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The Wyndham Rio Mar’s new Eco Adventure package is available with a minimum stay of three nights.

The package includes a choice of two tours per person.

Guests select from the following options:

El Yunque Rainforest tour, horseback riding, or kayak ride through bioluminescent bay at Las Croabas. Nightly rates start at $365 based on double occupancy and include daily breakfast buffet, taxes and resort fees. The hotel is situated on a 500-acre tract between the tropical El Yunque National Rainforest and a mile-long stretch of Atlantic shoreline.

For reservations, call 800 4-RIO MAR and request rate code “PKGADV4.”

For more information, visit www.wyndhamriomar.com

Funjet Vacations launched a Sunsational Sale with vacations starting from $239.99.

All destinations from all departure cities are on sale for bookings through Feb. 18 for travel Jan. 30 to Aug. 31.

Special hotel offers may include free nights, free value-added inclusions and free guaranteed room upgrades, in destinations like Cancun/Riviera Maya, Punta Cana, Jamaica, Puerto Vallarta, Hawaii, Las Vegas and Orlando.

In select destinations, Funjet Vacations is offering buy one get one free tours and excursions and 20 percent off National and Alamo car rentals.

Sample vacation package and pricing include: Cancun — Flamingo Cancun Resort, all-inclusive, three stars, suitable for families, three nights reduced from $799.99 to $499.99, kids stay, play and eat free; Riviera Maya — Gran Bahia Principe Coba, all-inclusive, four stars, suitable for romance, three nights reduced from $964.99 to $579.99 with honeymoon inclusions; Punta Cana — Iberostar Punta Cana, all-inclusive, four stars, suitable for families, three nights reduced from $799.99 to $529.99. Jamaica — Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa, all-inclusive, four stars, suitable for beach lovers, three nights reduced from $999.99 to $579.99; Oahu, Hawaii — Aston Waikiki Beach, three and a half stars, suitable for families, three nights reduced from $709.99 to $659.99, including two-for-one Luau and kids stay free; and Las Vegas — Circus Circus Hotel & Casino, three stars, suitable for active travelers, three nights reduced from $299.99 to $239.99.

Funjet Vacations Mexico and Caribbean hotel-only and air/hotel vacations include roundtrip/airport hotel transportation and in Cancun/Riviera Maya, Vallarta, Los Cabos, Jamaica or Punta Cana. Vacationers will receive a free “Experience More” Card with exclusive discounts and offers at participating retailers.

Funjet Vacations is the flagship brand of the family-owned Mark Travel Corporation, headquartered in Milwaukee.

Funjet Vacations is celebrating 36 years of business in 2010.

Individual and group Funjet vacations are via nonstop charters and scheduled airlines to hundreds of destinations including Mexico, the Caribbean, Las Vegas, Hawaii, California, Florida and Europe.

Travelers can choose from air-inclusive, hotel-only or air-only vacations and add tours, attractions and shows to their vacation package for added value and convenience. For reservations click the Funjet banner above.

Puerto Rico’s Wyndham Rio Mar’s Escape package features savings of 30 percent with rates from $392 per night. The package includes daily breakfast, resort and tax fee and a VIP card featuring a 25 percent discount for tennis court rentals, spa treatments, non-motorized water sports, daily cabana rentals, and tours to Old San Juan and El Yunque Rain Forest for second guest with purchase of one regularly priced tour.

The Escape Package is available now through December.

Mention rate code PKG30.

For more information, call 877-999-3223 or visit www.wyndhamriomar.com

US Airways Vacations is giving clients a $300 Discount when paying with MasterCard card.

They can save up to $100 when booking, up to $100 at their destination and can receive a MasterCard gift card valued at $100 after travel has been completed.

Vacations must be booked before Feb. 1 for travel occurring until June 30.

Customers can save up to $100 when they book their vacation to the Caribbean, Hawaii and Mexico by using promo code SALE100 (minimum six-night stay required). Travelers wishing to take a vacation closer to home can save $50 on all domestic vacations, excluding Hawaii, by using promo code SALE50 (minimum four-night stay required).

Vacationers, booking via US Airways Vacations at www.usairwaysvacations.com/sale  can receive up to $100 in resort credits at their destination when staying at a participating hotel and resort with partners such as Starwood, Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Breezes Resorts, Riu Hotels and Resorts, Wynn Las Vegas and more.

Customers who book their travel to select Caribbean destinations (Anguilla, Antigua, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, or Turks and Caicos) and pay using their MasterCard card will receive a MasterCard Gift Card valued at $100.

Travelers who book using their MasterCard card to any other destination will receive a MasterCard gift card valued at $50. For more information on this and other specials, and to book a vacation, customers can visit US Airways Vacations at www.usairwaysvacations.com/sale

US Airways Vacations offers customers a one-stop shop to book vacation packages to dozens of exciting destinations, including Las Vegas, the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico, Hawaii, Arizona and Europe. Packages include roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations and other options such as tours and rental cars. US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates more than 3,000 flights per day and serves more than 190 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America.

The Verdanza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico is offering two packages for winter and spring travel.

Verdanza’s Winter Getaway package offers a wide variety of value-added perks. Rates start at $90 per person per night and are valid now through April 30.

The package includes accommodation for two adults, a welcome gift, daily buffet breakfast for two adults, $25 food and beverage credit for use in hotel, one Rondanza-Verdanza signature rum drink per adult, 20 percent discount in massages from Body Healers, and a “free one night stay” certificate for future use with the purchase of three nights or more.

