for such abbreviated air-and-land packages (we'll announce them as they appear), the distinguished Paul Laifer of Paul Laifer Tours (tel. 800/346-6314 or 973/887-1188; www.laifertours.com), a specialist to central and eastern Europe, is the first to announce the exact rates and features for such tiny trips. Provided only that you're able to cope with an inevitable jet lag, you can enjoy such a holiday (airfare, hotel, buffet breakfast daily) for as little as $549 per person.
To Prague, from November 15 to December 10, and from January 2 to March 31, Laifer will fly you round-trip on Czech Airlines from New York (add-on fares from most other major cities are only slightly more), put you up for three nights at the Hotel Charles, and serve you a full buffet breakfast every morning, for only $549 per person (taxes, security fees, and fuel surcharge add another $225).
To Budapest, this time from November 1 to December 10, and from January 2 to March 31, 2008, he'll again fly you round-trip from New York on Czech Airlines and put you up at the Hotel Radisson Beke for three nights, with full buffet breakfast daily, for $599 per person (plus taxes, security fees, and fuel surcharge totalling $264).
Studies show that many Americans divide their meager, two-weeks-or-so of vacation (Grrrr!) into several long-weekends. If that's your lot, you might want to consider a trip and a stay as exotic (Prague, Budapest) as these shortened weekends provide.
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To Prague, from November 15 to December 10, and from January 2 to March 31, Laifer will fly you round-trip on Czech Airlines from New York (add-on fares from most other major cities are only slightly more), put you up for three nights at the Hotel Charles, and serve you a full buffet breakfast every morning, for only $549 per person (taxes, security fees, and fuel surcharge add another $225).
To Budapest, this time from November 1 to December 10, and from January 2 to March 31, 2008, he'll again fly you round-trip from New York on Czech Airlines and put you up at the Hotel Radisson Beke for three nights, with full buffet breakfast daily, for $599 per person (plus taxes, security fees, and fuel surcharge totalling $264).
Studies show that many Americans divide their meager, two-weeks-or-so of vacation (Grrrr!) into several long-weekends. If that's your lot, you might want to consider a trip and a stay as exotic (Prague, Budapest) as these shortened weekends provide.
Write and read comments about this post.
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