
ARCHIVED SPECIALS
These are specials which we've announced in the past. Some might still be applicable, others may not. Call today to see if offers are still available, or new ones exist.
September 29- We
have a great Aruba special that runs weekly every Saturday
October 1st through October 29th with 7-nights at the luxurious Riu Aruba
Grand Hotel priced at just $799 per person twin for
flights, transfers, 7-nights tax and service, and a $250 food and
beverage credit per room!!
March 31- Our partner, TNT Vactions, continues to come in with some remarkable last-minute specials. Witness Aruba, with bargains starting from just $599 per person double occupancy (ppdo) if you can go one of the first two weeks in April! Also on this favored island of so many travelers, everyone's favorite resort, La Cabana, is available for an April 9th departure from just $699!
March 28- We have great rates for 7-night non-stop charters to Aruba, Curacao, the Dominican Republic, Cancun, the Mayan Riviera, St. Martin, Anguilla, St. Barts and Cozumel! If you can travel this weekend departing April 1st, 2nd or 3rd, Aruba packages are available for 7-nights at the Brickell Bay Beach Resort from just $599!! The Marriott Resort and Casino in Curacao is available April 9th at just $899, and all-inclusive vacations to the Dominican Republic are available from $699 April 1st and 8th. You can stay in a junior suite at Mont Vernon with breakfast included daily, and St. Martin April 9th departure at just $799. We also have tours for Cancun and the Mayan Riviera on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula available all-inclusive from just $899 for April 1st and 8th departures.
March 23- Travel to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, and stay at the all-inclusive Casa Marina Beach & Reef Resort for 7-nights departing April 3rd, and returning on the 10th, or April 10th, returning on the 17th, and pay just $1049 per couple (that's 2 for 1 with the first person paying $1049, and the second person free!). Total amount is subject to the air taxes and fees per person of approximately $112.00 plus a $20 reservation fee for a booking made within 14 days (per person). Seats are very limited, so please call to reserve your space today!
March 22- Each
year, we promote to our groups February school vacation week trips, and in 2006,
we’ll have February 17t and 18th evening departures for 7-night
stays including Rome, Florence, Venice; Sorrento, Italy; Taormina,
Sicily, and Athens, Greece with Crete stay. We can also arrange
departures to Spain, Portugal, England or France
upon request, but would need to have these requests as soon as possible from you
in order to acquire the air seats.
If you are associated with a group and/or educators who can
only travel during February and April school vacation periods, please take
advantage of our group rate promotions that are not only available for
individuals, but also a small or large group. In addition to Friday and Saturday night departures, we’ve
booked a Western Caribbean cruise Feb. 19 – 26th aboard the "Costa
Mediterraneo" with air/sea rates from Boston starting as low as
$1149 inside Cat. 1; $1169 inside Cat. 2, and $1299 for oceanview Cat. 4; $1339
oceanview Cat. 5, and $1389 oceanview Cat. 6. Book at least 4 months in advance
(this sailing will probably be sold out by 4 months in advance), and deduct $100
per person from the oceanview cabin prices, or Cat. 4, $1199; Cat. 5, $1239;
Cat. 6, $1289. All rates are plus $212.74 in port, government and air taxes.
March 21- Fly
out this Sunday, March 27th, Easter, for a 7-night stay in Antigua
at the Hotel Halcion Cove including flights, transfers and
hotel for just $499 per person twin, and save up to $1500 per couple!
Choose all-inclusive (drinks and meals) at just $899 per person!! The
following week April 3rd returning on the 10th, air and hotel is just $599 with
the all-inclusive at $999. This offer expires today, Monday, March 21st at 5:00
p.m.!!
March 11- Last
chance to book a March or early April Caribbean or Mexico
vacation! Space is extremely limited, but what's available is offered at
"blowout prices"! You can book round trip airfare from Boston to
Aruba March 19th, 20th and 26th for a 7-night stay, and to Cancun, March 11th,
18th and 25th for a 7-night stay at just $199 per seat plus air taxes and fees.
March 10- Celebrity
Cruise Lines has non-stop charter air seats during the April school vacation
week to Florida April 16th for their "Century"
cruise, and April 17th aboard the "Millennium".
They also have round trip San Juan April 16th for the "Constellation"
cruise. These are all first come, first serve, and very limited. Call
today!!
