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  • Greece Vacation Deals

    See Greece the way it was intended with a six-night cruise from Athens, Greece through the Greek Islands.


    When you’ve only got a week, but still want to bask in luxury consider taking a cruise and having all the hard work done for you. Right now when you book through Homeric Tours you will enjoy seeing the architecture and cultural sights with two days in Athens. You can take advantage of the many excursions and guided tours or take off by yourself to explore independently. When you spend the next four nights touring Crete, Mykonos and Patmos you’ll have to be sure to pinch yourself as a reminder that you aren’t dreaming. This six-night Athens and Greek Island vacation is only $750 and won’t last long so check out Homeric Tours and book now!

    Perhaps though, you’re only interested in beach lounging and want to enjoy Greece the way it was intended – sunning in the islands. Right now you can find incredible hotel deals in Mykonos, one of the most beautiful and world famous Greek Islands. Enjoy strolling down whitewashed streets or enjoy the beautiful views from its many luxury hotels. Right now you can find incredible hotel and flight deals into the area through Orbitz, Travel Zoo, Homeric Travel and Kayak. Your summer Grecian vacation is only weeks away, if you book now!

    Greece is an amazing place to visit and is unique to all other parts of Europe. Check out the wildlife in Thessalonica or go sight-seeing in Santorini. With so many potentially amazing vacations, Greece is an excellent choice for honeymooners, families or for vacationing with friends. Check out FrugalMonkey’s country profile on travel in Greece and find hotels, travel information and tips for making travel plans.

  • Travel to Hawaii

    We can hardly stop talking about all the amazing travel deals to Hawaii that are available to travelers. Each week we find yet another amazing deal that convinces us a summer vacation to Hawaii is a must. Right now on Cheap Hawaii Travel there are flights listed from Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego, Phoenix and more all for under $400 round trip. What’s better is that most of these flight deals hover around $300 round trip, meaning that your Hawaiian vacation right is right around the corner. Check out FrugalMonkey’s entire travel section on Hawaii and start planning an exciting summer vacation right now.


  • New Travel Deals

    With summer vacation right around the corner, now is the perfect time to take advantage of low flight prices and hotel packages. Check out this week’s travel deals and start planning your summer!


    Hawaii
    Right now you can find extremely low flights from the west coast to Hawaii. As low as $329 this week! But you can also save on hotel accommodations in Hawaii as well. Like this one-bedroom suite on Kaanapali Beach for only $139, which regularly goes for as much as $389. Or, stay at the Waikiki Resort for only $109 a night! The Kihei in Maui is our best Hawaii hotel deal of the week with prices as low as $99. Book your flight and low hotel prices now!

    Flights to Australia
    We’ve said it before, but right now you can find amazing flight deals to Australia. What better way to spend an early summer or fall vacation than in Sydney, Brisbane or the Sunshine coast of Australia? You can fly to Sydney with Qantas from LA for as low as $320 each way. Flights from New York will cost you only $100 more at $420 each way. It’s not likely flights will get any cheaper than this, so book now!

    Mexico Cruises
    Skip having to deal with booking hotels, flights, rental cars and restaurant reservations and just book one Mexican Cruise. Right now through carnival you can enjoy a Baja 4-day Mexican Cruise for as low as $144 for indoor cabins. This cruise deal also includes $100 ship credit and sails in November. It will be a lot easier dealing with the cold weather when you know a Mexican cruise is just around the corner this fall.

    Golfing in Florida
    If you’re a golf lover then fall in love with 50% off guest stays at the famous Boca Raton Resort & Club. For only $99 this summer, guest bungalows and free parking are yours when you book through Travelzoo. Enjoy some of the best golfing in the country and discounted prices from now until June.

  • Summer Cruises in Alaska

    What better way to spend a summer than cruising the Gulf of Alaska. Right now you can book amazing Alaska cruise deals through Island Princess and go fishing off the coast of Alaska, bear and wildlife watching during shore excursions and experience it all on a summery Alaskan vacation. Right now prices through Island Princess start at $349 for inside cabins and include a seven-night voyage from Anchorage, through Glacier Bay with many stops along the way. Finish your trip at Vancouver, B.C and enjoy amazing cruise deals this summer. Island Princess sends vacationers on Alaskan cruises all summer so if you miss this trip, which launches June 1, check back for more amazing deals.


  • Travel the Australian Outback

    People typically flock to Australia’s many cities for their vacation. Ocean beaches, cultural events, shopping, restaurants and the exotic experience of new sights, sounds, animals and foods await any visitor. However towards the center of Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth is a fusion of luxury and the great outdoors that is impossible to pass up, when you step foot into the reddened desert of the Australian outback. Travel to the outback has been a popular vacation for adventure lovers for decades except that now, you can see the rippling sand dunes of the red desert from a more luxurious point of view. Longitude 131, Ayres Rock and Kings Canyon Resort are some of the most spectacular and luxurious hotel stays offered in Australia and each of them reside within the Australian outback. A five star desert hotel, immaculate high end camping tents and a range of outdoors tours make your vacation into the Australian outback the perfect combination of exploration and comfort.

  • Destination: Melbourne

    Flights to Melbourne, Australia are cheap, cheap, cheap! Right now you can fly from the West Coast of the United States to Australia’s second largest city for as low as $600 USD. That makes visiting one of the world’s most interesting and beautiful countries a hard to deal to pass up. While Australia gets a lot of press for its sunshine coast and iconic landmarks like the Sydney Opera House, cities like Melbourne offer all the cultural prestige with theaters, fine dining in addition to fun outdoors activities but at a more manageable level. And right now through travel auction sites like Orbitz you can one-stop fly to Melbourne as cheap as you ever will. While you’re in Melbourne be sure to spend some time on the nearby coast and soak up some sun during your Australian vacation. And before you go, check out FrugalMonkey’s country profile on Australia to help you do so!


