May 26, 2012
  • Travel deals for getting around abroad

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    Getaway Deals

    JetBlue is offering a variety of well-priced domestic flights, including tickets from Kennedy Airport to Portland, Me. (starting at $71 each way), Denver, Co. (starting at $114 each way), Burbank, Calif. (starting at $149 each way), and Tampa, Fla. (starting at $104 each way). jetblue.com

    European Package

    Gate 1 Travel has a six-night package to Paris, London and Rome starting at $1,133 per person double. The package includes round-trip airfare from New York to London, returning from Rome; a one-way Eurostar rail ticket from London to Paris; one-way airfare from Paris to Rome; two nights' lodging, including breakfast, in each of the three cities; and taxes (except a Rome city hotel tax of about $14 per couple that will be collected separately). Cheapest rate applies to Jan. 10 and 24 departures, but other dates are also available at slightly higher rates.

    Priced separately, the package would cost at least $1,329 per person, for a savings of $392 per couple. Book by Nov. 6 for best price; include promo code WPLPR150. 800-682-3333, gate1travel.com.

    Caribbean/Latin America

    Get a fourth night free and a $100 resort credit at five resorts in the Caribbean and Latin America. The deal, good for stays through Dec. 17, applies to Doubletree Resort by Hilton Costa Rica Puntarenas and to Hilton's Barbados Resort, Curacao hotel, Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort and Papagayo Costa Rica Resort & Spa. Prices vary by resort. For example, save $272 on a four-night stay at the Hilton Barbados; the price for four nights after the discount starts at $816, including tax. Deadline to book is Nov. 30. Nonrefundable prepayment is required, and the fourth night is refunded at checkout. Advance-purchase requirements vary by property. 800-445-8667, hilton.com.

    Sicily Special

    Central Holidays is offering a Sicily Off-Season Special for travel through March 23. A package with seven nights' accommodation at the Hotel Sporting Baia in Giardini Naxos, daily breakfast and dinner, seven-day car rental and taxes starts at $1,138 per couple, a savings of $209. The bay-front hotel near Taormina has a private beach and views of Mount Etna. 800-935-5000, centralholidays.com/packages.  

    (with Washington Post)

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