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!

Many travelers are spending more time this year researching for great deals, such as exploring new travel destinations to find the best bargains, but these are no out-of-the-way hotels. You can receive a free night’s stay in Amsterdam, throughout the Caribbean, or in one of hundreds of other cities.

Through the 22nd of this month, you can find incredible deals on literally hundreds of hotels worldwide. Pay for two nights, get a third free or pay for three nights, get a fourth in cities like Venice, Paris, or Madrid.

Remember, if you plan to travel with your family to Paris, you should never forget to visit Paris Disneyland, which will surely awe the kids and make their stay in Paris a memorable one!

Julia Scott at WalletPop is highlighting the great airfare deals to Hawaii, Vegas, NYC, and more that Virgin America, Southwest and United Airlines are offering. With United Airlines all destinations, including London, Paris, Hawaii, Mexico, and the Caribbean, are on sale.

Speaking of airfare deals, Air Tran is offering some pretty good deals right now. You’ll find airfare for as little as $44 one way, according to Terri Gruca of KVUE News.

Rent a car that’s miles away from the airport, and you could save a lot of money, according to Christopher Elliott. His article today explores how to avoid airports’ sky-high car rentals in today’s Seattle Times.

An 8 day fly and drive package to Tuscany in the NYTimes includes a seven-day car rental, six nights in a hotel and breakfast daily, starts at $949 a person with departure dates of March 31 and April 7.

Hilton Hotels is offering up to 33 percent off Friday through Sunday stays at more than 520 hotels and resorts worldwide for weekend stays through Dec. 26, must be booked by Jan. 31.

Truth.travel shows us how to get a free companion ticket to Barbados on American Airlines

20 perfect getaways for Valentine’s Day for our friends in or traveling to Europe

Get half-price tickets to Off-Broadway shows such as “STOMP,” “The Fantasticks,” “Avenue Q” and the new “Venus in Fur” in New York City. The “On the House” deal from NYC & Company, the city’s marketing and tourism organization, offers 2-for-1 tickets to more than 20 Off-Broadway shows for February performances.

$17 a night and up for a hotel room in Las Vegas, but these hotel rooms are going fast, so book NOW!

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The Washington Post today is featuring a round-up of great spring and summer cruises for this season. From excursions to Albania or week-long ventures in the Bahamas, to a European river cruise down Germany’s Elbe River, this guide will give you some great ideas on how to plan your own getaway.

A couple of great discounts and travel deals are highlighted in the Dallas Morning News, including Southwest’s double Rapid Rewards credits for paid flights to and from Florida for travel through March 9. Other deals you will want to keep in mind is Amtrak’s 20% off winter fares on many routes for tickets purchased by January 25, and Delta’s sale on bargain airfare to Europe from Dallas, under $600 for round-trip airfare to Paris, London, Rome, and Milan.

Cruise Planners have organized an exclusive event, the Cruise With World Famous Astrologer/Psychic David Wells. David Wells, billed as one of the world’s leading astrologers, psychics and “past-life therapists,” announced this week he’ll be hosting a voyage focused on the topic for the first time in June on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas. The seven-night group sailing, organized by a branch of travel agency Cruise Planners, is on the ship’s June 13-20 departure out of Miami.

$45 a night for the New Orleans: Parc St. Charles Hotel. The hotel is located next to Lafayette Square, the second oldest park in New Orleans, and sits within walking distance of Riverwalk Marketplace, Audobon Aquarium of the Americas, Harrah’s Casino, and scores of world-renowned art galleries and restaurants. What’s more, the French Quarter, Louisiana Superdome and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center are all within five blocks of the establishment, and the hotel’s prices are good through the Mardi Gras celebration.

The Chicago Tribune highlights the great deals on skiing in the Midwest, detailing ample options for downhill and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing and tubing. Families can put their kids in special winter programs and share in outdoor activities such as sleigh rides, dog-sledding and hiking, all the while inhaling clear country air and without incurring the cost of traveling out of state. Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin locations and prices are covered, and there are a number of great midweek packages for even bigger discounts!

The Guardian has a special section in travel called ‘Beenthere’ where people can suggest travel tips and highlight deals that might otherwise be overlooked. In today’s comments, one member points out how to save significantly on tours in Japan, by using the web site called “Tour Guide-interpreter Search System” maintained by Japan’s own Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, which can connect you with a licensed Tour Guide directly, saving you both time and money.

And of course, you can add to the discussion both here on BestTravelDeals.net and over at twitter, where you can follow @BesTravelDeals.

From Sunday’s Washington Post:Book a flight on British Airways and travel by Jan. 29 and receive free companion air with your next flight to any of the carrier’s 300-plus destinations. To use the bonus ticket on future travel, you must book by July 30, depart through Dec. 15 and complete travel by Dec. 31.

