$599 — All-Inclusive Dominican 5-Night Trip w/Air & Taxes

$100 Instant Savings at Lifestyle Tropical Beach Resort & Spa All Inclusive. Includes V.I.P. Beach & Parties

$629 — Puerto Rico 4-Star Trip from Miami w/Taxes, $300 Off

Enjoy a 4-night stay at El San Juan Resort & Casino, includes airfare + hotel + $100 instant savings. Travel on May 1 – to June 30, 2012.

$36-$40 — 3-Day Sale: NYC, D.C. & Baltimore by Train (e/w)

Book your Amtrak tickets online and get the lowest one-way fares between Washington, DC and New York, NY. Valid for travel March 13 through April 4, 2012.

$79 — Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel w/Parking, 60% Off

King Room, Self Parking and Complimentary high-speed Internet access. Travel Now through April 29, 2012

$529 — Cancun All-Incl. Vacation w/Tax, 55% Off

Packages include round trip airfare + hotel + $100 Instant Savings. Travel February 6 – March 31, 2012.

$69 & up — Virgin America: February Fare Sale, each way

Virgin America offers big savings on airfares for February, includes San Francisco – Los Angeles. Valid for travel between February 6 to 29, 2012.

$1000 — Riviera Maya All-Incl. Trip incl. Nonstop Air & Tax

Save $700 off your Riviera Maya Vacation with Apple Vacations. Travel through March

$649 — Alaska 7-Night Cruise incl. $100 Credit, Save $210

Save up to $300. Sail roundtrip from Vancouver/Seattle on the Celebrity Century/Celebrity Infinity

$175 & up – 24-Hour Exotic Car Rental in Boston, 50% Off

Drive the car of your dreams with an exclusive 24-hour car rental deal from Status Ride in Worcester. Valid through April 30, 2012.

$179+: Shorebreak Hotel In  Huntington Beach, California

Surf-inspired accommodations, travel through October 2011

$141+: Cosmopolitan Hotel – Lower Manhattan  New York

Standard Rooms start at $141/night, sleeps two adults

$141+: Deseo Hotel and Lounge In  Playa del Carmen

15 visually stunning rooms & suites with ocean or pool views

$169+: AAA Four-Diamond Grand Hyatt In Tampa Bay, Florida

Special discounts when you book the Hyatt Business Plan

$803+: Three-Night Luxury Package for Two in Rome

The Duke Hotel offers Jr. Suites with regional wine, flowers, dinner & afternoon tea

In the spirit of our previous post, The Ultimate List of Twitter Travel Accounts, we’ve created this twitter list of profiles that would be helpful to follow for people traveling to the NYC area. If you have plans to go to NYC for all the great things to do in NYC these tweeple can provide insight into NYC that you won’t find in the guidebooks. As with that post, we’re welcoming recommendations to these lists! Let us know by following us on Twitter (@BesTravelDeals) and contacting us there, or by leaving a note in the comments below.

NYC Restaurants, Bars, & Venues

• American Globe Theatre — @AmericanGlobe
• Art Raw Gallery — @artraw
• Atlantic Theater — @AtlanticTheater
• Bar Coastal — @BarCoastal
• Cupcake Stop — @CupcakeStop
• Film Society at Lincoln Center — @filmlinc
• Foley’s New York — @FoleysNY
• Gotham Comedy — @GothamComedy
• Irish Arts Center — @IrishArtsCenter
• M2 Ultra Lounge — @M2Ultra_Lounge
• New Victory — @NewVictory
• New York Dine — @NYCdine
• New York City Opera — @nycOpera
• Paul Corrigan — @LaughNYC
• Performing Arts Center, NY City Center — @CityCenter_NYC
• Roundabout Theater — @RTC_NYC
• Signature Theatre — @SignatureTheatr
• SOBs — @SOBs
• Social Bar NYC — @SocialBarLounge
• Stella Adler Studio — @StellaAdlerNY
• Symphony Space — @SymphonySpace
• The Counting Room — @TheCountingRoom
• The Inspired Word NYC — @InspiredWordNYC
• The Joyce Theater — @TheJoyceTheater
• The Pony Bar — @ThePonyBar
• The Public Theater — @PublicTheaterNY
• Tosca Cafe — @ToscaNYC
• UFCbars — @ufcbars

Things to Do in NYC

• A Little Night Music — @NightMusicBway
• Bronx Zoo — @TheBronxZoo
• Brooklyn Botanical Garden — @bklynbotanic
• Carroll Gardens — @CarrollPark
• Guggenheim Museum — @Guggenheim
• Living Free NYC — @LivingfreeNYC
• Manhattan User’s Guide — @MUGuide
• Museum of Math — @MoMath1
• Museum of Modern Art — @MuseumModernArt
• National Museum of the American Indian — @AmerIndianNYC
• New York Botanical Garden — @NYBG
• New York Tours — @NYcitytours
• NYCGO.com — @nycgo
• NY Youth Symphony — @NYYouthSymphony
• NY Public Library — @NYPL
• Off Manhattan — @offManhattan
• Queens Botanical Garden — @QueensBotanicl
• St. Nicholas Park — @StNickPark
• The Battery — @thebatterynyc
• The High Line — @highlinenyc
• The Morgan — @MorganLibrary
• TribecaFilm Festival — @TribecaFilmFest
• To Do In NY — @ToDoInNY
• Walking New York — @walkingnewyork
• World Science Festival — @WorldSciFest

