uest Tours &
Adventures is leading the bravest of clients on a
seven-night, land-only tour of Hungary and Romania
in search of Vlad the Impaler's -- better known as Dracula -- home.
The Tour of Transylvania starts and ends in
Bucharest, Hungary, and travels to Sibiu, Sighisoara and Sinaia,
Romania, places made famous by the legend of Dracula.
Highlights of the itinerary include a full day of touring in
Bucharest, a Halloween ball in Sighisoara and a visit to Dracula's
Castle in Bran Village, Romania.
The program is priced from $875 per person, double, and includes
accommodations, some meals, motorcoach transportation, entrance
fees and the services of an English-speaking guide. A single
supplement is available for $196.
Commission is 10%; 15% on bookings of six or more.
Quest Tours & Adventures
Phone: (800) 621-8687
Web:www.romtour.com
E-mail:[email protected]
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Clients can spend time Williamsburg, Va., the 18th century
capital of Virginia -- and maybe meet some of the ghosts still
living near both the Williamsburg Inn and the Colonial
Houses -- through the Ghosts and Legends
package, available at both properties through Nov. 23.
The program covers over-night accommodations, daily breakfast, a
ticket to the Williamsburg historic area, dinner at one of Colonial
Williamsburg's taverns, a lantern-guided ghost tour and a themed
gift.
Nightly rates at the Williamsburg Inn start at $211 per person,
double, while rates for the Colonial Houses are from $156 per
person, double. There is a two-night minimum stay required.
Williamsburg Inn & Colonial Houses
Phone: (800) HISTORY or (757) 229-1000
GDS: All systems
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Clients visiting Reid's Palace in Funchal,
Portugal, will feel like they have stepped into a game of "Clue"
the nights of Nov. 21, 26 and 28, when the hotel hosts its own
Murder Mystery Dinners.
During each dinner, actors will mingle with guests, telling
tales of secrets and greed that will culminate in a "murder."
Guests will try to solve the murder mystery and, as the evening
draws to a close, the real culprit will be revealed.
The Murder Mystery plan features a three-night
stay in a superior room, daily breakfast and the Murder Mystery
Dinner.
The cost starts at about $736 per person, double.
Reid's Palace
Phone: (800) 223-6800, via the Leading Hotels of the
World
Web:www.reidspalace.orient-express.com
GDS: All systems
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Panama City Beach, Fla.'s Edgewater Beach
Resort is giving golfers something to swing about with the
Breakfast and Birdies package, valid through Dec.
30.
Breakfast and Birdies offers overnight accommodations, one round
of golf, breakfast at the Palapa Beach Club, use of a golf cart and
a bucket of range balls, a customized bag tag, access to the
resort's health club, golf shoe and club cleaning and
transportation to the course.
Rates start at $95 per person, per night, based on quad
occupancy in a two-bedroom golf villa.
Edgewater Beach Resort
Phone: (800) 874-8686
Web:www.edgewaterbeachresort.com
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In time for the holidays, agents can sell clients commissionable
gift certificates, valid for stays at Canyon Ranch Health
Resorts in Arizona and Massachusetts.
The certificates are good for three-, four- and seven-night
packages, with rates starting at $1,520 per person, double, for
three nights at the Lenox, Mass., resort.
Packages include accommodations, meals, fitness classes,
transfers and spa services.
Canyon Ranch Health Resorts
Phone: (800) 742-9000
Web:www.canyonranch.com
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As the leaves fall, so do the rates at Aspen's Hotel
Jerome.
Through Nov. 21, clients can enjoy the Autumn in Aspen
package, with rooms priced at $125 per night. The nightly
rate represents a savings of up to $300 per night, depending on
dates booked.
Hotel Jerome
Phone: (800) 331-7213
Fax: (970) 920-2050
Web:www.hoteljerome.com
E-mail:[email protected]
GDSs: All systems
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The Doral Eaglewood, located 25 miles from the
renovated Soldier Field, home of the National Football League's
Chicago Bears, created the Bears & Birdies
plan for football fans.
The two-night plan, priced from $379 per room, double, is valid
for Friday- and Saturday-night stays on weekends that the Bears
play at home.
The package includes a bratwurst-and-beer cookout, a round of
golf, two commemorative caps and buffet breakfast.
Commission is 10% on the room rate.
Doral Eaglewood Resort & Spa
Phone: (877) 285-6150
Web:www.doraleaglewood.com
GDSs: All systems
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Fifty years after the debut of the Alfred Hitchcock film "I
Confess" -- which was filmed on location in Quebec City -- the
Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac is commemorating the
anniversary with a package available through Dec. 20.
The Master of Suspense plan includes a stay in
Suite 6153, since renamed after Hitchcock, complete with pictures
of its namesake and a collection of Hitchcock's classic films. Also
covered is an in-room dinner, buffet breakfast, turn-down service
and a videotape of "I Confess" to take home.
Master of Suspense is priced from $544 per night and includes
gratuities.
Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac
Phone: (418) 692-3861
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Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite, located adjacent to
Yosemite National Park, created the Fall Fun Pass
package to appeal to families traveling to the park this
autumn.
The plan includes overnight deluxe accommodations and "as many
activities as the guest can fit into a 24-hour period."
Those activities could include a climbing wall, a variety of
hikes, bike rentals and fishing (with use of all equipment).
The package is priced at $265 per night, double, and is valid
through Nov. 25.
Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite
Phone: (888) 514-2167
Web:www.tenayalodge.com
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While commissions are being cut throughout the travel industry,
EagleRider, a renter of Harley-Davidson
motorcycles, is thanking travel agents for their support with
40% commission.
The 40% pay is valid for travel agents in the U.S. and Canada on
new bookings of motorcycle rentals of one week or longer from Nov.
1 through Feb. 20 at participating locations.
EagleRider has 30 owned and franchised locations in the U.S.,
France, Mexico and Spain.
Weeklong rental programs range in price from $434 to $875.
In addition to the complete line of Harley-Davidson motorcycles,
EagleRider also features an Adventure Rentals line, which includes
all-terrain vehicles, watercraft and dirt bikes.
Commissions prior to the promotional period, on the Adventure
Rentals and on rentals for less than a week are 10%.
EagleRider
Phone: (800) 501-8687
Web:www.eaglerider.com
To contact reporter Kimberly Scholz, send e-mail to [email protected].