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Attention Skiers and Riders: Time to Think About Season Passes, Discounts End Soon
Most major North American ski resorts have a graduated purchase timeline that rewards early buyers with discounted season pass prices. With each deadline, the price increases, and in this tough economy, it makes more sense than ever to buy your pass as early as possible. Typical deadlines are Labor Day, Columbus Day and Halloween, but in truth they seem to fall willy-nilly all over the calendar. Suffice it to say that if you snooze, you lose. Many resorts have rolled out a variety of passes with legitimate choices so you can find a pass that's economically right for you: unlimited skiing and riding, midweek only, weekend only, 10 days, 20 days and just about everything else a marketing guru can think of to entice you into buying. Keep an open mind and you should find something in your budget and perhaps you'll even discover a new resort.
But what if you don't want to tie yourself down to one resort all season? Ticket prices at the window can be prohibitive to some skiers and riders. So consider passes that allow skiing and riding at a variety of resorts. For example, the limited-time-only $10 Colorado GEMS Card offers free skiing, two-for-one tickets or discounted tickets at nine resorts (Arapahoe Basin, Eldora Mountain Resort, Loveland Ski Area, Monarch Mountain, Powderhorn Resort, Ski Cooper, SolVista Basin, Sunlight Mountain Resort, and Echo Mountain). The SnowBomb Tahoe Card gives you access to free skiing and discounted tickets at more than 15 Tahoe-area resorts (plus Mammoth), discounted lodging and dining, and free or discounted gear rentals and tune-ups. The Ski NH Anywhere Anytime Ticket Package allows you to select a minimum of 12 tickets to the New Hampshire resorts of your choice for discounted ticket prices. An extra bonus here is they are transferable, so you can share them with family and friends.
Abundant Fall Foliage Deals Are Designed
to Entice You to Get Outdoors and Play
If you haven't already booked a fall trip, the slew of last-minute deals should spur you into action. Fall's cooler weather brings a welcome reprieve to summer outdoor recreation such as hiking, biking, paddling, climbing and flyfishing. Add brilliant colors, migrating birds and active animals preparing for the upcoming winter, and you've got plenty of good reasons to immerse yourself in nature.
Look for tempting deals designed to lure you into visiting this fall. Many hotels are offering discounted nights, complimentary nights or value-added coupons to be used for activities, dining and spa treatments. The hotels touting the best deals tend to be upscale, since even the wealthiest travelers are cutting back and hotels are desperate to fill empty rooms. If you belong to a hotel loyalty program, you might even score bonus points for your stay.
Southwest Begins Boston Logan Service
Southwest Airlines is now serving Boston travelers from Logan with 10 daily nonstop flights—five daily nonstops to Chicago Midway and five daily nonstop flights to Baltimore/Washington International.
In addition to the 10 daily nonstop flights, Southwest Airlines' new service out of Boston Logan will offer direct or connecting service to 48 other destinations, including: Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, and San Francisco, just to name a few.
Nation's Largest One-Day Volunteer Effort
for Public Lands Set for September 26, 2009
Join a corps of volunteers who will grab shovels, pruning sheers, waders and gloves to help improve the nation’s public lands on Sept. 26, 2009, as part of National Public Lands Day. This annual event is held at more than 2,000 sites across the country, so you should be able to find an event near you.
“Wherever Americans go outdoors to explore, hike, fish, paddle, jog or just enjoy nature, that location is likely to be a candidate for a National Public Lands Day event,” said Robb Hampton, director of National Public Lands Day, a program of the National Environmental Education Foundation. “For 2009, we will have a special focus on the connection water has on our public lands.”
Rentalcars.com Debuts Enhanced Services, Accepts Loyalty and Promotional Codes
Rentalcars.com, owned and operated by priceline.com, has launched its enhanced rental car reservation service featuring a broad array of airport and off-airport rentals, one-way rentals, daily, weekly and monthly rentals, and international car rentals.
“In this economy, saving money on your travel arrangements is important,” said Patti D’Angelo, Senior Vice President of priceline.com’s rental cars service. “Rentalcars.com makes it easy to get the best published price on the car rental of your choice for however long you want it.”
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