• Portland to Honolulu $149* each way
• Kona to San Jose $159* each way
• Seattle to Honolulu $169* each way
• Anchorage to Honolulu $199* each way
• Boise to Kona $239* each way

Here’s the fine print you’ll need to be aware of for this promotion:

• Book your flight by 8/15 and you must travel between 8/23 and 11/10.
• Taxes and Fees will cost you $41.90 per ticket, each way.
• Book online and save because a call center will charge you an extra $15 per ticket.
• This promotion is only offered on certain flights and on certain days of the week.

Go to the Alaska Airlines website to take advantage of this great promotion and get your tan on in Hawaii this Fall!

• Purchase your tickets by August 5, 2010, 11:59 pm Pacific Time
• Travel September 7 through December 14, 2010
• Blackout dates do apply: November 24, 2010
• Travel valid only on Tuesday & Wednesdays
• Fares do not include federal tax excise tax of $3.70 per takeoff and landing, airport-assessed passenger facility charges (PFC) of up to $9, and government-imposed September 11th Security Fee of up to $5 one-way.
• Available only on southwest.com or swabiz.com
• Fares may vary by destinations, flight, and day of week  and won’t be offered during very busy holiday travel times

With all the fine print mentioned it’s time to take advantage of some great fares only available online! Go to Southwest.com and plan your next trip!

Here are the fine print details:

• Select fares are for select sailing dates. So if you’re flexible about when you sail you can get some great deals!
• Prices are based on double occupancy, so third and fourth person in a cabin will be an additional price.
• Government fees and taxes run up to $85 per person ,so factor that into your budget as well.
• Prices are listed for cruise only, so airfare will cost you little extra if you don’t live near the cruise port.

To take advantage of these cheap prices on select sailings you have to book between now and July 23, 2010 at 11:59pm. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to escape to the Caribbean!

Here’s the deal:

• Virgin America – Fly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and simply buy 14 days in advance to get the cheapest fares.
• Fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco for $59 one-way; just $99 one-way to Seattle; $129 to Fort Lauderdale and D.C.; $149 to Boston and New York.

• AirTran Airways- Fly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and buy just 10 days in advance to get the cheapest fares.
• Fly from Los Angeles to Atlanta for $124 one-way, $129 to Baltimore and $114 to Milwaukee.

When To Buy:

• Buy your tickets by 11:59 p.m. PDT on , or before, July 12 to travel between August 25 and November 17, 2010. Blackout dates are September 3 and 6.

Book your flights now for your next vacation! Also find discounted hotel prices as hotelreservations.com to ensure you save money on your nex trip!

• Fly from San Francisco to Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas for only $59
• Fly from Seattle to San Francisco for only $79
• Fly from Seattle to Los Angeles for only $99
• Fly from Seattle to Las Vegas or San Diego for only $119
• Fly from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles for only $129

Do be aware of the fine print before you book. These fares are one-way and do have  blackout dates on July 2nd and 5th. So plan for a long vacation and take advantage of this great promotion! Visit Virgin America to make your reservation.

According to an October 9, 2009 article on Hotel Chatter, the USVI Department of Tourism is offering 25 cent rates at participating hotels. Why? It’s to celebrate the first-ever United States quarter for the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Sounds like an amazing deal right? Well that’s not all you get. Hotel Chatter also states that the promotion includes a $25 per person dining credit, $25 per person activities credit and a commemorative quarter Scotiabank coin set. Now if I were a coin collector, I think that last tidbit of info is all I would need to get me to book this once in a lifetime deal.

Wondering what the catch is? So were we, so we investigated—here’s what we found: to book the promotion, you must go to Bookit.com from now through November 2, 2009. Then you must travel between the days of October 9 and November 15. That doesn’t leave you much time to let your work know you’re taking some time off so do it soon. It’s time to unpack the flip-flops and swimwear hat you just put away for the fall.

You may be wondering what hotels have decided to join this insanely cheap promotion. Well, you will not find any Ho-jos or Super 8’s here. You can choose from top rated hotels such as Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, Carambola Beach Resort & Spa, Hibiscus Beach Resort, Hotel Caravelle, Marriott Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Beach Resort, Secret Harbour Beach Resort, The Palms at Pelican Cove, Windward Passage, and Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa.

There are a couple more things to keep in mind though. The 25 cent promotion does not include taxes and fees according to Hotel Chatter. Be sure to check with each property to find out the final cost. Also, you have to book a flight with your hotel room at Bookit.com. Not many of us actual live in the USVI so I’m sure we all have to book a flight there regardless. I think the 25 cent hotel rate should offset that airfare quite a bit.

