Deals
Sun Herald
Sunday January 18, 2004
DEAL OF THE WEEK: Traveltrain Holidays is offering 30 per cent off fares to travellers buying one of its outback packages to Longreach, Charleville or Mount Isa this summer. Phone 1800 627 655 or see a Queensland Travel Centre agent.
SOMETHING FOR NOW
THE fresh cool air of the Blue Mountains makes it an ideal place to visit during summer. Family escapes start from $115 per night in a studio apartment at the Spires at Leura. Stay at the Mercure Resort from $154 per family per night (Sunday to Thursday), indulge at Peppers Fairmont Resort from $249 per family per night or Jenolan Caves Cottages from $284 a family. Phone 1300 653 408 or see www.bluemountainstourism.org.au .
VENTURE Holidays Australia has packages for less than $1000 in Bali, Malaysia and Vanuatu. Six nights at the Bakung Sari in Kuta costs from $922 per person. In Malaysia, four nights at Kuala Lumpur's Park Inn International costs $999 per person and three nights in Sabah at the Langkah Syabas' Beach Resort, $890 per person. Four nights at the Melanesian Port Vila, Vanuatu, cost from $917 per person. Phone 1300 887 020 .
CONSTELLATION Hotel Group has launched a package for leisure and corporate guests looking to avoid the crowds. Guests who take a Summer Splash package ($169 a night) at the Australis Pelican Beach Resort , Coffs Harbour, during February have a chance to win one of five weekends at one of Constellation Hotel Group's 36 hotels and resorts around Australia. Phone 1300 650 464 or see www.constellationhotels.com .
SOMETHING FOR LATER
HIGHLIGHTS of Inca Tours' new 21-day South America's Sensations Tour includes Lima; Sandoval Lake , deep in the Amazon; Cuzco, the Inca capital; the Sacred Valley of the Incas ; the legendary Inca Trail trek (optional); Machu Picchu ; Puno and Lake Titicaca ; La Paz ; Buenos Aires ; Iguazu Falls and the famous Das Cataratas Hotel . Prices start from $8286 per person twin share. Phone 1800 024 955 .
FOR a change from the islands of the South Pacific, how about heading to the Indian Ocean to a string of atolls south of Sri Lanka. Singapore Airlines Holidays has a five-night Island Affair package to the Maldives starting from $2246 from Melbourne or Brisbane and $2262 from Sydney. The price includes fights, accommodation with all meals, transfers and taxes. Phone 1300 767 227 or see www.siaholidays.com.au .
CARNIVAL, the pre-Lent holiday is celebrated all over Latin America in late February. Tap your feet in time to the samba and watch the extravagant parades of fancy costumes and dancing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 22 and 23 with Keith Prowse . Hotel packages start from $865 triple share or $1019 twin share at the Rio Copa. Tickets start from $159 per person at the stadium. Air fares are extra. Phone (07) 3239 5999 or 1300 730 023 .
WWW.DEAL
HERTZ offers customers the chance to attend Wimbledon this year in the company's marquee. Rent a Hertz car in Australia until February 29 to be in the draw, which includes two business class flights to London and $5000. See www.hertz.com.au for details.
© 2004 Sun Herald
