Deals on Vacation Trips

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Does anyone know any good deals for vacation trips? I',m planning to take my wife on a paradise vacation but I'm not sure where and the best price for it! Was thinking some beach place with scuba diving, snorking, evening dances, white beaches, expensive dinners etc etc, a little gambling wouldn't hurt either? Any suggestions or should I just go to a travel agency?

[gear02]

try priceline.com, they have some sort of $50 off deal...search the forums for more info...

[pennypinch]

Wow...talk about the lowest pre-post effort yet. You haven't even thought of where you want to go besides a "beach place".
Look, I don't want to come off as a total dick, but really, you could have picked up the horn and called a travel agent to see what is out there to begin with. Don't you think that would be a better idea than trying to solicit the opinions of total strangers with regard to your holiday?
At least make an attempt at looking before you ask, please.

[Sumgai]

Having flown around the world 42 times in 3 years ( 1971 to 1974), written articles for travel magazines and the WWW as well as being a freelance travel consultant ( see 2nd link below for Solid Gold Travel ) in my retirement I would suggest you take a look at this site...as well as some others... plenty of bargains out there now - everyone is fighting for your travel dollar.

http://www.belltravel.net/

I have no affiliation with this company at all - just seems to be a very good site with a lot of offerings without having to jump through hoops to get the info you want. At least it's a start - I know there are others out there however after spending sometime on the phone talking to the owners I would have to say the personalized service these people have to offer is top notch.

If you are interested in booking your own travel - as well as for others - and getting paid a commission on the fares you book then you may want to take a look at:

http://www.solidgoldtravel.com/

Travel is getting cheap - with the strong dollar in Europe you'll probably get more for your money and have a better time laying on a beach on the Med ( France, Spain or Portugal ) rather than going to the Caribbean, Mexico, etc in the middle of hurricane season!

I am not a big fan of Priceline because their "blind" offerings don't offer much flexability - cheap prices maybe , but going to an individual travel site/agency is probably going to save you money in the long run. If all you want is cheap fares the www.expedia.com has priceline beat by a mile - better fares, wider selection and you can pick you flights for the most part.

Have fun

PS The $549 r/t air, car and hotel package to Ireland at Bell Travel is a GREAT package - it's mentioned on their site....

[This message has been edited by Sumgai (edited 08-08-2000).]

[johnnymk]

You would think that space is at a premium with some of these people griping about how and how not to use this forum. Get a Life!!

[Sumgai]

OK how about the French or Italian Rivierra?

r/t air fare (Northwest) $350 or $250 or FREE
http://www.nwa.com/
click on "Great Deals to Milan Italy"


Once there go from the airport to the train station and buy a ticket to a number of nice resort towns on the Mediterranean Sea.

This is a tough deal to beat.

[This message has been edited by Sumgai (edited 08-09-2000).]