Last week, we found savings for booking your 2014 cruise early. This, week it’s all booking early for the best deals of the 2013-2014 ski seasons. Crested Butte Mountain Resort has a “Book Early, Save Big” promotion that includes giving 30 percent off lodging when staying four nights during the 2013-2014 winter season.

The early booking work on a sliding scale. If you book by August 15, you receive the 30 percent off deal. Wait until September 15 and you save 25 percent off. Book before October 15 and you’ll still save 20 percent.

In addition to the deal, guests flying to this popular ski destination have the opportunity of nearly free airline tickets. The resort is giving airline credit of up to $400 per ticket when guests book lodging and airfare by October 15.

Restrictions and blackout dates do apply for the airfare deal, but the discounts will not getting any deeper for the 2013-2014 ski season.

$400 air credit will be given to travelers who fly inbound into the Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport on Mondays and Tuesdays throughout the season, beginning January 1 through March 30, 2014. For those traveling on other days of the week, the resort is offering a $200 credit per ticket. The Gunnison- Crested Butte Regional Airport has multiple daily direct flights from Denver International Airport, daily flights from Dallas-Fortworth International Airport and weekly Saturday flights from Houston at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Click here to see the air schedule.

To book now, call Crested Butte Vacations at 800-600-2803.