Phil Reimer of the Canwest News Service has published his analysis of cruise deals. According to his article, prices are on the rise but there are still some deals to be had. Compared to last year, February prices are up in the Caribbean although some of the shorter cruises are still good deals with prices near $70 a day with some costing as low as $50 per day.

In today’s USA Today, there’s a review of one African Adventure Cruise that promises savings of over $2,000 the regular price. This is a 21-night African adventure reduced up to 20 percent with an early booking discount, plus an additional 25 percent off. Priced from $4,156 (originally $6,350), this cruise also includes a 2-night hotel stay in London after the voyage, and a 3-night Kenyan safari prior to setting sail.

L.A. Times is highlighting a 6 Days + Airfare “London Escape” starting at $865 from Virgin Vacations, and you can customize your own vacation, easily adding airport transfers, sightseeing, activities and more, if you like, during the booking process.

New York Habitat is offering specials on hundreds of vacation rental apartments in Paris, with discount accommodations ranging from EUR 500 per week and up.

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It’s time to start planning for spring break, and these Spring Break Ski Deals are just in time: Get the Third or Fourth Night Free with great sales at Keystone Resort in Colorado. This resort is lifting the blackout dates precisely during its busiest ski months to offer a Spring Break On Us promotion of a third night free (for certain weeks you’ll get the fourth night free). Or $581 & up for 4-Night Ski Packages Across North America, with airfare. Build a Ski vacation that’s all about you. Your flight. Your hotel. Lots of options!

There’s a number of other airfare and hotel deals going on now too. $639 & up for a 4-Night Montreal Westin Package with Airfare at the Le Westin Montreal, ideally located in a world famous tourism and historic district of Montreal. This state of the art newly built hotel features a full service spa, a complete health club, a fine dinning restaurant inspired by International cuisine and a lobby lounge which promises a welcoming and yet, relaxing environment.

$339 & up for 4-Night Mexico Packages, including airfare. There are a number of desinations available, such as Cancun and Riviera Maya from $339 per person, Cozumel from $390 per person, Puerto Vallarta from $406 per person, Los Cabos from $493 per person, and other deals for travel to Acapulco, Guanajuato, Guadalajara, Ixtapa, Mazatlan, Puebla, and Riviera Nayarit!

$253 & up for 4-Night Phoenix, AZ Packages, with airfare. Book a low-priced escape today and revel in a golf-and-spa sanctuary, a round-the-clock casino hotspot, a heart-pumping outdoor adventure, or a lavish luxury resort for less.

$227 & up for Vegas 4-Night Vacations with airfare. Choose from a fabulous array of some of Las Vegas’ most popular resorts, including Caesars Palace, Paris, Rio, Harrah’s, Flamingo, Bally’s, and Imperial Palace. Experience the dazzle, glitz, and high energy of the Las Vegas Strip, where you can relax in the finest accommodations.

$1134 & up for 6-Night Bali Packages with airfare. Offers vary by hotel, are subject to availability, and may be discontinued without notice. Additional restrictions and blackout dates may apply.

$48 rooms at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This is a great deal because it includes the Paradise Tower, which just opened in August. Plus, if you sign up for Hard Rock e-mail newsletters, you can receive e-mail promotions for even greater savings, to the tune of 40% off.

$89 a night for Hilton Beach Resort & Spa, that’s 50% OFF this Sandestin, Florida hotel with in-room movies and video games. Rooms feature a dressing area with 2 vanities and an on-site Full Service Spa.

Practical Traveler columnist Michelle Higgins 10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year. Her ideas include looking into rentals rather than hotels, tracking prices after purchase, and starting a twitter account to follow twitter accounts that tweet last-minute best travel deals, like us @BesTravelDeals.

Save Over $1,000 on Africa Adventure Cruise, a 17-night odyssey marked down over $1,000. The cruise visits enchanted ports around Africa and the Red Sea starting from $1,750 – including airfare!

12 Day Inaugural Transatlantic Cruise from $1999.00 w/ 2 Nts in Paris and 2 Nts in London. Cruise package includes two nights at the Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel in Paris, tickets for the Eurostar train to London; two nights at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge (to open in early 2010) in London, plus seven nights of cruising.

Free Business Class Ticket on British Airways w/ Visa Companion Ticket Offer. Receive a ticket for a companion when you purchase a qualifying round-trip full-fare ticket.

San Francisco, CA (SFO) To Miami, FL (MIA) From $134 RT. Saturday night minimum stay required, 30 maximum stay, 14 days advance purchase requirement, available on Mondays through Thursday and Saturday.

