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Perfect Escapes, the website that secures great discounts on luxury hotels around the world, has a good offer up in its listings. One of the nicer luxury hotels on Maui, the Maui Prince, is a quiet adult resort. If you book reservations through Perfect Escapes (offer OID: 350), you can get a romantic vacation on the best tropical vacation island in the world - and Luxury Travel's favorite of the Hawaiian chain - for a relatively cheap price.
The Perfect Escapes Maui Prince Hotel Vacation Package is good for three nights during the prime, peak tropical vacation travel season. Starting at $312 a night (remember this is a luxury hotel, I loved it there), you get a prime room with ocean views and a $100 resort credit redeemable for any on-site resort activities. This offer is good for 3 or more nights, from January 4 to March 31, 2008. Hawaii in the winter? Seriously - it's a great offer.
Posted by Jennifer W. Miner
Hotel Victor is pulling out all the stops for New Year's Eve. This great boutique hotel in South Beach, Florida has several extremely enticing packages for all you young folk who enjoy luxury travel to south Florida. And by young, I mean, like to party until 4 in the morning with live music and gorgeous fellow travelers. Hotel Victor in Miami is enjoyed throughout the year, of course - but it's when school's out (read: Christmas Break, Spring Break, etc) that the parties really get started.
The three Hotel Victor New Year's vacation packages are the New Year Party Essentials package, New Year's in Style travel package, and the Ultimate Sobe vacation package. Each of these South Beach vacation packages include tickets to the hotel party. What's so special about the hotel party? Well, Hotel Victor is hosting the Honey Brothers (featuring Entourage's Adrian Grenier) to perform on New Year's Eve, with an open bar starting at 10:00 PM. What a way to ring in the New Year! If I weren't in California, and around a decade too old, I'd want to get in on this celebration myself.
Posted by Jennifer W. Miner
Longtime readers of this travel blog probably know by now how much I love Hawaii. The snorkeling is some of the best in the world, the 5-star golf courses on Kauai make for the ultimate golf package vacations, and of course, Maui is close to perfect as a tropical vacation island can be.
It's hard to tear me away from staying at one of the best luxury hotels on Maui. Getting this luxury travel writer to Oahu definitely requires something special. And guess what? The Waikiki Parc Hotel has done it. The 4-star Waikiki Parc is known for its clean architectural lines and modern luxury accommodations in a boutique setting. With the Waikiki beach right outside the hotel and the relatively urban pleasures of Honolulu nearby, you'd think the Waikiki Parc Hotel wouldn't need to add any new enticements. Well, think again: Waikiki Parc Hotel is getting Chef Nobu Matsuhisa himself to come to the hotel's Nobu Waikiki restaurant on December 21-24. The famed sushi chef will display his culinary skills and sign cookbooks for lucky guests. And did I mention the gorgeously prepared Japanese food? Now, Nobu Matsuhisa's restaurants are among the top sushi restaurants here in the United States (the Nobu in Malibu is also quite a scene). The Nobu restaurant in Oahu is no different. The Waikiki Parc Hotel is turning this visit into a week-long celebration of this famous chef, culminating with a New Year's Eve exclusive omakase menu (chef's choice) at Waikiki Nobu. Personally, I can't imagine a better way to ring in the New Year.
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One of my two favorite luxury resorts in Montego Bay, Jamaica, has completed its new spa. This is good news for people who love Caribbean vacations! The Half Moon resort has been perfecting the new Fern Tree Spa, spending around $4 million dollars to make it as 5-star a luxury spa as possible. And, at 68,000 square feet, the Fern Tree Spa is practically as spacious as the Roman Baths. I can imagine having a spa package appointment, right after time spent in the Dolphin Lagoon...Forget the Ritz-Carlton next door, the Half Moon is quickly becoming the top choice for romantic, 5-star stays on Montego Bay.
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As thousands of Americans pack their bags and prepare to fly to relatives' homes for Thanksgiving, many understandably worry about arriving on time.
The latest on the airline industry is out, and the news isn't good. With more delays than ever, on-time performance this year is the worst it's been since landing times have started being collected (New York Times, Nov 15 2007). Jet Blue Airway's Valentine's Day debacle this past year has been echoed by other airlines similarly keeping passengers stewing in their seats for hours on the tarmac, higher fuel prices means higher airplane ticket prices, and British Airways has been socked with both a hefty fine for price-fixing and a class-action lawsuit.
It's enough to make those of us who don't have to fly for Thanksgiving, know what we have to be thankful for this year!
