Chicago Holidays: Places to Stay, Things to Do

Submitted 17.12.09 in Hotel Deals | 1 Comment | Add Comment
By wes

Reflections on Chicago

We’ve seen some great hotel deals for Chicago pop up over the last few hours and wanted to highlight some of the best last-minute holiday travel deals to the windy city!

How about just $119 a night for a Chicago 4-Diamond Lakefront Hotel W that overlooks Lake Michigan and is two blocks from Navy Pier and a short walk from Michigan Avenue. It is home to Wave, the hotel’s signature Mediterranean restaurant, Whiskey Sky, a trendy bar located on the 33rd floor with panoramic city views, and the acclaimed Bliss spa.

$109 a night stays at a chic Chicago 4-Diamond Hotel located steps from the iconic Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), this Chicago Loop hotel is within short walking distance to the Theatre District, Millennium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago and the State Street shopping corridor.

And for those seasoned travelers out there, how about $84 a night for a hip Chicago-Area Hotel near O’Hare International Airport that’s a full 35% OFF regular rates. Stay just outside of downtown Chicago at the Aloft Chicago O’Hare weekends through Feb. 20 for $84 per night.

Then, while you’re in town, you can experience the Joffrey Ballet’s much-anticipated production of The Nutcracker at the Auditorium Theatre, December 11- 27. Visit Mayor Daley’s Chicago Sports Fest that takes place December 27 and 28 at McCormick Place. It is a million square feet of fun, all for free, with dozens of interactive sports areas. And the Goodman Theatre presents A Christmas Carol through December 31, with an exceptional cast and miraculous stagecraft that have made their retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic story a beloved Chicago holiday tradition.

All these events and more can be found at the official Chicago Tourism website and for the latest hotel deals from Chicago, be sure to check BestTravelDeals.net.

Travel Deals of the Day – December 14th, 2009

Submitted 14.12.09 in Travel | No Comments | Add Comment
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$183-$215 a night at the Millennium Broadway New York. Here calm mellows cosmopolitan. Ease balances edge. And the glow of Broadway beckons after a day of hard work or leisurely sightseeing. Millennium Broadway sets the stage for your most successful meetings and social events, not to mention the simple pleasures of a romantic getaway weekend, and with this deal you get %20 OFF the regular rates.

Norwegian Epic maiden voyage “Seven Night Inaugural Transatlantic Cruise” package includes two nights at the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel in Paris, plus daily breakfast buffet and a half-day sightseeing tour, tickets for the Eurostar train to London, two nights at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge (to open in early 2010) in London, plus daily breakfast and a half-day sightseeing tour and seven nights of cruising, including most meals, most entertainment and some beverages.

Radisson LA Westside deal lets you save 30% on 3 Night stay. The hotel features 368 spacious and contemporary guestrooms including 3 suites, spa like amenities and all the comforts you would expect in our full service hotel. The hotel also offers accessible room types and is a pet friendly hotel.

Sherman’s Travel is reporting that the Le Grand Courlan Spa Resort is promoting a 5-night beach getaway with Travel by Spa Week from just $700 – a great price considering nightly rates alone can be as high as $170. Another great package deal they’re highlighting is the Sandpearl Resort in Clearwater Beach. From now through January 5, this green resort is offering guests an outstanding Silver Bells, White Sands package with rates starting at $269/night.

Three great Chicago hotel deals, including the upscale Blake Hotel at 30% off, with rooms from $88 to $112 per night, and $76 per night with Chicago’s The Avenue Hotel Holiday Sale, and the Avenue is just steps away from Michigan Avenue’s “Magnificent Mile” offering the ultimate in world-class shopping, dining, arts and entertainment. The third hotel deal is a last-minute Christmas travel deal thru 12/14-12/28 for $90-$104 per night at the Dana Hotel and Spa in Chicago. Features personalized service with modern technology and luxurious furnishings to create luxury boutique hotel services unlike other Chicago boutique hotels.

Renaissance Mayflower Hotel is within walking distance to the National Mall and just one block from the Farragut North Metro Station. This hotel, which opened in 1925, has hosted every Presidential Inaugural Ball from Coolidge through Reagan, and is now offering $139 per night weekend stays at this historic, Washington DC 4-Diamond hotel.

Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado is featuring a $134 ski package with 2 Night stay, including weekends, through Dec. 17. Copper Mountain Resort is steps away from 2,450 acres of prime ski and snowboard terrain featuring 125 ski trails, but this deal expires very soon!

Another last minute deal is the $85 per night rate at an Orange County 4-Diamond Hotel. This offer is valid any day of the week from Dec. 18 through Jan. 7. Once this special ends, rates are expected to double.

Today’s best hotel deals for skiers is easily the $59 Rooms at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada during Peak Ski Season. It’s only two blocks from the gondola base at Heavenly Ski Resort, whose 4,800 acres of terrain receive an average snowfall of 360 inches per year. The recent blizzard dumped three feet of powder on Heavenly in the past week. For weeknights at the 532-room resort—which has seven restaurants, a heated, indoor pool, and a full-service spa—rates start at just $59 per night. These special prices are good for travel from January 3, 2010, through April 30, 2010.

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