Deals & Discounts

USA
Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate is offering discounted rates through Dec. 26, allowing families who book two rooms to save 50 percent on the second connecting room. Room rates start at $299 per night for two adults and two children for a two- to five-night stay, and include daily breakfast; a free round of golf for two adults and two children at the nine-hole Champions 9 course; scheduled transportation to Walt Disney World; unlimited water activities; and a kids’ activity backpack with a souvenir cup. Room accommodations feature a king-size bed and a connecting room with two double beds.
www.omniorlandoresort.com

USA
Kids enamored with “Dora the Explorer” or “SpongeBob SquarePants” are in luck when they visit Doral Golf Resort and Spa, a Marriott Resort, or Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort. Both Florida properties are offering a Nickelodeon Getaway package that includes a two-night stay, a SpongeBob- or Dora-themed sleepover kit and a character breakfast for the entire family. Guests will also receive a complimentary photo taken with their favorite character.

The package is offered only on the weekends, from Friday through Sunday. Starting rates at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa begin at $179 per night through Dec. 31; rates at Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort begin at $239 per night, valid through Sept. 27. To book, agents should use promotional code ZNL.
www.marriott.com

MEXICO & CARIBBEAN
Through Aug. 31, Club Med is offering a $99 sale for travel through April 24, 2010, at properties throughout Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Rates include meals, children’s programs, land and water activities and accommodations for both parents and children at rates starting at $99 per person, based on double occupancy and with a three-night minimum stay. Participating properties include the Club Med Sandpiper, Florida; Club Med Cancun Yucatan, Mexico; Club Med Ixtapa Pacific, Mexico; Club Med Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Club Med Turkoise, Turks & Caicos; Club Med Columbus Isle, Bahamas; La Caravelle, Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Buccaneer’s Creek in Martinique.
www.clubmed.us

HAWAII

Kids are encouraged to become Ocean Explorers at the Big Island’s Hilton Waikoloa Village. // © 2009 Hilton Hotels and Resorts

EUROPE
A unique, permanent package at the Rocco Forte Hotel de Rome in Berlin is giving teens a chance to experience the real Berlin with the help of a local young adult. Working with Berlin Teen, a program that teams teenage travelers with seniors from Berlin’s John F. Kennedy international school, the hotel is arranging special excursions and activities for teenaged guests ages 14 and up. Activities include an accompanied clubbing tour, a guided street art tour of the Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain districts, a Berlin Undergrounds tour of World War II bunkers, disc jockey lessons with leading Berlin club owners and more.

Parents who book a Deluxe room or a Junior Suite will receive the second room for free, as well as a complimentary breakfast buffet. Deluxe room rates start at $747 per night, while Junior Suite room rates begin at $956 per night. Interconnecting rooms are also available.
www.roccofortecollection.com

EUROPE
Classic Vacations is offering deals and discounts that include free hotel nights, kids-stay-free packages, discounts on a second room and more with 2009 Classic Families offerings that are booked by Dec. 15 for travel through Dec. 20.

Promotions include a three-night stay at the Out of the Blue Elite Capsis Resort in Greece that comes with Oasis Bungalow Garden-View accommodations; daily breakfast for kids and adults; a children’s welcome package; guaranteed adjacent suites when booking two suites in the same building; complimentary daily children’s lunch and dinner; and complimentary entrance to Aqua Park, Capsis Elite Resort Private Zoo and Capsis Minoan Amusement Park. The package rate starts at $359 per adult.
www.classicvacations.com/families

Honolulu’s Pacific Beach Hotel is offering a Wii Are Fa-mi-ly Package through Dec. 19 that includes unlimited use of a Nintendo Wii console in the guestroom for video-game-addicted members of the family. Also included in the package are standard room accommodations for up to four people, free parking, a 50 percent off dining coupon and an in-room microwave with complimentary microwaveable popcorn. Rates start at $199 for a one-bedroom suite and $299 for a two-bedroom suite.
www.pacificbeachhotel.com