Management at the Westin Resort, located in Palm Beach on the island’s northern coastline, have devised the scheme in an effort to attract would-be mothers and fathers.

Couples will be rewarded with a $300 ‘Conception Credit’ if they can prove that their baby was conceived while they were staying at the hotel.

A doctor’s note confirming that the likely conception date coincided with the couple’s stay will be accepted as evidence, according to a spokesperson for the resort.

The offer is open to any guests staying at the hotel before December 18, 2009.

Rooms at the Westin Resort start at around $200 (£120) a night, so couples can claim at least one nights’ complimentary accommodation should they succeed in taking up the offer.

The offer includes a bottle of Asda sparkling wine, a hamper of Boots spa treatments, a punnet of strawberries or a box of chocolates and his and hers nightwear by Primark.

See Hawaii’s Big Island volcanoes, waterfalls & breathtaking views then spend quality tanning time on Oahu’s famous Waikiki beach. See both islands for $749(pp). Includes air(rt) from Continental US, 3-night stay in Big Island & Oahu each, flight to Oahu & breakfast.

Travel Deal: $749(pp) — Air(rt) + 6-Night Stay, Flight to Oahu & Breakfast Daily

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(honoluluadvertiser.com) — Hawaii hotels experienced the fifth consecutive month of record low occupancy in June, when the rate fell by 5.8 percentage points to 63.1 percent.

In the latest report from industry analyst Hospitality Advisors LLC, the occupancy rate for the first half of the year was the lowest recorded since the survey began in 1987. It reflected the 9.8 percent drop in visitor arrivals to Hawaii reported by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

Although O’ahu hotels led the state in occupancy at 67.8 percent, that number was 6.4 percentage points below a year ago, according to Joseph Toy, Hospitality Advisors president and chief executive officer.

With visitor arrivals down for 13 consecutive months, Hawaii hotels have cut rates and added deals to try to fill up rooms but the discounts have dropped revenues.

Deep discounts reduced the average daily hotel rate 16.6 percent to $171.97.

“It’s just been something that’s completely unprecedented in the market,” Toy said.

The steep decline indicates that the traditionally busy summer season has not brought recovery to the state’s largest private industry, he said.

“Despite the steep discounting of room rates in the market, hotel occupancies during what would normally be our busy summer season are at record lows, and the impact on hotel revenue and Hawaii’s tax base is tremendous,” Toy said.

“With such weak performance, we still do not expect to see any foundation for recovery until mid-2010.”

Toy said Hawaii is experiencing a slump that is reflected throughout the industry and at destinations across the country and internationally.

“Similar to most destinations, we have experienced a tremendous pull-back in the market, unlike anything we have seen before,” he said.

Hotels on Kauai suffered the most in June, dropping 10.3 percentage points in occupancy to 61 percent, with the average daily rate falling by 17.1 percent to $180.26.

Maui experienced the sharpest drop in average daily rate at 19.3 percent, falling to $227.35.

Toy noted that in the first half of this year, Hawaii hotel room revenues fell by $339 million to $1.22 billion, representing a steep 21.8 percent decline compared with the first six months of last year, according to Toy’s Hawaii Hotel Flash Report.

This loss was driven by a combination of a 7.8 percentage point decrease in occupancy to 66 percent, and a 12.6 percent decrease in the statewide average daily rate to $181.13.

But Toy said Hawaii is holding its own compared to tourism markets across the nation. Although Hawaii slipped to fifth place in hotel occupancy among major U.S. destinations, it remained second behind New York City in average daily rate.

Hawaii’s budget market posted the highest occupancy for the first six months at 74.7 percent and had the smallest decline from the prior year at 4.6 percentage points. The luxury hotel segment had the steepest decline in average daily rate — 13.5 percent, to $256.92, compared with $296.95 a year ago.

All islands reported losses in occupancy and rates for the first six months of the year. Maui suffered the largest average daily rate loss at 13.3 percent, to $242.36, with occupancy falling by 9.6 percentage points to 64 percent. The Big Island had the lowest occupancy in the state at 55.6 percent with an average daily rate of $187.07.

O’ahu fared best, but still saw occupancy drop by 5.4 percentage points to 70.9 percent, with a 12 percent decline in average daily rate to $150.69 for the first half of the year.

The luxury price segment achieved the highest occupancy at 68.1 percent, but was down 6.8 percentage points from the prior year.

The hotel survey is compiled by Smith Travel Research in conjunction with Hospitality Advisors.