May 7, 2003 -- If you book by June 6, 2003, you can take your friend along with comped airfare when you buy a vacation package to Europe for travel now through early fall. This deal's offered by United Vacations, with prices as low as a combined $799 for two persons on four-night packages to London out of New York or Boston. (That's just under $400 per person.)
With each vacation, you get, for two persons, four nights in the hotel, daily breakfast for two, a guidebook and city map for London, Paris, Amsterdam and Rome vacations, services of the company's office in London, hotel taxes and service fees and 24-hour traveler assistance.
In London, you stay at the Craven Gardens, a tourist-class hotel. Additional gateways to London include:
- Washington, D.C. for $849
- Los Angeles $954
- Chicago $959
- San Francisco $969
- Seattle $999
- Denver $1,004
- Portland OR $1,054
Paris vacations for two persons will put you into the Ibis Porte de Clichy, with prices starting at $899 from New York and Boston, $969 from Chicago, $984 from Washington, D.C., $1,004 from Los Angeles or San Francisco; $1,079 from Seattle, $1,104 from Portland OR and $1,194 from Denver.
You can also get one "free flight" savings to other popular destinations in Europe, including Amsterdam, Rome, Munich and Vienna.
Prices are based on double occupancy and are for travel through June 15 to qualify for the free airfare. After that, the same packages are available at higher prices through October 31, 2003. Prices don't include airport charges and taxes, which may be as high as $131 per person. You'll fly on United Airlines or possibly one or more of its partners, which include Lufthansa, SAS, Austrian, bmi (formerly known as British Midland) and Spanair.
For more information or to purchase, go online to www.unitedvacations.com/spec/europe.asp or phone 888/328-6877 and ask for the "Friends Fly Free Vacation" promotion.