  • Book the trip of a lifetime and travel to South Africa for the World Cup

    If you needed more conventional reasons to travel to South Africa you might think about it’s gorgeous cities, beautiful coastlines, romantic plains and South Africa’s famous wine country; all good reasons to go on a vacation to South Africa.


    Animal lovers and adventure seekers are common visitors to South Africa because of the variety in what it offers to travelers. Baboons are famous in South Africa as is the Great White Shark, which brings in thousands of adventure extremists to boat off the South African coast or go shark diving in infested waters. Wildlife game reserves provide visitors with the chance to see black rhinos, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest on one of the many tours in William Pretorius Game Reserve, a favorite amongst visiting tourists. For a more luxurious vacation South Africa hardly disappoints, as wine lovers roam the vineyards on sunny afternoons taking in the fine varieties that make up South Africa’s booming wine industry. These are just a few of the things awaiting you on a South African vacation of normal sorts and, right now travelers are enjoying new routes from the United States and Europe at low costs when you travel South African Airways.

    There is however, something buzzing underneath the normal excitement felt by vacationers on a trip to South Africa. The 2010 World Cup will be taking place in June as nearly one million travelers visit Johannesburg. The city is pulsing with preparations and anxiousness in the responsibility of housing certainly, the world’s biggest sporting event of the year. Next year, potentially 36 teams will represent the world’s most popular sport in the biggest World Cup yet. For soccer fanatics, sport lovers and travel extremists, the fusion of South African travel and the love of soccer is a combination that is hard to beat.

    Johannesburg hotels and accommodations are already filling up in preparation for the world event.


    If you’re thinking of attending, you will need to book your tickets (both flights and hotels) as far in advance as possible. Additionally, coming to see the World Cup is an excellent chance to enjoy South African travel. So as Johannesburg prepares for the influx of tourists, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in cooperation with FIFA and Match Hospitality group are putting together vacation packages that include World Cup tickets and South African travel highlights. With packages suitable for all types of budgets, planning to attend the 2010 World Cup and travel South Africa has never been more facilitating. That is why in addition to hotels, lodges and other more traditional means of accommodations, guest houses, large dorm-style sleeping and other arrangements will be available for last minute travelers or those with a smaller travel budget.

    Travel fanatics and sports lovers alike will be taking over South Africa come mid-May and June as the 2010 World Cup goes underway. Think about the amazing memories awaiting you as you enjoy South African travel and and a world wide sporting event. Cheer your home country along, or jump on board with the millions of South Africans who are proud and excited to host not only the World Cup, but the thousands of travelers coming to visit their country.

  • Queensland Island, The Great Barrier Reef and the Best Job in The World

    Check out what’s going on in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef!

    It’s no surprise that island beaches, sunny skies and crystal clear waters are almost everyone’s idea of paradise. And Australia is the perfect place to find that – especially if you travel near the Gold Coast in Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living organism housing hundreds of species of marine life in an underwater universe. Travelers to Australia commonly dive in the islands in and around the Great Barrier Reef to see all the amazing fish and colorful coral filled waters. It is an incredible tourist draw for travelers.

    But the Gold Coast Great Barrier Reef has been in the news a lot lately as home to the Best Job in The World.  Right now island officials are searching for someone to live on one of the islands as an official caretaker. This means feeding fish, taking note of the wildlife, cleaning and generally observing so that the island is as pristine as possible. Living in this dream come will only happen for one lucky individual. Check out Islandreefjob.com to learn more about all the press the Great Barrier Reef is receiving.


  • Flights to South Africa

    South African Airways is opening new flights and destinations to and from South Africa. Even as early as May 1st you can find great flight deals to one of the world’s most enchanting and exciting countries. Flight deals from New York and Washington D.C. to Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s popular vacation destinations, can be purchased for as low as $1,100 round trip. These deals are excellent considering that in years previous the low number of flights to South Africa and last year’s higher airfares were some of the most expensive from the United States. This means your South Africa trip might be cheaper than it’ll ever be. Book now and visit the Rainbow Nation this summer!


  • Destination: Greece

    Even though traveling to Greece was traditionally thought of as a very expensive vacation, with travel deals at an all time low you can have the perfect Grecian vacation at a fraction of previous prices.


    Check out some of these travel deals that will send you into one of the most gorgeous and exotic travel locations on the planet!

    In addition to cheap travel deals, booking flights and trips during times that are considered low season is a great way to save money. You can save hundreds of dollars on a vacation by simply booking that vacation during the low season. Check out this year’s low season cut-rate prices that allow you and your loved ones to travel to Greece.

    Take a cruise in and around Greece and sail the Black Sea while also visiting Turkey for only $645 when you book with Cruise.com. Outside suites are significantly higher in price than these indoor cabins, but who stays inside during a Grecian cruise anyway? Book this deal now for the 7-day cruise launching on May 2nd.

    Go Greek Island hopping for only $1,149 this May, September and October! From Athens to Mykonos and Santorini, a Greek island vacation is heaven on earth. You only have until April 30th to book with gotravel.com, so hurry! The picturesque islands of Greece are world famous and are ripe for the taking with these amazing travel deals.

    If you normally call the Eastern coast of the United States home, then travel from New York and Boston to Europe for as low as $168 each way. This includes stops through Greece when you book with CheapOair.com. Hotels are up to you, but with prices this low, it’s hardly a concern.

    Instead of bouncing around through the islands or taking a cruise through the Black Sea, perhaps you just want to sit back and relax in Athens, Greece’s keynote city. For $789 you can enjoy a 6-night stay in Athens hotel and airfare included. Book with gotravel.com now.

    Take advantage of these great Grecian deals and book the vacation of a lifetime!