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The DeChant Travel Letter January 5, 2005
Welcome to the first letter in the 2005 edition. For those who are new to us, this is a free travel letter about travel deals that people like you and I have found. I find some of them and our readers find others. This letter compiles the best of the best and lets you know how to book direct and save money using the internet. So lets not waste any more time. Do not forget to write in about deals you find.
www.frenchhotelbarge.com is offering an interesting sale on a First Class Barge Vacation on the waterways of France. The Package is called “Sweet Surprise.” Clients book a barge vacation for a specific date on one of Canal & Company’s five French Barges. All of these barge vacations are similar. The price is all inclusive including air, pre and post cruise Paris Hotel, gourmet food on the 7 day 6 night cruise, wines with lunch and dinner on the cruise, daily shore excursions as you travel on a leisurely on one of France’s beautiful waterways. Each boat explores a different region of France but has similar excursions to vineyards, historical sites, picturesque villages, etc. By not choosing a specific barge but only the specific date, the company is able to place you in a barge where they have the most vacancies. 30 days out they will tell you which barge you will be on. You can list preference but there is no guarantee which barge it will be. All barges are first class with private personal facilities. Your savings can be as much as $1900 per couple over the standard price where you pick the barge and the date. You can also pick the barge and date through this website and they will offer a discount from full price if you mention The DeChant Travel Letter.
Our readers report that Yahoo has a hit with www.farechase.com. This website give you a glimpse at all the internet sale prices on all air tickets to and from the cities of your choice world wide. It searches all websites that offer air. There is an interesting difference in price. Have a look for yourself. You may find it cheaper than you think to fly to a vacation site this year.
Likewise those interested in new digital cameras will find a similar site at www.mysimon.com.
European Hotels are very expensive these days. One way to keep the price within reason is to take a vacation rental of someone’s apartment. In London this can save more than 50% of the lodging costs. In Paris the savings are similar. www.londonapartmentvacation.com and www.parisapartmentvacation.com are two sites that offer such accommodation. The savings become more dramatic when the party is 3 or 4 as the extra person price is quite low. For family travel, a well located apartment is perfect.
For those who want to escape the cold of the North this winter, have a look at Fort Lauderdale. www.fortlauderdale-vacation-rentals.com has vacation waterfront apartments that sleep up to 5 persons and are very reasonable in price.
USA3000,
a low-cost carrier serving several USA markets, lets their customers
book reservations online at their website located at
http://www.usa3000.com.
Next issue we will have a look at Canada Fishing, Paris Tours, French cooking Classes, and the Florida Keys. If you have any recommendations please send them through to me. Include the website. We will check them out and put them up. Likewise if you have taken a vacation that has been a disaster, please let us know and we will pass it on as well.
As always, if you do not want to receive this free travel letter just reply as such and we will take you off the list. We do not purchase lists nor do we sell names. Our list comes from direct requests and recommendations of friends. If you have a friend that you think would enjoy this letter please send their email address to us.
In the meantime remember that when on vacation, one gets out of the vacation what one puts into it. Go for Quality. We will continue to send some recommendations of quality vacations and cost saving techniques your way.
Ed DeChant, Editor ---- The DeChant Travel Letter --- eddechant@earthlink.net 412 East Shore Trail, Sparta NJ 07871 973 729 4213 Fax 973 729 2940
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