Honor Thy Mother and Father with the Gift of Last Minute Travel
LastMinuteTravel.com offers a discount travel gift guide to inspire Mothers' and Fathers' Day celebrations this year
Posted on Wed, May. 07, 2008
By LastMinuteTravel.com
ORLANDO, Fla., May 7 --
Before consumers buy millions of
neckties for Dad and pricey perfumes for Mom this parental holiday season,
LastMinuteTravel.com encourages offspring to consider a more memorable gift
idea: the gift of vacation. With newly created vacation packages and hotel
deals tailored specifically for Mothers' and Fathers' Day, including some with
value-added freebies, LastMinuteTravel.com guarantees that the gift of travel
will show the utmost appreciation for parents everywhere.
"No one is more deserving of an impulse getaway than Moms and Dads,
whether it's May, June, or any other time of year," states Amir Inditzky,
Director of E-Commerce for LastMinuteTravel.com, a Travel Holdings, Inc.
company. "We've been working with our hotel partners to offer travelers some
very special hotel deals, packages, and complimentary add-ons in recognition
of these two important holidays."
Free offers included when booking hotel deals on LastMinuteTravel.com
during select days in both May and June include:
LAS VEGAS: Resort, Slot, and Food Credits
-- The Palazzo Las Vegas (Five Star): Complimentary slot and food credits
-- Trump Hotel & Towers (Five Star): $25 resort credit
-- Circus Circus (Three Star): Complimentary Food Credits COSTA RICA: Pay for four nights, stay for five
-- Best Western Irazu Hotel & Casino in San Jose (Four Star)
-- Best Western Jaco Beach Resort (Four Star)
-- Best Western San Jose Downtown (Four Star)
FLORIDA: Free room nights
-- Amerisuites Sabal Park, Tampa (Three and a Half Star): Pay for two
nights, stay for three, with complimentary breakfast
-- Best Western JTB Southpoint, Jacksonville (Three Star): Pay for two
nights, stay for three, with complimentary breakfast
-- Ramada Heritage Park, Orlando (Two Star): Pay for four nights, stay
for five
PACIFIC RIM: Pay for two nights, stay for three
-- Eastin Hotel & Spa, Bangkok, Thailand (Five Star)
-- Rydges Auckland, Christchurch, or Rotorua, New Zealand (Four Star)
In time for Mothers' Day, many featured hotels on LastMinuteTravel.com are
introducing special room rates exclusively during May, including:
MEXICO: Free all-inclusive
-- Great Parnassus Resort & Spa, Cancun (Four Star): $200 per night,
all-inclusive oceanfront
-- Sirenis Tropical Suites Casino & Spa, Punta Cana (Five Star): $129 per
night, all-inclusive, set in a Caribbean coconut grove
-- Desire Resort & Spa, Riviera Maya (Four and a Half Star): $365 per
night, all-inclusive and couples-only, compared to $450 on competitor
sites UNITED STATES: Domestic Discounts
-- Hotel 71, Chicago, Ill. (Three and a Half Star): $136, compared to
$245 on competitor sites
-- Red Rock Resort, Casino, and Spa Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. (Five Star):
$148, compared to $182 on competitor sites
-- Palm Mountain Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, Cal. (Three Star): $75 per
night, compared to $163 on competitor sites
-- Gaia Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, Napa Valley, Cal. (Four Star): $138 per
night, compared to $245 on competitor sites. An environmentally
sustainable property
Additional vacation packages designed for Dad by LastMinuteTravel.com,
available for four nights from June 12 - 16, 2008, include:
GOLF RESORTS: Package Perfection
-- Doral Golf Resort, Miami, Fla. (Four and a Half Star): From $476,
including airfare and five 18-hole golf courses on-property, compared
to $527 on competitor sites
-- Resort at Singer Island, Palm Springs, Fla. (Four Star): Pay for five
nights, stay for four at $209 per night, compared to $240 on
competitor sites
-- Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, Ariz.
(Four Star): From $483, including airfare, with on-site golf courses,
equestrian center, and more, compared to $610 on competitor sites
-- Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort, Cancun, Mexico (Four and a Half
Star): From $545, including airfare
-- Innisbrook Resort & Golf Club, Tampa, Fla. (Four and a Half Star):
From $461, including airfare, with rolling hills, lakes, and four
championship courses "There are many more exclusive packages and discounts available on the
site now and during the next two months," states Inditzky. For more
information on other travel deals and destinations, or joining the
LastMinuteTravel Club for additional behind-the-scenes discounts on hotels,
visit http://www.LastMinuteTravel.com.
About LastMinuteTravel.com
Last Minute Travel (http://www.LastMinuteTravel.com), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Travel Holdings, Inc., is the premier online website for Last
Minute Travel deals offering cheap travel packages, discounted airfare,
bargains on hotel accommodations, car rentals, cruise specials and more to the
top traveled destinations worldwide. A pioneer in selling and marketing online
travel, LastMinuteTravel.com allows travelers to find the best deals at the
last possible moment, as hotel rates can change every second.
SOURCE LastMinuteTravel.com
Amanda Patrick, Account Executive, Ypartnership Public Relations, +1-407-838-1829, Amanda.Patrick@ypartnership.com, for LastMinuteTravel.com,
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