August 10, 2004 -- Everything seems right with the world when you're lying in the shade under a palm tree,with a cool drink in hand, watching the waves lap the shore. Consider these offers South of the Border to reinstate your piece of mind.
Pleasant Holidays is offering a free night in two Starwood resorts in Cancun with deals at the Westin Resort & Spa and at the Sheraton Cancun Resort & Towers. The promotion is good for travel between August 21 and December 23, 2004, for four-night, land-only programs, based on double occupancy and including roundtrip airport transfers, lodging, all hotel taxes and surcharges, and more.
At the Westin, prices start at $202 per person, while at the Sheraton, prices start at a dollar less ($201) per person. If you fly in from Los Angeles, you can buy Pleasant Holidays' scheduled, nonstop service on ATA Airlines every Saturday. They have seven-night, air-inclusive packages from LAX, with prices on request.
The same firm has added the Quinta Real properties to their line of luxury offerings in Mexico, with resorts of that chain in Acapulco, Huatulco and Puerto Vallarta. Four-night, land-only holidays start at $456 per person at the Quinta Real Acapulco, from $475 in Puerto Vallarta and from $477 in Huatulco. This gets you a master or grand class suites, with ocean or garden view, whirlpool tubs, spa facilities, beach and water activities, nearby golf and daily free American breakfasts. Starting January 1, 2005, Pleasant Holidays will also be offering Quinta Real properties in Aguascalientes, Guadalajara, Monterrey, San Miguel de Allende and Zacatecas.
Finally, Pleasant Holidays is selling a twofer at the Villa Del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa in Puerto Vallarta between September 7 and 30, 2004. You get one night free for every night you purchase, as long as you stay a minimum of three nights. Four-night, land-only holidays start at just $151 per person that includes the room, roundtrip airport transfers, all hotel taxes and surcharges.
For information on all the above Pleasant Holiday offers, check out www.pleasantholidays.com or phone 800/448-3333.
Top of the Line Savings
As part of a worldwide "Stay & Save" program at its luxury resort properties, Le Meridien Cancun Resort & Spa has a ten-night offer that includes three free nights. It usually costs from $1,200, but this
rate is from only $840 per room, making a savings of $360. For ten nights, that works out to just $84 a night per room. The program is in effect from September 1, 2004 through February 28, 2005, at more than 40 resorts in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, the West Indies, the Middle East, Africa and the Indian Ocean. Prices differ from resort to resort, of course. Contact them at www.lemeridien.com or by phoning 800/543-4300.