All I Want For Christmas Is A Beach Vacation
Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry
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9:30AM, Tuesday November 25th 2008
According to today’s New York Times’ Business section, travel is expect to be down—way down—this holiday season and last minute deals on airfares and hotels could dip just as low. This is bad news for the economy, but great news for people like moi, who hate all the over the top cheer of the holiday season. I’d like nothing more than to escape the twinkling Christmas lights and street clogging shoppers and spend my holidays lounging on a beach with a cocktail in one hand and a gossip magazine in the other. And with the promise of doing it on the cheap, I just may.
According to the Times:
Now travel companies are rushing to fill space, with resorts in popular holiday hotspots reducing minimum stay requirements, throwing in extras and cutting prices. As of Monday, Expedia.com was offering a four-night Bahamas cruise from Miami for just $99 a person. “That’s $25 a night including room and board and entertainment,” said Chris McGinnis, editor of the Expedia Travel Trendwatch. “You can’t live at home for that cheap.”
Whee! With that in mind, I decided to go on the hunt for some travels deals on my own.
Hawaii: United Airlines flight plus four nights, from $533
Mexico: American Airlines flight plus four nights, from $375
London: Virgin Atlantic flight plus four nights, from $205 each way
Bermuda: Flight plus four nights, from $546
And this is a full month in advance of the holiday crunch—experts say prices will continue to drop, so keep checking in with sites like Expedia.com, Travelocity.com, and Orbitz.com for more last minute deals on holiday travel. Start making me a mai tai now, bitches. [NY Times]
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Scandalous Housewife
wrote on November 25 2008 @ 10:06 am: [report]
Frisky,
How can you be thinking of vacations when tonight is not only the premiere of O.C. Housewives, the Beat Down that is Hotlanta is going down right before!
Think about it…
Kiki T
wrote on November 25 2008 @ 10:37 am: [report]
I am so with you Amelia…. and with the freezy temps in NYC that started last week, I was obsessed with sun, tabloid mags, beach, outdoor massages, booze, etc…. and thinking I wasn’t going to make it through this winter, I started looking up trips ASAP, but the real clincher for booking was when I went to visit my friend this weekend and we did tarot reading for each other and she kept reiterating I need to go away and recharge (and without even telling my friend I had been researching a getaway)... I booked that baby the next day…
Kiki T
wrote on November 25 2008 @ 10:38 am: [report]
my other friend told me it’s be cold in Bermuda in a few weeks, so if you’re looking to run around in a bikini, don’t go there