MEXICO
CasaMagna Marriott Puerto Vallarta’s new Escape! Family promotion offers rates as low as $200 per night, as well as complimentary breakfast, pizza and a movie night and nightly milk and cookies turndown service for kids. Children ages 4 to 12 also enjoy complimentary access to the resort’s Kid’s Club. The package is available through Dec. 11, and promotional code MAJ should be used at the time of booking.
www.puertovallartamarriott.com

HAWAII
The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa is combining its popular Family Plan package with its Three for Free offer to give families savings up to 45 percent or anywhere from $2,300 to $3,600. The new deal includes a free fifth night, a 50 percent discount off an adjoining room for the kids, complimentary daily breakfast buffet for two adults and two children, an upgraded room category for both rooms, a free in-room movie and bottomless beverages for kids ages 12 and under. The offer is valid from June 1 to Dec. 19 and must be booked with offer code FAMSUM.
www.grandhyattkauai.com

USA
Washington, D.C.’s Hotel George is offering presidentially themed packages throughout 2009, designed to pamper both little ones and family pooches.

The Future Presidents package gives kids a chance to practice their interviewing skills, improve their junior spy skills and meet President Obama’s wax counterpart. It includes four all-day metro passes and a map of family-friendly activities in D.C.; complimentary overnight parking; and admission for two adults and two children to two of the following museums — the Newseum; Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, Washington, D.C.; or the International Spy Museum. Package rates start at $339.

Following in the paw prints of the first family’s newest addition, Bo, families can bring their pooch and treat him/her to a doggie welcome amenity, a day at The Doggie Style Pet Spa in D.C. and complimentary dog walking. Package rates start at $269.
www.hotelgeorge.com

MEXICO
Pueblo Bonito Oceanfront Resorts and Spas located in Cabo San Lucas and Mazatlan, Mexico, are offering a year-long, family-friendly Stimulus Package that allows kids to stay free and eat free through Oct. 31. The offer is available for children who share a room with their parents, dine with their parents and order from the kid’s menu. The promotion is not valid at Pueblo Bonito’s Samba Vallarta in the Riviera Nayarit and Pacifica Holistic Retreat and Spa in Cabo San Lucas.
www.pueblobonito.com

CARIBBEAN
Sunset Resorts is offering 25 percent savings for families in ’09. The newly renovated Sunset Beach Resort and Spa in Montego Bay — with fresh dining options, a new swim-up bar overlooking the sea and the kid-favorite Pirates Paradise Water Park — is offering all-inclusive rates of $132 per person, per night, based on double occupancy from March 1 to April 18 and rates of $109 per person, per night, double, from April 19 to Dec. 22.

The Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, which features waterfalls, plunge pools, a meandering river, hot tubs, swim-up bars and a swaying rope bridge alongside the Caribbean Sea, is also home to the new Lighthouse Waterslide, fun for adults and children alike. The all-inclusive property is offering families rates of $144 per person, per night, do uble occupancy, from March 1 to April 18 and $126 per person, per night, double, from April 19 to Dec. 22. At both resorts, kids ages 3 to 15 are $60 per night and under age 3 is free.

www.sunsetresortsjamaica.com

SOUTH AMERICA

Located on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific Coast, Punta Leona resort hopes to attract families with its Punta Leona Family Package. The seven-day, eight-night package includes a canopy adventure, one-hour use of non-motorized watersports equipment per day, a one-hour massage, a visit to a butterfly garden, a guided walking tour through Punta Leona forest and daily breakfast. Clients will spend five nights in Punta Leona and the first and last night in San Jose (located approximately 90 minutes away by car).

Double occupancy rates begin at $564, and children up to 5 years of age are free. The offer is good through Oct. 30.

Punta Leona resort encompasses 750 acres of tropical rainforest, private nature reserve and three white-sand beaches. It is protected by the warm waters of Nicoya Gul f, which also allows for ample snorkeling opportunities. While on site, beach lovers and clients with children can head to Blancas Beach, home to a resident turtle family, and Mantas Beach, which is watched over by lifeguards.

www.puntaleona.com