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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Travel Deals On Hotels & Cruises Worldwide

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Travel Deals On Hotels & Cruises Worldwide
The Friday after Thanksgiving isn’t just for holiday gift shopping anymore. 

Hotels and resorts are rolling out deals on Black Friday, and extending them through Cyber Monday. (In between is Small-Business Saturday, but the travel industry hasn’t latched onto that one … yet.)

Love gimmicks or hate them, we tracked down plenty of ways to save when booking this holiday weekend.

1. Starwood’s Cyber Monday sale is kicking off with three ways to save on stays between January 1 and April 30, 2011. Book between November 29 and December 3, 2010, for special rates at more than 60 destination resorts in Hawaii, the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, and more. Sample deals include The Westin Cancun from $99 a night and the St. Regis Princeville at 33 percent off. Or book on November 29 for Starwood’s One-Day Wonders with deep discounts at participating properties—like the Westin Maui where rates will drop from $419 to $299, and the St. Regis Aspen, down from $749 to $399. Follow Starwood Preferred Guest on Facebook or Twitter to get access to those one-day sales early, starting at 6 p.m. EST on November 28.

Don’t miss our Budget Travel section for even more savings.

2. You’ve got 24 hours to jump on these deals from Marriott. Several Marriott properties are dropping their rates between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. EST on Monday, November 29.

At the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino, book two nights from $294 a night and get two nights free for travel between April 25 and December 22, 2011. Use promo code D52 when booking.

Or head south to Costa Rica for deals at Marriott properties for stays between January 1 and December 19, 2011. Rates are from $99 a night at the Costa Rica Marriott Hotel San Jose, Courtyard San Jose Escazu, and the extended-stay Residence Inn San Jose Escazu; and from $119 a night at the Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort. Use promo code PR5 when booking.

3. Early planners get rewarded this holiday season. Pay your fare in full by November 30, 2010 and save big on Uniworld’s 2011 cruises in Europe and Russia.

  • Grand European Explorer, 29 days from Basel to Bucharest (save $1,600 per couple)
  • European Serenade, 13 days from Vienna to Amsterdam (save $1,00 per couple)
  • Imperial Waterways of Russia, 13 days Moscow to St. Petersburg (save $1,000 per couple)
  • Burgundy & Provence, 8 days Arles to Chalon sur Saône (save $600 per couple)

Rates include river-view staterooms, all meals including wine, beer, and soft drinks during dinner in Europe; guided shore excursions, and ship entertainment and lectures.

Find more travel ideas in our European travel section.

4. Warwick Hotels is celebrating its 30th anniversary by dropping  price by 30 percent off the best available rates. This deal is available between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, November 26 for travel between December 1, 2010 and February 28, 2011, based on availability. The discount is available at all five North American properties: Warwick New York Hotel, Warwick Melrose Dallas, Warwick Denver, Warwick San Francisco and Warwick Seattle. Use the rate code WKBLK.

5. Mix some naughty indulgence with your nice getaway to Milliken Creek Inn & Spa. Every reservation booked on November 26 or November 29 will include a 75-minute aromatherapy massage, valued at  $160. Accommodations also includes daily breakfast and  wine tastings every evening.

6. There’s more than one way to save at Red Roof. The Cyber Monday sale kicks off at 12 a.m. on Monday, November 29 and ends at the stroke of midnight, EST. Bookings made that day get 15 percent off participating hotels. Use code 608270 when booking. If it’s too soon to think about booking more holiday travel, take advantage of Red Roof’s Sleep Cheaper! program. Book at least 10 days in advance and stay at a Red Roof on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day and get up to 30 percent; or book 10 days in advance and stay on holiday-adjacent days for 20 percent off.

Traveling LGBT families, especially, should look closer at Red Roof: How To Find Gay-Friendly Hotels … That Are Fabulous.

7. Snag a last-minute getaway at San Francisco’s LEED-certified Orchard Hotel and Orchard Garden Hotel. Beginning November 26 through November 29, 2010, both Orchard hotels are dropping rates the longer you stay. Pay $139 if you stay on Friday night only; $129 per night for Friday and Saturday-night stays; $119 per night for Friday through Sunday; and $109 if you make it a true long weekend from Friday through Monday.

8. Intercontinental Hotel Group rolled out a month-long promotion that ends November 29. Book any Friday, Saturday or Sunday night at an IHG hotel (including any Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, and more) and get $50 credit off your next flight. Stays can be booked through April 30, 2011, and participants must join the free Priority Club loyalty program to be eligible. As a bonus, re-tweet @IHG_Deals posts that include #50FreeFriday to enter for a chance to win a $50 Visa gift card.

9. Nothing says holiday cheer like 50 percent savings in the Caribbean. Sonesta Resorts Sint Maarten is offering 50 percent off for stays January 3-April 30, 2011 for bookings made between November 26-29. This sale is available for both room-only and all-inclusive rates at the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino and Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino. Regular room rates during those months at Sonesta Maho $305 per night for room only,  and $285 per person, per night all-inclusive; Sonesta Great Bay rates are usually $290 per night for room only, and $260 per person, per night all-inclusive. Use the promo code BF10 when booking.

10. Get your holiday shopping done early this year with this deal from Hyatt Regency Bonaventure Conference Center and Spa. Book through November 30, 2010 and get a reduced rate of $109 a night, a $20 gift card to the Sawgrass Mills Mall, and free transportation to and from the mall. This offer is valid for stays through December 22, 2010. Use the booking code FLSAVE.

Find more deals with What’s New In Caribbean Travel: Cruises, Resorts, Flights & Deals Galore.

11. Cruise the Caribbean from less than $40 a day. Between November 26 and November 29, MSC Cruises is offering reduced rates from $269 per person on select seven-night Caribbean cruises. Participating cruises include Eastern Caribbean sailings to St. Thomas, Philipsburg, and Nassau, departing November 28 and December 12; January 9 from $299 per person plus up to a three-category upgrade; January 23 from $329 per person. Western Caribbean cruises to Key West, Ocho Rios, Georgetown, and Cozumel depart December 5 with rates from $269; December 19, from $349; and January 16 and January 30 from $329 per person.

12. Club Med’s Black Friday deal runs from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST on November 26, featuring Caribbean and Mexico stays from $99 per person, per night. Rates include accommodations, all meals, cocktails and beer, activities, and other entertainment. Air-inclusive packages will include flights from anywhere in the U.S. to Cancun Yucatan, from $99 a night per person with a three-night minimum; land-only packages will start from $139 a night. Other deals to Columbus Isle, Buccaneer’s Creek and Ixtapa Pacific vary based on departure city.

By Sarika Chawla for PeterGreenberg.com.

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