March 8- Both GWV
Vacations and TNT Vacations, the two charter operators to the Caribbean
and Mexico, are both having blowout sales this week of their end of
winter and spring inventory. Their 8-day/7-night vacations including air and
hotel are available on an all-inclusive basis from as low as $749. There is
limited availability on the 3 coming Fridays March 11th, 18th
and 25th to Cancun and the Mayan Riviera with
all-inclusive packages from $1099. In addition to 7-night charter vacations,
there are scheduled air vacations for 3-nights and up available as well. How
about an exotic Iceland vacation including round trip flights, 2-nights hotel,
airport transfers with an evening Blue Lagoon tour priced at just $599 per
person!! This is a fabulous destination not to be missed!
Our own "in house" Europe tours are sold out
through April, and in May, there is limited availability to Taormina, Sicily,
May 4th; Sorrento, Italy May 18th; and a Tuscan
7-night vacation May 10th. All 3 of these trips are all-inclusive
of meals and comprehensive sightseeing, and priced from just $1829
per person. Also, ask about our Aug. 12th departure for 7-nights to
the Austrian Lakes, including a visit to Munich, and a day trip
into Switzerland! Are you into poker? There is a 7-night cruise coming
up this weekend March 12 – 19th for an Eastern Caribbean
cruise from Ft. Lauderdale aboard the "MSC Opera" priced
from just $595 inside, and $795 oceanview stateroom. There are daily mini poker
tournaments. Also, March 31st to April 10th, and April 22nd
to May 3rd, there are 11-night Eastern Caribbean cruises with
daily mini poker tournaments priced from $849 April 22nd, and $899
March 31st! We are getting a lot of phone calls for summer and fall
Europe vacations. Throughout the late spring and summer, we feature Globus
& Cosmos tours throughout Europe, and come September, will again
schedule our own "in house" all or mostly inclusive vacations. We at
Durgan Travel sell almost 2/3rds of our own Europe tours during the fall.
We’ve sold out the winter/early spring, and the fall will sell out as well. If
you are thinking of Europe for the fall, call now for the best availability
and rates!! Most of our fall business travel is from mid-October through
mid-November throughout Europe. This is a great time to travel when the
temperatures are very comfortable for sightseeing. The prices and crowds are
down, and the values are up. During Thanksgiving week, join us in either Sorrento,
Italy or Taormina, Sicily on our all-inclusive 7-night vacations with
a traditional Thanksgiving dinner served on each tour. We have a great Christmas
Market tour early in December, and have just put the finishing touches on a Southwest
Holiday Lights with Red Rock Balloon Festival and National Parks Tour!
This 6-night tour Dec. 1 – 7th has flights in and out of Phoenix,
AZ with wonderful sightseeing in Arizona, including the Red Rock Balloon
Festival!! You would sightsee the south rim of the spectacular Grand
Canyon National Park, visit Montezuma Castle National Monument, Sedona,
Lake Havasu City, and lots more! Call for details!! Over New Years, we have a Dec. 26th to Jan. 2nd
7-night Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard "Costa Magica" from
Ft. Lauderdale visiting San Juan, St. Thomas, Catalina
Island, Casa de Campo, and Nassau, Bahamas. The air/sea rate
is from just $1499, and the cruise is hosted by Richard, Cheryl and Jared
Durgan! This won’t last, as these products are going out on their normal Sat.,
Dec. 24th and Sun., Dec. 25th schedules. The "Magica"
on a Monday-Monday cruise is the only vessel with this itinerary, so it will
sell out soon!
March 2- Our partner Delta
Vacations has a "Free Nights in Florida" specials
to various cities, including Ft. Lauderdale, Key West,
Naples/Bonita Springs/Marco Island; Tampa; West
Palm Beach, and at various hotels in and around Orlando.
In some situations, pay for 3, and it's the 4-night free, and in others, it's
the 5th or 6th night free. A few of these specials are only available
through the latter part of March, but many are available right through until
Dec. 15, 2005. They also have specials for Alamo rental cars, and great
airfares into these cities as well!
March 1- Carnival Cruise Lines will
hold a 1-day sale this Thursday, March 3rd. This promotion will offer
a free 2-category upgrade on most ships and sail dates in 2005 through
Dec. 17, 2005.
