Travel Deals: The week's best bargains around the globe

Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2004

* TravelCell is offering a free global cell phone rental for a week or a free companion phone with each paid rental, on orders placed by Jan. 31. The phones typically rent for $29.99 a week. Calls cost extra. Order at 877-CELL-PHONE, www.travelcell.com. Use promo code COM1104 for free companion phone, FWF1104 for free week's rental.

* Take a child for free on a Kenyan safari through African Travel Inc. One child under age 14 per couple gets the deal; adults pay $2,545 each (including taxes) for an eight-day package that includes lodging, most meals, two safari flights in Kenya, transfers, game viewing and a full-day excursion to the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Manor. Prices based on April-June travel; child must share parent's room. International air not included. Info: 800-421-8907, www.africantravelinc.com.

* The Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau is sponsoring a "Mile High Holiday" promotion, with daily rates of $52.80 per room or per person at select hotels. The deal is good through January at more than a dozen hotels. Dates, restrictions and availability vary. The Adams Mark Hotel, for example, has the daily $52.80 rate for two adults (taxes are 13.45 percent extra); usual rate starts at $89. Info: www.milehighholidays.com.

* Hotwire.com has discounts on a four-night cruise from San Diego to Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia on Holland America's Statendam. Inside staterooms are $330 per person, including taxes and port charges. Brochure rate is $564 per person; the cruise line is currently charging $441. Info: 800-CRUISIN, www.hotwire.com.

* Take a post-holiday luxury "Caribbean Chic" cruise between Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Barbados on Silversea's Silver Whisper for 35 percent off. The nine-night cruise starts at $2,987 per person double; usual fare starts at $4,595. Add $150 for port charges. Deal applies to Jan. 5 departure from Fort Lauderdale and Jan 14 from Barbados. Info: 800-722-9955, www.silversea.com.

* Buy a round-trip ticket on United to Colorado between Jan. 4 and Feb. 4 and receive a free ski lift ticket (worth more than $70) to Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge or Keystone. Fly and redeem lift tickets Jan. 4-Feb. 4; lift ticket blackout dates Jan. 15-16. Must be a Mileage Plus member and register/buy ticket at www.united.com/ski. Boarding pass required to receive free lift ticket.



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