Rates do not include the 9 percent government tax and 8 percent resort fee.

The minimum stay is two nights.

Up to two children 16 years or younger are welcome to stay in same room with adults at no additional cost.

Children under 5 years old eat free at Eighty20 Bistro. The package is commissionable at 15 percent for travel agents.

In conjunction with the Saborea Puerto Rico Culinary Extravaganza, held April 9 to 11 in San Juan, Verdanza Hotel will be offering an Official Foodie Package.

The festival features three days of local and international culinary celebrities, live demo kitchens, wine and spirits tastings, and a food tasting pavilion.

The package is $939 for one person and $1,285 for two. Each package includes admittance to Saborea’s inaugural Culinary Beach Soirée, weekend pass to Saborea Village, four days and three nights in a single or double guestroom, welcome drink from Rums of Puerto Rico on arrival, daily full American buffet breakfast per adult, plus, per package, $40 transportation credit and more.

For more information, call 800-625-9025 or visit www.saboreapuertorico.com  or www.verdanzahotel.com

This month, the Verdanza Hotel opened in San Juan, Puerto Rico as the only independent full-service hotel in the city.

Located a short distance from the beach in the Isla Verde tourism district, the property has 222 rooms with 20 suites, three restaurants, a pastry shop, and more than 15,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space.

Customized perks include personal bike taxi transport to and from the beach, made-to-order picnic beach lunches, a pillow menu, in-room coffeemaker with premium Puerto Rican coffee, and pet-friendly guestrooms.

The Celebrate Verdanza package offers a variety of value added perks. Rates start at $90 per person per night, based on double occupancy and includes accommodation for two adults;

welcome gift; daily buffet breakfast for two adults, $25 food and beverage credit per room, for use in hotel;

one Rondanza-Verdanza signature rum drink-per adult;

20 percent discount in massages from Body Healers;

and a certificate for a free night for future use with the purchase of three nights or more.

The rate does not include 9 percent government tax and 8 percent resort fee.

The minimum stay is two nights.

Up to two children 16 years or younger may stay in the same room with adults at no additional cost. Children under 5 years old eat free at Eighty20 Bistro. Subject to availability and restrictions, the package is valid through April 30.

For more information, call 800-625-0312 or visit www.verdanzahotel.com

GOGO Worldwide Vacations launched a Caribbean sale with free nights, room upgrades, resort upgrades and other enticements.

he sale applies to bookings made to Feb. 2 for travel March 15 to Aug. 31.

For a complete list of hotels and offers, visit www.gogoworldwidevacations.com 

GOGO Worldwide Vacations is a leading wholesaler of value vacation packages with 39 local sales offices serving 18,000 travel agencies.

For more information, call 888-567-0600 or visit www.gogowwv.com  You must book throuh a travel agent.

The Hilton Hotels Romance Package in the Caribbean and Latin America includes accommodations;

early check-in and pre-registration upon request;

in-room sparkling wine (where permitted by law) or cider upon arrival;

access to hotel health club, pool and whirlpool spa (where available); daily breakfast for two in room or in the hotel’s designated restaurant; on additional nights, guests buy one entrée and get a second one of equal or lesser value free (choose from either lunch or dinner in designated restaurant); and late check-out upon request.

The package is available in Hilton hotels throughout the Caribbean and Latin America, from the completely renovated British Colonial Hilton Nassau in The Bahamas and the eco-friendly Hilton Papagayo Costa Rica Resort & Spa to the traditional Hilton Cartagena in Colombia and the recently opened Hilton Mexico City Reforma.

The rates vary by property, and are per room per night based on double occupancy and do not include resort/service fees, taxes, incidentals, or gratuities. Request booking code RP.

For more information, call 800-HILTONS or visit www.hilton.com/romance

MSC Cruises has announced a seven-night Country Music Caribbean cruise aboard the MSC Poesia, with a special appearance by The Bellamy Brothers, departing Feb. 20.

The Bellamy Brothers, who are best known for their hit single “Let You Love Flow,” will performance one night during the cruise.

In addition, the cruise will feature line dancing lessons, country music karaoke and performances by other country music artists.

The Country Music cruise is available on the Eastern Caribbean Enchantment itinerary, which sails roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale and calls at San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Tortola, British Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas.

Cruise-only rates start at $419 per person, double.

Children ages 17 and younger sail free when sharing a stateroom with two full-fare-paying adults. For more information, call 800-666-9333 or visit www.msccruisesusa.com

Escambrón Beach will take center stage April 9 to 11 at the third annual Saborea Puerto Rico.

The event will bring together local and international culinary personalities, activities and tastings from some of the island’s finest restaurants, rums and more.

The Tasting Pavilion will offer a showcase of Puerto Rico’s best restaurants, plus a wide range of rums, wines, beer and spirits.

A Kids Pavilion will teach children the art of cooking as well. Saborea Puerto Rico starts off on April 9 with the Rums of Puerto Rico Beach Soirée.

It will feature a custom cocktail list with Puerto Rico’s finest rums and a tapas menu created by Saborea Puerto Rico’s Celebrity Chefs as well as music.

The three-day gastronomic feast can be accessed via an all-inclusive one-day or weekend pass good for cooking demonstrations, beverage seminars and other activities. MasterCard card holders will get a $15 discount on Saborea Village tickets.

For more information, visit

www.saboreapuertorico.com