Get some inspiration for your next holiday or your client’s next trip, with some of the best travel deals of the week.
1. Luxury cruising experiences for less
Insider Journeys is offering 20 percent off three exclusively chartered and escorted departures on India’s Ganges River and Burma’s Irrawaddy River.
Your clients can save $1,165* per person cruising on Haimark’s charming Irrawaddy Explorer through Burma.
Departing 5 December 2015, and starting from $4,655 per person twin share, the package includes nine nights’ Irrawaddy Explorer cruise accommodation, two nights’ hotel accommodation, breakfast daily, nine lunches, 11 dinners, insights from the Western Cruise Director, sightseeing with local English speaking guides, entrance fees, arrival and departure transfers, tips and port charges.
Save $1,661* per person with Insider Journeys on the elegant Ganges Voyager 1, seeing the heart of the Ganges before continuing on to explore the iconic sights of India for seven days.
Touring highlights include Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, Varanasi and Kolkata.
Departing 4 November 2015 and 17 February 2016, and starting from $6,643 per person twin share, the package includes seven nights’ Ganges Voyager 1 cruise accommodation, seven nights’ hotel accommodation, breakfast daily, 15 lunches, 14 dinners, insights from the Western Cruise Director, sightseeing with local English speaking guides, entrance fees, arrival and departure transfers, tips and port charges.
2. Free breakfast with Travelodge
Your clients will receive free breakfast for two and a late check-out when they book a night at Travelodge Southbank.
The offer is valid on new bookings and stays before 23 December 2015.
Prices start from $129 per night.
Offer is subject to availability. Blackout dates may apply. Rate is prepaid at time of booking and non-refundable. Breakfast for two daily and late check-out of midday on day or departure included in rate.
3. Bargain airfares with Avalon
Avalon Waterways has released a bargain airfare deal to combine with its already discounted 2016 season of river cruises, offering flights to Europe from as little as $799* per person.
The airfare offer is available with any of Avalon’s 2016 European river cruises, which are now on sale with earlybird savings of up to 15 percent off French itineraries and up to 10 percent off all other European river cruises.
On sale until 30 June, 2015, or until sold out, the discounted airfares are priced from $799 for travel between March and May or September and November, 2016.
Fares are also available from $999 for travel between June and August, 2016.
The flights are available from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Darwin to a range of European gateways, travelling with airlines including Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Etihad and Cathay Pacific.
Popular itineraries available under the offers includes the ‘Magnificent Europe’ – 15 days between Amsterdam and Budapest, visiting destinations including Cologne, the Rhine Gorge, Würzburg, Regensburg, the Wacau Valley, Vienna and Bratislava. Priced from $5538* per person twin share (including 10 percent discount) plus return flights from $799*.
4. European Waterways May sale
European Waterways is offering $1,380 off per cabin on selected departures on some of its most popular routes this European summer with bookings made by 22 May.
Among eligible hotel barges are La Belle Époque and L’Art de Vivre cruising the Burgundy region from June to August; the Panache in Alsace in July and August, as well as its new itinerary in the Champagne region of France; and the Scottish Highlander in June and July.
Each all-inclusive cruise is for six nights.
Among the itineraries is ‘A Taste of Burgundy on La Belle Époque. The cruise borders by the River Loire in the west and by the Champagne region in the east, Burgundy in France is most known for its superb wines.
It offers visitors a mix of unspoiled countryside and historical towns. The itinerary includes chateaux visits and a Chablis wine tasting at one of Burgundy’s distinguished wine cellars. The cruise includes a chauffeured transfer service to and from Paris.
European Waterways is offering $1,380 off per cabin on La Belle Époque for departures on 21 June, 12 July and 26, and 16 August. It also offers $8,280 off for full 12-passenger charter for selected departures in May, July and August.
5. Air Tahiti Nui packages to Tahiti
Air Tahiti Nui is offering Australian travellers the ultimate short break experience with a selection of packages to the tropical shores of Tahiti.
The packages all include return flights from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to Tahiti with Air Tahiti Nui, as well as accommodation and transfers, with prices starting from $1599* for a four-night stay.
On sale until 18 May 2015, the offers include a four nights stay at Manava Suite Resort, located in charming Puna’auia on Tahiti’s west coast, in a garden studio room from $1599* per person twin share. Upgrade to a lagoon suite for $129* per person and add a city tour of Papeete for $55 per person.
There’s also a five-night escape featuring three nights at the Moorea Pearl Resort & Spa in a garden view room with breakfast daily, two nights at the Manava Suite Resort and inter-island ferry transfer from $1999* per person twin share. Upgrade in Moorea to a garden pool room for $110 per person per night.
Air Tahiti Nui has also released a special airfare, on sale until 18 May 2015 and for travel until 1 March 2016, with travellers able to fly from Australia to Papeete from $1209 return in Economy Class or $3321 return in Business Class.
