The Elephant Head Lodge, 12 miles from Yellowstone National Park in Cody, Wyoming, offers family-friendly lodging in cabins, with plenty of outdoor activities. Book the “European Plan” (accommodations only) and get off-season rates from $139 to $279, available through May 25. You can also book the “American Plan” to receive lodging, three meals per day, and up to four hours per day of horseback riding for $600 (double occupancy) and $200 for each additional person; children under six are free.
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La Quinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Medical Center has a Family Six Flags Package including lodging, four adult tickets to Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and daily breakfast. Rates are $259 per night for stays in May.
This package will save you 10 percent over booking items separately. If you were to go a la carte and book the room and tickets individually, you’d pay $287. By choosing the La Quinta promotion, you’ll be able to save.
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An African Oddity
Swaziland certainly is an oddity. It is a tiny landlocked country that is viable as an independent nation only in the loosest sense of the word. It is also one of the few remaining absolute monarchies in the world. Statistically notable for both its extreme rates of poverty and having one of the single largest concentrations of aids sufferers globally, Swaziland is ruled by a fickle, anachronistic, self serving, preening and pampered multiple polygamist who goes by the name of King Mswati III. Bordered to the west by fiercely republican South Africa, and to the east by thoroughly revolutionary Mozambique, it is hard sometimes to determined exactly where Swaziland fits in.
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The Elliott House Bed & Breakfast in Shaver Lake, California (about an hour outside Fresno), in the Sierra Nevada mountains, has a Spring Special offering $25 off every night booked, as well as two-for-one dinner entrees at the nearby Trapper’s Bar & Grill at the Lake restaurant. Rates range from $124 to $194 per night, including the discount.
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Southwest’s flights to Florida from Philadelphia are on sale starting at $64 one-way or $128 round-trip. Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando, and West Palm Beach are featured.
This isn’t a great deal. Northwest beat Southwest’s prices for every city except Ft. Myers, where USA3000 offered a lower fare. USA3000 also had a better price for travel to Ft. Lauderdale, and US Airways also had a competitive Jacksonville fare. Shop around before you book to ensure the best price for your route.
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Manitou Springs, just outside Colorado Springs and about an hour south of Denver, offers an ideal base for exploring nearby Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods. And there are plenty of in-town distractions as well: Once you’re off the trails, spend a weekend touring art galleries, horseback riding, or sampling fine cuisine at a local restaurant.
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The Lonesome Dove Inn, about two-and-a-half hours from Dallas in Archer City, Texas, offers affordable B&B weekends to bookworms and movie buffs alike. Rates start at $65 or $150 per night, depending on room class, and include a full daily breakfast. Many rooms are named after movies, which are available for viewing in the inn’s den.
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US Airways is offering last-minute sale fares to Brussels. Fares start at $457 round-trip for travel through the middle of May.
If you’re searching for a last-minute flight to Brussels, take a look at this deal, but be sure to compare fares with other airlines before you book.
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The Hilton Garden Inn Norwalk in Norwalk, Connecticut, offers a Sheffield Island Package including overnight lodging, breakfast for two adults and two children under 12, shuttle to the ferry dock, two round-trip tickets on the ferry, and a tour of Sheffield Island and its lighthouse. Advertised rates start at $239, but I found even cheaper prices from $159 for spring weekends.
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The Hilton Garden Inn Philadelphia Center City is sponsoring a Zooming Around Package that includes lodging, two tickets to the Philadelphia Zoo, daily breakfast for two adults (kids under 12 eat free), and free parking. Advertised rates start at $169, but I was unable to find that price for spring weekends. However, the $220 price I did find worked out to be a good deal.
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