November 12, 2003 -- The Sonesta Hotels (tel. 800/SONESTA; www.sonesta.com) chain is a pretty exclusive bunch of properties, so it's quite something when they offer rates as low as $99 or a second room free. These and several other reduced rates from Sonesta are well worth looking into if you want to step above budget-priced properties and sleep in snazzier quarters this winter.
In New Orleans, the town puts on a month-long citywide promotion, so the Royal Sonesta, 300 Bourbon Street (tel: 504/586-0300; www.sonesta.com/neworleans_royal)here offers special "Papa Noel" rates of $99 to $109 for its guestrooms, and has a special Reveillon Creole-style feast for $45 per person. From December 31, 2003 through January 3, 2004, the hotel has "Sugar Bowl" rates starting at $289 per night, so you can see the value of heading home before the football fever sets in.
At Sonesta Hotel & Suites in Coconut Grove, 2889 McFarlane Road (tel. 305-529-2828; www.sonesta.com/coconut_grove) you can get a second room free until December 20, 2003, your first room price starting from $199 for city views and from $219 for bay views.
Have you booked a cruise out of the Port of Miami and not quite figured out whether to stay in town the night before or after the ship leaves or arrives? You'll like a pre- and post-cruise package with transfers dreamed up by the Sonesta in Key Biscayne, Coconut Grove and Sunny Isles Beach. The deal is available from now through December 20, 2004. Lodging, transfers, daily breakfast and welcome drink are included, with rates starting from $119 per room in Coconut Grove, $175 in Sunny Isles Beach and $196 in Key Biscayne. For more information, click here.
In Boston, the Royal Sonesta, Five Cambridge Parkway (tel. 617/806-4200; www.sonesta.com/boston has a Shopping Escape Weekend, available through February 28, 2004 (excluding the holidays in February), starting at $129 per night. The promotion includes a free Boston USA Specials Shopping Card for discounts in the area, and your choice of continental breakfast or overnight parking. There's also a free shuttle service to shopping and historic points of interest in Boston and Cambridge.
Other deals at Sonestas worldwide might interest you as well. There are holiday rates at the New Orleans property, Chateau Sonesta, (tel. 504/586-0800; www.chateausonesta.com); a winter golf special at the Sonesta Resort & Country Club Tuscany in Italy (www.sonesta.com/tuscany_resort/); specials at their three properties in Peru -- in Lima, Cusco and Yucay (www.sonesta.com/corporate/south-america.asp). Early in 2004, Sonesta's first hotel in Brazil, the Sao Paulo Ibirapuera (www.sonesta.com/saopaulo) will have special deals at this location. For the complete informations on all deals visit their general site at www.sonesta.com.
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