£170 & up for a Magnificent Country House Tylney Hall Hotel – 4 Stars. Tylney Hall is the perfect location to relax. Luxurious accommodation is complimented by fine food and extensive health and beauty facilities. These include an indoor and outdoor heated pool, beauty suite offering both classic and contemporary treatments, saunas, solarium, fitness studio, tennis, croquet and snooker.

$119 per night for San Francisco 4-Diamond Hotel (Reg. $279). 15-minute walk from Union Square, the MoMA, Chinatown and the Embarcadero, the hotel also offers an indoor pool, whirlpool, spa and fitness center.

$625 & up for Cancun: 3 Nights at a 4 Star Resort with Airfare included. This Cancun deal does include round-trip airfare, 3 nights, Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach & hotel transfers. BONUS save 40%. Plus save 25% on food, beverages & spa.

$289 & up for 3 Nights at Las Vegas Planet Hollywood with Airfare in February. This Las Vegas deal does include round-trip airfare, 3 nights, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and hotel transfers, plus a bonus complimentary bottle of liquor.

$149 per night at Award Winning 5-Diamond Seattle Hotel (Reg. $400). A perennial award winner, it was ranked Seattle’s #1 Hotel by Travel and Leisure magazine and is the only AAA 5-Diamond property in the Pacific Northwest. Rooms go for $400 per night in high season, but now guests can stay through March for just $149 per night, including weekends.

$649 for 3 night stay at Riviera Maya, Mexico’s Top-Rated Resort, and price INCLUDES round-trip airfare, 3 nights, The Fairmont Mayakoba & hotel transfers. Kids 17 & under stay free.

11-day Exotic Borneo & Bangkok tour. Book by Jan. 8 to get this deal for $1,599 including international round-trip airfare from LA, intra-Asia flights, all ground transportation, hotel accommodations, daily breakfast and five lunches, sightseeing tours and fuel surcharges.

$579 for a Curacao Vacation, 5 Nights stay with airfare included. That’s $200 instant savings on travel now through April 1, 2010, for The Lodge Kura Hulanda and Beach Club, perched on cliffs overlooking sugary white-sand beaches on 350 acres of the western tip of the island of Curacao.

$59 a night for new upscale New Orleans-Area Hotel. Located two miles from the Louis Armstrong International Airport and just 12 miles from the famous French Quarter, this upscale hotel makes an economical alternative to pricier central New Orleans hotels. This offer is available daily through March 31.

$59 a night for 2-Bedroom Villa near Disney in Orlando, FL. Only 2 miles from the gates to Disney World, SunLake Resort is located in the heart of the west 192 strip, making it easy to walk to several restaurants and shopping. But no worries about privacy, SunLake is set back on a private lake to make sure your stay is as comfortable as you can imagine.

$299 & up for Caribbean & Mexico Vacations at Nassau Palm Hotel and other locations throughout the Bahamas. It’s easy to add additional nights to any of the already heavily discounted packages that are listed.

$128 a night for a 4-Star Barcelona Hotel. This hotel offers upscale accommodation in an elegant area surrounded by smart designer shops, two shopping malls and the famous soccer stadium Camp Nou. Guests will enjoy complimentary breakfast as well as spacious guest rooms with WiFi connection and marble bathrooms.

$795 & up for Punta Cana 4-Star All-Inclusive Resort, with airfare included. Complimentary non-motorized water sports include kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, and snorkeling. You also can take an introductory scuba diving lesson. Casino action spices up your evenings. A perfect setting for romance by the sea.

And speaking of romance, you can already schedule your Valentines Day Weekend Package at the Rodeway Inn Logan International Airport for $119 over February 12, 2010 until February 15, 2010; this deal includes one bottle of champagne and roses per stay.

$159 & up for a 5-Star Venetian Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The Venetian is located on the Strip and features a Grand Canal complete with gondola rides, a 120,000 square-foot casino, elegant accommodations, and is approximately four miles from McCarran International Airport. PLUS: $150 INSTANT Rebate on 4 Night Stays!

$189 & up for a 3-Night Getaway to Paris Las Vegas, includes airfare. Vegas meets Paris at this luxury hotel on the Strip’s Golden Mile, with an 85,000-square-foot casino and a scaled-down version of the Eiffel Tower. The European-style spa includes a health club, and The Producers provides catchy tunes and belly laughs.

There are also three new places to stay in Las Vegas CityCenter with introductory hotel rates to help celebrate. Aria’s introductory rate starts at $169 per night midweek, including a $75 resort credit. Vdara’s introductory rate officially starts at $149 per night midweek, including a $50 resort credit when you stay two nights. Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas has rooms starting at $545 per night, with a $150 dining or spa credit, plus guests get one free night when they book one or more nights. There’s never been a better time to book that Vegas Getaway!