You will have to be prepared to place a deposit down with the
cruise line on that day. Call on Wednesday to discuss ships and itineraries to
identify the cruise you may wish to take. Note that this 2-category upgrade is
available within like cabin categories (interior to interior upgrade;
oceanview to oceanview, and balcony to balcony). The upgrades are available
in Cat. 4A through 8I. A few vessels are limited to a one category oceanview
upgrade, and the upgrade is not available on Carnival "Spirit",
"Pride", "Legend" or "Miracle",
and is valid for new bookings only. Call for details!! In Las Vegas, one of the top hoteliers is Steve
Wynn, and his brand new hotel, Wynn Las Vegas Resort is set to
open April 28th. Durgan Travel, along with our partner, America
West Vacations, is among a small select group of vacation package providers
able to offer vacation packages to this new property. We also sell every other
hotel and resort in Vegas, and have great rates available for you! Call for
details!! Norwegian Cruise Lines has a "Norwegian
Dream" Alaska Getaway Promotion. These 10 and
11-night packages include your flights, cruise, and one night hotel stay. Cruise
between Vancouver and Seattle for 11-nights departing May 19th;
round trip Seattle for 10-nights May 30th; 11-nights June 9th;
10-nights June 20th; 11-nights June 30th; 10-nights July
11th; 11-nights July 21st; 10-nights Aug. 1st;
11-nights Aug. 22nd, and 10-nights Aug. 22nd. Package
rates start as low as $1599 per person twin for the May 19th 11-night
cruise. These rates not include include the round trip flights, but also one
night hotel in Seattle, airport and cruise transfers, and port taxes. Government
taxes are additional. Again, these rates are spectacular! Oct. 10 – 19th, we will repeat our "Fire
in the Sky" Canadian Rockies tour featuring the Aurora Borealis
(Northern Lights). Our 9-day/8-night package will fly into Calgary
and out of Edmonton, and will visit Lake Louise, Banff, Jasper
National Parks, the Columbia Ice Fields, Kensington, and lots
more! We have special promotions and visits featuring the Aurora Borealis.
The Aurora Borealis was listed as number one on the top ten Natural
Wonders of the World by the Discovery Channel! This is the best
place to view this natural phenomenon, and a great time before the winter freeze
sets in! We are almost sold out of our own "in house" Europe
tours, and have limited availability in May for Taormina, Sicily; Sorrento,
and Tuscany tours. We also represent Globus/Comos, the world’s
largest tour operator, and have the very best pricing available for their
product worldwide as well! Bookings are strong for the fall to Europe, and if
thinking of a European vacation for the fall, and call and ask for promotional
flyers/reservation forms now. Many dates to many destinations are filling
rapidly. We recently sold out our 7-night Greece tour that
includes a 3-night Greek Isles cruise departing Nov. 9th, but have
just added another whole section to that tour. Italy continues to be our
number one seller, and this fall, we have trips available to all
destinations, including Sorrento, Taormina, Sicily; Tuscany; Umbria &
Tuscany; Italy’s Northern Lakes; the Italian Riviera; Puglia; Rome, Florence,
Venice; a Grand Tour of Sicily, as well as availability on a few pilgrimage
tours where you can join a local group traveling with a priest. Our Thanksgiving week departures to Sorrento, Italy
and Taormina, Sicily will include Thanksgiving dinners, and each
destination is great for family reunion groups, or empty nesters. Our New
Year’s trip to Sorrento is available priced at $1859 per person
all-inclusive Dec. 28th to Jan. 5, 2006, including a Gala New
Year’s Eve dinner with orchestra and dancing. We are putting the finishing
touches on our Taormina New Year’s trip, and hope to have it set
shortly. We also have a 6-night Budapest and Prague Christmas Markets
tour featuring 3-nights in each city Dec. 2 – 9th priced at just
$1299. Call for details!!
February 22- Reserve your next Caribbean or Mexico vacation this week, either March 3rd, 4th or 5th with Durgan Travel, and get an additional $50 per person off of GWV Vacations "Big Spring Sale". GWV is one of the two tour operators that fly out of Boston to many Caribbean islands, as well as Cancun, Cozumel and the Mayan Riviera in Mexico on a weekly basis.
February 16- We just heard from our Celebrity Cruise representative that this weekend, Feb. school vacation weekend, there are 40 charter seats available on their Boston to Ft. Lauderdale non-stop charter flight in conjunction with the "Millennium" Caribbean cruise. This is first come, first serve. If you were to book one of the top concierge categories, the air would only be $99 per person round trip on top of your cruise fare!! During the very hard to get April school vacation week, they have 80 seats left on their Boston to San Juan non-stop charter. These 2 specials won’t last!! Call if you are limited to traveling during these 2 time frames, and want a Celebrity Cruise!!
Super Clubs "Breezes" Curacao has 7-night charter specials priced from just $1299 per person twin for April 2nd and 9th departures; $1349 per person twin for March 19th, March 26th, April 23rd and April 30th departures. Breezes Curacao Resort Spa & Princess Casino is a fabulous resort, and this 7-night package includes all meals, unlimited drinks, sports activities, live entertainment, airport transfers, hotel tax and service charges. Air taxes are about $70 extra.
