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Helicopter to Your Private Island, Just off Fiji

You can live like a celebrity when you sign up for "Fiji's Ultimate Experience," a package being offered by Outrigger Hotels & Resorts, yet not break your bank account, as prices…

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Tequila Martinis for Santa, Mistletoe for the Missus

The traditional Christmas of ornamented trees it's not, but Yuletide in Mexico (it is the home of the poinsettia, after all) can be a lot of fun, particularly if you celebrate it at…

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Twice Tahiti For Under $200 Per Day, Including Air

Two separate one-week Tahiti packages are on offer from Islands in the Sun, specialists in travel to those fantasy-drenched spots, trips they claim give you savings of up to $1,600 per…

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Money-Saving Malta: Air, a Week's Hotel, Morning Meals and More Out of Three U.S Cities, Plus You Can Affordably Add On a Multitude of Other European Cities All for Under $100 a Day

The Mediterranean archipelago-nation of Malta is barely a blip on most travelers' radar and for no good reason. It's temperate and mostly dry year-round. It offers some of the best…

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Captains Courageous, Prices Outrageous: Five Days in Tropical Tahiti from $739

For only three specific Wednesday departures, exotic discounter Discover Wholesale Travel is practically giving the store away with this five-day air/hotel package to Tahiti in October…

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Ply Me a River: A Florida to (and through) South America Cruise from $80 a Day

The Orinoco and Amazon rivers are the stars of this January 2003 cruise on the Royal Olympic's Olympia Voyager. Well, the rivers and the price. This 17-day excursion out of Ft.…

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Help Costa Rican Kids & Enjoy a Beachy, All-Inclusive Vacation, too!

Exotic discounter Sunny Land Tours is offering an eight-day beach experience in Costa Rica that simultaneously benefits Costa Rican children. The vacation starts at just $799,…

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Thai-riffic Southeast Asian Tours: Airfare, Two-weeks Lodgings, Beaucoup Tours and Some Meals from as Low as $1,395

Just in time for the Survivor: Thailand premier, that exotic tour packager, Djoser, has assembled two exciting and active journeys to this former Kingdom of Siam this fall and winter…

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Ancient Lines and Tan Lines: 16 Active Days South of the Border from $1,545 Includes Airfare, Lodging, Ground Transportation and Some Meals

For just under $100 a day, discount outfitter Djoser will fly you out of LAX for an over two-week adventure exploring the wonders of Mexico's ancient civilizations, natural marvels and…

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Pay Now, Stay Free Later, at Super Clubs

If you pay for a September 2002 stay at a SuperClubs, you can return in 2003 for free, they say. Prices now aren't that bad, either, beginning at $94 per person per night,…

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Package Touring Hawaii: Some Options from Budget to Upscale

Having studied the brochures of several tour operators, I find myself asking why should I take a packaged vacation to Hawaii this winter? And the answer I keep coming up with is: "A…

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Hawaii Simply Affordable With Ohana SimpleSaver

American Airlines Vacations has come up with a neat idea, encouraging you to go to Hawaii with a SimpleSaver deal, for instance, at the Ohana Maui Islander hotel on the gorgeous island…

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A Small Dose of the DR for a Small Price: All-Inclusive Caribbean Getaways from $249

Seasonal rate fluctuations and empty spaces sometimes combine for some of the best last-minute specials, and this one is a prime example. Starting from as low as $249, you can get…

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Companion Flies Free, Both Drive Free on Classic Hawaii Trip

The consumer is in the driver's seat in these days of empty hotel rooms and quarter-empty airplanes, and the latest deal from Classic Custom Vacations helps prove the point. They have…

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Mature Island, Mature Savings: Landmark Hotel Slashes Rates for Seniors on Historic Nantucket

Lying some 30 miles off-shore from Cape Cod, the island of heaths, cranberry bogs and sand is too-oft passed over for more it's faster paced sister, Martha's Vineyard--favorite spot of…

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Free Night in Florida Hotels on September 11 when You Pay for an Adjoining Night

The trend of giving freebies on the anniversary of the last years' attacks appears to be growing, this time with hotels. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau…

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Kenya Dig It? Blow a C-Note off Already Low Prices for African Safaris; the Same for Southeast Asia Treks

Stunning sights--and stunning savings--await you on two separate, but equally life-changing adventures available this fall and winter from Djoser.The first? An 18-day/16-night safari…

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Tips from the Publisher: Vacationers' Caribbean Favorites

Don't forget about off-season Caribbean destinations--you can find some great bargains and have spacious beaches all to yourself. See what readers have to say about their favorite…

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Great PR for PR: Free Airfare to Puerto Rico When You Book a Minimum Five-Night Stay, Now Extended through August 30

The Puerto Rican Tourism Company is offering for the third time in the span of only one year their incredible free airfare-for-rooms deal. That's right, free airfare. Of course, it's…

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Almost Eco-Touring the Mayan Riviera

Bob Fisher highlights what to see and do in this popular vacation region.

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Kids Stay Free, Rates Go Low, at Breezes Curacao

The Dutch island of Curacao is a fine place for beach activities and water sports (think snorkeling, for instance), and it's also a gaming destination (think casinos). It seems an…

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A Cache of Cruises for Fall and Winter--Bahamas, Caribbean, Panama and More

While it's those last minute bargain hawkers, Moment's Notice, serving up these savings at sea, you still have enough time to plan an end-of-the-year trip, starting as low as $139 for…

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Viva la Savings on All-Inclusives for the Family in the Bahamas, the DR and Mexico

Dominican Republic based Viva, that well-known chain of modestly priced resorts, has a double promotion going on for now and autumn. They are offering up to 10% off rates in three of…

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Sashay to Tampa Bay for Beaucoup Budget Friendly Hotel Stays, Plus Museum Tix and More

Yes, it makes for hot summer down in Florida, but not as bad as it is in, say, Phoenix or New Orleans. So if you like warm weather and plenty of sunshine, Tampa Bay has some good…

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Willing Castaways on a Caribbean Honeymoon

Little visited Petit St. Vincent might just turn out to be the best wedding present for our travel editor, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin.