uroBound's eight-night Haunted England plan, departing Oct. 31, is tailor-made for clients who aren't afraid of things that go bump in the night.

Guided by noted "ghost authority" Richard Jones, the journey overnights in haunted inns and castles across England and tours various haunted attractions along the way. The Haunted England plan includes visits in London, the Cotswolds, Thornbury, Glastonbury, Cornwall and Dartmoor.

The land-only package is priced from $2,475 per person, double, and covers most meals, including daily English breakfast; entrance fees; and motorcoach transportation. Single supplement is $750.

EuroBound is paying 12% commission through the end of September, 10% thereafter.

EuroBound
Phone:
(888) 672-7476
Web:www.eurobound.com
E-mail:[email protected]

• • •

With the fall Broadway show season just underway, the Milford Plaza Hotel, located in the heart of New York's theater district, is offering a reduced rate through October. The nightly rate starts at $109 per room, double.

Tickets for all Broadway shows can be purchased at the theatre desk in the hotel lobby.

Milford Plaza Hotel
Phone:
(800) 221-2690 or (212) 869-3600
Web:www.milfordplaza.com

• • •

The Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Ocean Course will host the World Cup of golf this November, and clients are invited to attend by booking the South Carolina resort's four-night World Cup Golf package.

The package, valid for any four-night stay from Nov. 11 to 16, starts at $234 per person, per night.

The plan covers accommodations, a ticket book with tournament tickets for each day, three rounds of golf, a World Cup logo gift pack, full American breakfast daily and transportation to and from the tournament.

Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Phone:
(800) 654-2924
Web:www.kiawahresort.com

• • •

The Claremont Resort & Spa's Tour de Fall package, available through Nov. 30, offers a four-hour bike ride hosted by the resort's executive chef, Hans Wiegand, along his favorite California trails, including Grizzly Peak, Mount Diablo and Marin Headlands.

The plan covers two nights' accommodations, two 50-minute spa treatments and a gourmet meal prepared by Wiegand. Rates start at $535 per room, per night, double.

Claremont Resort & Spa
Phone:
(800) 551-7266
Web:www.kslresorts.com
GDSs: All systems

• • •

New Orleans' Hotel Monteleone and Taste of Adventure Tours partnered to create the New Orleans History ... With a Twist package, combining food and drink with the history of the city.

Offered Dec. 11 through 31, the plan includes two nights' accommodations at the Hotel Monteleone and two passes for Taste of Adventure Tours' Southern Comfort Cocktail tour and a walking tour of bars and restaurants in the French Quarter.

Also covered is a Vieux Carre cocktail at the Carousel Bar, and either Sunday brunch and Southern Comfort cocktails at Arnaud's restaurant, plus a tour of the Germaine Wells Mardi Gras Museum -- or lunch at New Orleans' first stand-up bar, Tujaque's.

Sunday- through Thursday-night stays are priced at $315, while Friday and Saturday stays are priced at $365. All rates are per person, double.

Hotel Monteleone
Phone:
(800) 535-9595 or (504) 523-3341
Web:www.hotelmonteleone.com or www.southerncomfortcocktailtour.com

• • •

As part of a partnership between Chicago's three Kimpton Boutique Hotels -- the Hotel Allegro, Hotel Burnham and Hotel Monaco -- and the Noble Fool Theater, the three properties are offering the Play the Fool plan through the end of the year.

Play the Fool includes deluxe accommodations for one night at one of the hotels and two tickets to the Noble Fool Theater for whatever show is playing.

The package price is $199 for Monday-through-Wednesday stays and $179 for Thursday-through-Sunday stays.

Chicago Kimpton Boutique Hotels
Phone:
(800) KIMPTON
Web:www.kimptongroup.com
GDSs: All systems

• • •

Single travelers looking for love might find it down at Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas in the British Virgin Isles in October, which the resort has declared Singles Month.

The property launched a Singles Sale featuring 50% off regular rates.

Throughout the month, the nightly rate for solo travelers is $77.50, while single friends traveling together can stay in the same room for $155.

Special touches include Singles Tables at Long Bay's eateries and a dedicated Matchmaking Concierge.

Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas
Phone:
(877) 906-2525
Web:www.longbay.com
E-mail:[email protected]
GDS: Sabre

• • •

Sunriver Resort (Ore.) created two golf packages, valid through the end of the golf season (around Oct. 31), with play on three championship courses.

The Resort Golf package includes accommodations, unlimited play on the Woodlands and Meadows courses, advance tee times, use of range balls and a golf cart and unlimited time on the putting course.

Meanwhile, the Crosswater Experience package includes one round per day at the Crosswater course in addition to all of the amenities in the Resort Golf package.

Rates start at $99 for the Resort Golf plan and $139 for the Crosswater Experience; rates are per person, per night. A two-night minimum stay is required.

Sunriver Resort
Phone:
(800) 547-3922
Web:www.sunriver-resort.com
GDSs: All systems

• • •

After the kids go back to school, Palm Beach Island's Colony Hotel is hosting the kind of camp where adults can have some fun.

Summer Camp for Stylish Adults is priced from $139 per night for two. The program includes full English breakfast for both guests. A minimum two-night stay is required, with extensions available for as long as desired.

Camp activities offered -- at a nominal cost -- include a champagne limousine tour of Palm Beach; croquet lessons and games; a Diva Duck amphibious tour; a Palm Beach Princess Casino ocean cruise; drink-making lessons at the Perfect Martini; a self-guided biking tour of Palm Beach; a massage or facial at Georgette Klinger; and golf on nearby courses.

The Colony Hotel
Phone:
(800) 521-5525
Web:www.thecolonypalmbeach.com
E-mail:[email protected]
GDSs: All systems

• • •

Due to the success of the film "Frida," the Frida Kahlo Weekend package at the Marquis Reforma Hotel in Mexico City has been extended through year's end.

The package, priced at $289 per room, per night, covers a tour of Mexico City with a bilingual guide, buffet breakfast for two, a $50 credit per room and all taxes and gratuities.

The tour includes a visit to the Frida Kahlo Museum, or Casa Azul, where the artist was born and died, and the Dolores Olmedo Patino Museum, which features a large collection of works of Kahlo and her husband, Diego Rivera.

Available Thursdays through Sundays with a minimum two-night stay required, a third night can be added for $155 per room.

Marquis Reforma Hotel
Phone:
(800) 235-2387
Web:www.marquisreformahl.com.mx

• • •

With a slew of pubs here and a variety of distilleries across the country, Edinburgh's Balmoral Hotel created the Whiskey Hopping Bed & Breakfast package, available through Nov. 30.

Nightly rates start at $200 per room, double, and include deluxe accommodations and full Scottish breakfast. VAT and service charges are not included.

Covered in the cost are the services of the hotel concierge, who will arrange all whiskey-related activities, which include distillery tours, blending tastings and themed dinners.

Transportation and entrance fees for the whiskey-related activities vary and are not included in the package rates.

Balmoral Hotel
Phone:
(011) 44-131 556-2414
Fax: (011) 44-131 557-8740
Web:www.roccofortehotels.com
E-mail:[email protected]

• • •

From red barns to orange pumpkins, American Orient Express is offering the colors of fall on its Autumn in New England and Quebec deluxe rail itinerary Thursdays through Oct. 16.

The seven-night journey departs roundtrip from Montreal for a journey through the Berkshires in Massachusetts; Burlington and the Green Mountains in Vermont; Quebec City; and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

The plan is priced from $3,190 per person, double, for six nights' accommodations in a Vintage Pullman cabin and an overnight at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal; most meals and all nonalcoholic beverages; and guided tours at each stop.

American Orient Express
Phone:
(800) 320-4206
Web:www.americanorientexpress.com

From Our Partners


From Our Partners

Unveiling Oceania Cruises’ New Voyages, Plus Caribbean Getaways
Unveiling Oceania Cruises’ New Voyages, Plus Caribbean Getaways
Register Now
TTC Tour Brands — How We Lead: What Tour Directors Know About Leadership
TTC Tour Brands — How We Lead: What Tour Directors Know About Leadership
Read More
Destinations on a Plate: Culinary Tourism
Destinations on a Plate: Culinary Tourism
Register Now

JDS Travel News JDS Viewpoints JDS Africa/MI