One of our Hawaii partners is having a spring sale to Hawaii. Travel any day except Thursday and Saturday, April 5th through May 31st, and pay by March 2nd, and round trip flights from Boston to Honolulu plus 5-nights hotel start as low as $652 per person for the Oahana Maile Sky Court Hotel (kitchenette room); $859 for the beachfront Pacific Beach Hotel, and $1019 per person twin for the deluxe Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort and Spa (breakfast included).
We can also book the Outrigger Hawaii condo property with a $50 bonus savings for travel now through Dec. 20, 2005. Call us today if interested in a Hawaiian vacation. Note that to Hawaii, we also have fabulous fly and cruise specials with Norwegian Cruise Lines as well.
Carnival Cruise Lines has just updated us on some of their wonderful cruise specials. Cruise 5-nights on the "Imagination" March 5th from $549; April 11th from $529; 7-nights on Carnival’s "Destiny" March 27th from $799; 7-nights on Carnival’s new ship, "Valour" March 13th from $799, and March 27th an 8-night cruise aboard the "Legend" from just $929.
When you think travel, think Durgan Travel Service. Look at our website of www.durgantravel.com if interested in Europe tours. We have the very best priced, highest value tours in the marketplace. We can also arrange individual travel if you "want to do your own thing"!
February 15- If
you are limited to traveling during April school vacation week, Celebrity
Cruise Lines has cabins available from Miami on their "Century"
and "Millenium" with charter air seats round trip April
16th for the "Century", and an April 17th
departure for the "Millennium". Also, aboard the "Constellation"
that sails out of San Juan on a Deep Southern Caribbean
cruise, there are non-stop charter seats April 16 – 23rd as well. These
won’t last. Call for details!!
If you are a golfer, we have great late winter through
April golf vacations to Saddlebrook Golf Resort and Spa in Tampa, FL;
the La Quinta Golf Resort and Club in Palm Springs, CA, and Barefoot
Landing Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC. Also, if you’ve dreamed of
golfing in Ireland or Scotland, we have packages available throughout 2005;
some including the venerable "St. Andrews" course. Delta has tours to the Caribbean on sale for travel
now through Aug. 31st with air from Boston to Aruba, Bermuda,
Grand Bahama Island, Nassau Bahamas, Grand Cayman, Jamaica,
Turks & Caicos in the Bahamas, Santa Domingo (Dominican
Republic), Puerto Rico, St. Thomas/USVI, St. Martin/St. Maarten,
St. Croix, and St. Lucia. Call for packages that include hundreds
of the best hotels throughout the Caribbean at fabulous rates! Last chance to book our March 4th Taormina
(all-inclusive vacation), and our post-Easter March 29th
13-day/11-night Grand Tour of Italy. In May, ask about our all-inclusive
7-night packages to your choice of Taormina, Sicily; Sorrento, Italy,
or Tuscany. We also represent the very best international tour operators
worldwide.
As mentioned in previous broadcasts to you, March is generally a sell out month with very few specials. There is extremely limited availability March 5th, 11th, 19th, 25th and 26th to all Caribbean and Mexico destinations. If interested in a March one-week charter Caribbean or Mexico vacation, call today, as the month will sell out very soon!
Post-Easter, April 1st and 9th departures are also heavily booked to Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. There is more availability to the Dominican Republic April 3rd and April 10th departures to Punta Cana with all-inclusive packages available from $999, and to La Romana and the Meringue Suncoast April 1st and 8th with all-inclusive packages available from $999. Puerto Plata also have departures April 1st and 8th with all-inclusive packages available from $899!
There are departures to Aruba April 19th, 20th, 26th and Easter Sunday, March 27th with decent availability. We have 7-night hotel packages with breakfast from $949, and all-inclusive packages from $1519.
April 16th is school vacation week, and Curacao has availability that week from $1299 for the Holiday Beach Hotel & Casino.
An April 10th departure for 7-nights has just been added to Aruba with air and hotel rates with breakfast from $899, and all-inclusive packages from $1499. Call for details! Boston’s own "Norwegian Majesty" that sails weekly from Boston to Bermuda beginning May 1st through Oct. 23rd has special even and theme cruises just about every week! As an example, May 15th is a Bingo Bonanza cruise; May 22nd Walking Clinic cruise; May 29th Health & Nutrition cruise; June 5th Running Clinic cruise; June 12th Bermuda Art cruise; July 3rd Fitness for Kids cruise; July 10th Portuguese Festival at Sea cruise; July 17th Kids Star Seeker Extravaganza cruise; July 24th Karate for Kids; July 31st and Aug. 7th Bermuda Wildlife Expert cruise; Aug. 14th Fitness for Kids cruise; Aug. 21st Last Blast Before School cruise; Aug. 28th Guest Comedian cruise; Sept. 4th and 11th Irish Festival at Sea; Sept. 18th Tennis Mixed Doubles Tournament cruise; Sept. 25th Country Line Dance Class cruise; Oct. 2nd Wine and Beer Sampling cruise; Oct. 9th Bingo Bonanza cruise; Oct. 16th Cooking Class cruise, and Oct. 23rd Bermuda History and Culture cruise. We have the best rates available for Boston to Bermuda aboard NCL’s "Norwegian Majesty". Call us for further details on any of these fabulous cruises!
