If you really love that Someone Special and want to share Valentine's Day in London together, hustle up and book an online trip there before January 13 to get $25 off an already low $469 price for a weekend in the British capital.
$469 is the regular price for a four-day/three-night package for Valentine's weekend that Virgin Vacations is promoting--you can book after January 13, 2003, but you won't get that $25 discount. The tour departs on Wednesday, February 13, 2003 and returns on Sunday, February 17, 2003. The package includes roundtrip economy airfare on Virgin Atlantic (out of New York's JFK, or Newark or Boston airports), meet & greet service upon arrival in London, roundtrip transport between the airport and hotel, three nights' lodging, hotel taxes and service charges and daily breakfast.
Virgin also throws in some extras to help you navigate the city and even save a little money on the ground. In addition to the big items of airfare and hotel, they throw in their own London City Guide (still, don't forget to take a copy of our reliable $-A-Day guide as well), discount dining coupons for the Maxwell Restaurant Group, value-added coupons to Vinopolis (a wine tasting attraction), and dollars-off coupons for airport discount parking, an off-site parking facility at your departure airport.
The $469 price is for starters, based on double occupancy and departures from the three East Coast airports mentioned above. Supplements are available for all other gateways. Prices don't include taxes and fees that vary per gateway but average around $100 extra.
Not into celebrating Valentine's Day? Virgin is offering other specials as well, including a six-night Harrod's shopping vacation from $499 (January is the time to shop in London, when all retailers hold their semi-annual sales); a "Midweek Fling" from $399 for six-nights hotel with air and breakfast through March; or the weeklong "Spotlight on Family" package that offers greatly reduced airfare and free accommodations for kids under 12 with two paying adults.
For more information on any of these specials or to make a reservation call Virgin Vacations at 888/YES-VIRGIN (same as 888/937-8474) between 9 and 9 on Monday through Friday, or between 10 and 6 on Saturday or Sunday EST or go online to www.virgin-vacations.com. To get information on their air-only rates to London and other international destinations, go to www.virgin.com/vacations-air.