Places to Stay in NYC

• 70 park avenue hotel — @70parkave
• Affinia Hotels — @affiniahotels
• Apple Core Hotels — @AppleCoreHotels
• Broadway Hotel — @BroadwayHotel
• Bryant Park Hotel — @Bryantparkhotel
• Carlton Hotel — @TheCarltonNY
• Crystal Springs — @CrystalSprings
• DT Metropolitan — @dtmet
• Fashion 26 – Wyndham — @Fashion26Hotel
• Gramercy Park Hotel — @GPHhotel
• Hotel Chelsea — @TheHotelChelsea
• Hotel Gansevoort NYC — @HotelGansevoort
• Hilton Grand Vacations Suites — @HiltonGrandVac
• Jazz Hostels — @JazzHostels
• LaGuardia Courtyard — @LGAmarriott
• Marrakech Hotel — @Marrakechhotel
• Mandarin Oriental — @MO_HOTELS
• Soho Grand Hotel — @SohoGrandHotel
• The London NYC — @TheLondonNYC
• The Pierre New York — @ThePierreNY
• The Roosevelt Hotel — @RooseveltNYC
• World Center Hotel — @WorldCtrHotel

Local & Regional News

• 13 New York PBS — @ThirteenNY
• Broadway Pulse — @broadwaypulse
• Central Park Buzz — @CentralParkBuzz
• Everything NYC — @EverythingNYC
• Eyewitness News on ABC 7 — @Eyewitnessnyc
• Grub Street — @grubstreetny
• MVPNY — @NYC_Info
• New York Art Beat — @NYArtBeat
• New York City Parks — @NYCParks
• New York Mag — @NewYorkMag
• New York Post — @newyorkpost
• Nice Day, Huh: New York — @ncdnewyork
• NY1 Onstage — @NY1onstage
• NY Times Food & Drink — @NYTimesFood
• NY Times Dining & Wine — @NYTimesDining
• The Today Show — @todayshow

NYC Tweeples & Bloggers

• Broadway Reviews — @BroadwayReviews
• Brooklynology — @Brooklynology
• Brooklyn Vegan — @Brooklynvegan
• Craig Kanalley — @ckanal
• Curbed — @Curbed
• Dani Klein — @yeahthatskosher
• Gothamist — @Gothamist
• Kat in NYC — @katinyc
• Kelley Vick — @KelleyVick
• Kevin Spacey — @KevinSpacey
• Michelle Lockett — @MichelleLockett
• New York City Tweets — @TweetNY
• NY Musical Theatre Fest — @NYMF
• Pamela Parisi — @ElegantTightwad
• Roger Resnicoff — @NYCRockStar
• Ray Beckerman — @RayBeckerman
• Seth Rudetsky — @SethRudetsky
• Theater Scene — @Theaterscene
• The Tony Awards — @TheTonyAwards
• Tweeting NYC — @tweetingNYC
• Urban Hawks — @Urbanhawks
• Waterwell — @Waterwell

An amazing deal is available this spring aboard OpenSkies, a premium service airline. Including all taxes and fees, the roundtrip fare is $1,596, which is more than $2,000 off competitors’ business-class fares this spring. OpenSkies offers a unique overseas flying experience, with no more than 84 passengers on each flight.

Book by March 24 for roundtrip travel from March 29 through December this year and enjoy gourmet French cuisine, award-winning wine selections and a personal entertainment system with more than 50 hours of on-demand programming. Relax in a BIZ SEAT, which reclines 140 degrees and provides plenty of legroom while you fly!

NYC Restaurant Week coming soon, Grand Bahama Island Flight-hotel packages for $900, JetBlue Announces One-Day Sale from $29, and hotel deals in both the US and Europe in today’s Travel Deal podcast!

While many people think of NYC as an expensive place to visit there is actually a lot to do on the cheap and even for free- especially in the summer.  With so many NYC hotels offering reduced rates, the start of NYC Restaurant week upon us, and so many free arts and cultural events you can spend a few days in the city without breaking the bank.  The team at Best Travel Deals has put together a list of free and low cost things to do in NYC to help you plan your trip.

New York City Restaurant Week

 July 12th is the start of NYC Restaurant week, which runs through July 31st.  Over 250 restaurants throughout the city participate and offer low prices and prixe fix menus.  You can get some amazing meals at great restaurants for low prices.  Combine these great deals with a hotel offering free breakfast and grabbing a light lunch on the go you can eat well for little money.  You can book reservations in advance by following the NYC & Co. twitter stream.

Things to Do

NYC is the arts and cultural capital of the world.  There are so many museums, historical sites, and events you can find something free to do everyday of the week. 

During the summer months many of NYC parks and landmarks host free concerts and performances.  One of the most popular events is Shakespeare in the Park.  This year’s series features Academy Award Nominee Anne Hathaway starring as Viola in the Twelfth Night and has gotten rave reviews.

On Thursday nights the Brooklyn Bridge Park hosts Movies with a View.  Watch movies under the stars and enjoy a breathtaking view.

If a Broadway performance is more your speed, you can spend Thursday evenings in Bryant Park instead.  The most popular shows perform some of their biggest hits in the park.   

If you love to dance or are a beginner who just wants to have fun July 7-25th Lincoln Center hosts a MidSummer Nights Swing showcasing some of the finest musicians and DJ’s from this country and abroad.

Many museums offer free admission or pay what you wish days.  It is possible to see a different museum everyday for free.  On Tuesdays and Saturday the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens offers free admission.  You can easily spend the afternoon strolling through thier many beautiful gardens.  Or take a free ride out to Staten Island on the Staten Island Ferry and visit the Staten Island Museum, located only 2 blocks from the ferry terminal.   On Wednesday the Bronx Zoo offers pay what you wish with suggested donations for kids starting at $11.  Thursdays its pay what you wish at the Children’s Museum of Art from 4- 6pm.  Fridays from 4-8 pm you can visit the Museum of Modern Art for free.  Saturdays check out the Guggenheim Museum in the evening for free admission.