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Travel deals: Savings on Southwest domestic fares and British Airways business-class packages

October 17, 2018 at 11:05 a.m. EDT
Dominica’s Secret Bay eco-luxury resort is celebrating its reopening after Hurricane Maria with a free-night special. (Courtesy of Secret Bay)

This week’s best travel bargains around the globe.

Land

With REI, save $700 on the 2018 departures of two Belize itineraries. The eight-day Belize Glover’s Reef & Jungle Multisport starts at $2,799 for members and $3,199 for nonmembers, and includes three nights in a jungle lodge and four nights in a beach base camp, several meals, domestic flights and ground transportation, guides, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards, park fees and taxes. The 10-day Belize Ultimate Multisport costs $3,299 and $3,699, respectively, and includes accommodations (hotel, beach base camp, jungle lodge and jungle camping); meals; airport transfer; flight from Dangriga to Belize City; ground transportation; kayaks and stand-up paddleboards, and taxes. Lifetime memberships cost $20. Info: rei.com .

Secret Bay, an eco-luxury boutique resort on Dominica, is celebrating its reopening after Hurricane Maria with a free-night special. Receive the free night on stays of five nights or longer. Nightly rates start at $645, plus 20 percent taxes, and includes an organic breakfast basket with eggs, fruit, homemade granola, yogurt, bread, jam, dried fruit and local lemon grass and cocoa teas. Valid on select villas from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15. Blackout dates apply. Use promo code PEEK. Info: secretbay.dm.

Colorado’s Telluride Ski Resort and the New Sheridan Hotel are offering an early ski season deal, with reduced ski lift ticket rates and a free fourth night of lodging. A four-night stay, including four days of skiing, starts at $873 per couple including taxes; room-only rate is typically $847 and four-day lift tickets in early December cost $423 per person, for a savings of $900. The promo applies to stays Nov. 23-Dec. 17. Book by Oct. 31 via 800-200-1891; request the Stay & Ski promo. Hotel info: newsheridan.com .

Sea

Save between $150 and $500 per person on Hurtigruten’s 10-night cruise of Norway’s coast, sailing round trip between Bergen and Kirkenes. Prices vary based on ship and sailing date, and discount is based on cabin category. For example, the price after discount for an outside cabin aboard the 822-passenger MS Trollfjord departing Bergen on May 11 now starts at $3,033 per person double including taxes, a $200 savings. Discount applies to cruises departing April 1, 2019-May 31, 2020. Book by Dec. 31 via 888-412-3059. Info: hurtigruten.com .

Book a select Regent Seven Seas cruise by Oct. 31 and receive a free two-category suite upgrade. Deal applies to 17 cruises departing in 2019. For example, price for a G1 deluxe veranda suite now starts at $7,799 per person double (a savings of $400) on a 14-night cruise from Miami to Lisbon departing March 25; cruise includes economy airfare from Washington to Miami, business-class airfare from Lisbon to Washington, shore excursions, all beverages, specialty restaurants, transfers, tips, WiFi and taxes. Info: 844-860-1153, rssc.com .

Air

Southwest is offering sale fares on domestic travel. For example, round-trip fare from Reagan National to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., starts at $178 with taxes; other airlines are matching, but fare typically starts at about $276. Sale applies to travel through March 6. Holiday blackouts apply, and sale to some destinations is limited to specific travel days. A 14-day advance purchase is required. Book by Oct. 25 at southwest.com .

Package

British Airways is offering savings on business-class packages to London. For example, a five-night trip in mid-January now starts at $3,030 per person double including round-trip business-class airfare from BWI Marshall, five nights of lodging at the Tower hotel and taxes; priced separately, the trip would cost about $4,136 per person. Sale is through June 30, but lowest prices apply Dec. 23-March 20. Purchase by Monday at ba.com .

— Andrea Sachs and Carol Sottili

Prices were verified at press time Thursday, but deals sell out and availability is not guaranteed. Some restrictions may apply.