NY Times Ski Guide for 2010 has been published highlighting the best deals for skiers across the US and Canada. New York’s Big Tupper, Utah’s St. Regis Deer Crest Resort, and Breckenridge, Colorado’s Grand Lodge on Peak 7 are only a few of the many locations.

Dallas-Area Hotel with breakfast & Internet starting at $99 a night. The hotel also offers a full-service spa, 24-hour fitness center, pool and whirlpool, and a sauna. It’s located near golf courses, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Forth Worth Cultural District.

$195 a night for the luxurious San Diego-Area Resort L’Auberge Del Mar, one of Conde Nast Traveler’s Top 100 Hotels in the World. The resort is mere steps from the beaches at Del Mar, about 20 minutes north of San Diego.

$166 a night Holiday Sale at the Upscale Lenox Hotel in Boston, where each accommodation features a dedicated work area with full writing desks, ergonomic chairs, complimentary wireless internet, clock radios with CD players and flat screen televisions.

Orlando Unlimited Golf Package: between now and December 26, guests can book an unlimited golf package (valued at $225/day) at the deluxe resort for a mere $139 per person, per night.

$233 & up to Fly each way to Europe from across the US. Only one day left in this great airfare deal from Air Canada. Rates do vary, and the clock is ticking. Those headed to Europe for the New Years holiday will want to check out today’s Guardian Travel Section where there’s a comprehensive European New Years Eve Party Guide for ‘Romantics and Ravers’ highlighting great three-night vacations to Moscow, Berlin, Paris, Lisbon, and many other cities.

Rooms start at $99 per night for the Joie de Vivre hotel in San Francisco. This is a package which offers MOMA & cable car passes plus include: Ghirardelli Chocolate welcome gift, and 10% discount offer, plus $25 dinner certificate for Shanghai 1930 and 50% discount on two tickets to the San Francisco Symphony.

Up to 40% Off Weekends at the Grand Hyatt New York. This is a new weekend promotion January 3-March 31, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt New York that lets you enjoy full hotel amenities, plus providing an excellent place from which to explore all that NYC has to offer.

Check out Hawaii! Oahu New Year’s Eve Fireworks & Events 2009/2010 lists lots of things to do to bid a fond aloha to 2009 and welcome in 2010 this New Years Eve on Oahu. Leading up to New Years, find lodging for $89 & up in 4-Star Hotels in Waikiki.

Be sure to add any deals you may find to BestTravelDeals.net!

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For many travelers, business class seems to be reserved for passengers with a corporate expense account and those who have diligently saved up their frequent flier miles. However, a full slate of upcoming promotions will make it easier for average fliers to experience business class without going broke.

Business-class-only carrier OpenSkies, whose parent company is British Airways, launched last year with a lot of fanfare. It has yet to become very successful, but still maintains one route from New York to Paris. Though other airlines have been aggressively lowering premium class prices, OpenSkies’ $590 one-way ($1,350 round trip, after taxes and fees) is one of the best early winter deals for those flying to Paris. The current fares match the promotional prices that the airline offered when it originally began service. The $590 deal is a limited time offer. Tickets must be purchased by December 15th.

Continental Airlines offered some of the best business-class deals in the industry in September and October. Though the most amazing deals have passed, there are still some worthwhile fares for flights from Newark to Europe. The standout deal is a $1,448 round-trip business-class fare from Newark to Shannon, Ireland. A business-class flight to Stockholm will set you back $1564. Continental has competitive premium class fares to other European destinations as well.

The current prices at Aer Lingus for a New York to Shannon, Ireland flight are slightly higher than Continental’s ($1698 round trip). But Ireland’s national carrier offers quite a bit more flexibility. For the same $1698 price, passengers can choose to fly to Shannon or Dublin from New York, Chicago or Boston. Also, as long as tickets are purchased by November 30th, passengers are free to choose travel dates between January 1st and April 30th.

You don’t have to go to Europe for outstanding premium class tickets. Air Canada has been offering great deals on business-class (“Executive Class” in Air Canada’s vernacular) fares, though would-be passengers will have to sift through a myriad of overpriced premium class fares to find these gems. Current door-busters include $539 one-way business-class service from New York to Vancouver. Other deals are available to those who can purchase by December 1st and fly by February 5th.

United Airlines is a bit behind in this year’s race for business class customers. Compared with the other carriers mentioned above, their prices are almost laughably high in many cases. However, business-class offerings like $1032 one-way from Washington D.C. to Rome are worth noting, though travelers would be wise to shop around a bit before settling on a ticket from United.

Get more mileage for you money with these US airfare deals.