Cunard Cruise Lines just sent winter/spring 2005 specials to us. Cruise March 9th or 17th round trip New York 8-night Caribbean cruises from just $1499 aboard the brand new fabulous "Queen Mary 2". Then, April 10th, 16th, 22nd or 28th, choose your trans-Atlantic cruise between New York and Southhampton for 6-nights from just $1799 per person.
The venerable "Queen Elizabeth II" sails May 2nd, 21st, 28th, June 10th, June 29th, and July 6th on 7, 12, 13 and 15 day cruises from Southhampton, England. Cruise the Mediterranean, Norwegian, Baltic, and Northern Delights itineraries!!
February 9- Fly
round trip, and spend 7-nights at the first-class Barcelo Talinquera
all-inclusive hotel at just $699 per person twin. The Barcelo
Capella Beach Resort is $799, and the Costa Caribe Coral by
Hilton from $1049. At La Romana the same week,
spend 7-nights all-inclusive at the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach
from just $949!! The Iberostar Hacienda Dominicus is from
just $1334 per person twin. Again, this is all-inclusive with all meals,
unlimited drinks, entertainment and a social program, flights and transfers!
February 8- We
have some great land rates for a minimum 3-night stays and longer in Ft.
Lauderdale. As an example, at the Best Western Oceanside Inn (one of
the few properties on the beach, and not across the street), 3-nights are just
$259 per person. Ask about 5th night free, and free buffet breakfast.
At the Holiday Inn Ft. Lauderdale Beach, 3-nights are $309 per person;
the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort $314; the Sheraton Yankee Trader Beach
Resort $354 (ask about 7-nights). At the Marriott Beach Plaza Tower,
$439 (ask about 5th night free). Note that these last 2 properties
are also right on the beach. The Radisson Bahia Mar Beach Resort is $444
per person for 3-nights, and the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six is $554
(ask about 4th night free). We also have great airfares in and out of
Ft. Lauderdale, and every other airport in Florida as well.
Last chance to book our few remaining seats for the April
school vacation week (adult tour) to Sorrento and Rome. We
also have a handful of seats available on our custom 13-day/11-night Grand
Tour of Italy that features 2-nights in Venice; 3-nights Florence,
Rome and Sorrento. Two meals daily are included, and comprehensive
sightseeing in each city, along with visits to Padua, Siena, San
Gimignano, Assisi, Capri, the Amalfi Drive, and priced
at just $2239 per person twin. This is a 4-star package offered at a super rate
to you! Note that this trip departs 2 nights after Easter on March 29th,
and returning on April 10th. It is ideal weather over there at this
time of year for sightseeing! Look for our "Durgan Traveler"
newsletter in the mail shortly! This has all of our specials to Europe this
spring, summer and fall, as well as specials to San Antonio, Texas for
their Fiesta Week in late April, and our May, June, September and October
National Parks, Canyon Lands and Las Vegas tours. We have
the best deals for you. Call today!!
February 2- Spend
7-nights aboard the luxurious "River Empress" on a Holland
Tulip Time cruise with all meals, and round trip flights included from just
$1698 per person. Weekly departures April 9th, 16th, 23rd,
30th and May 7th.
Fly out to the Caribbean this Saturday or Sunday for
7-nights all-inclusive from $649 to Punta Cana; $699 to the Meringue
Coast; $899 all-inclusive to Cancun, and also flights, transfers,
7-nights hotel in Aruba or St. Martin for $699. Feb. 11th
departure to the Meringue Coast $699; to Puerto Plata from $849. For the February school vacation week with a Friday
departure, Feb. 18th, spend 7-nights in the Dominican Republic
at the all-inclusive Viva Wyndham at just $1299, or to Juan Dolio,
and stay at the Barcelo Beach Resort or Playa Real for just $999. May/June is now on sale to the Caribbean with Cancun
from $749; Cozumel from $949, and all-inclusive Dominican Republic La
Romana and Punta Cana from $799, and Puerto Plata from $849.
Stay on the Mayan Riviera in Mexico late May through early June
for just $899 all-inclusive! Norwegian Cruise Lines has Alaska cruises on sale!
Cruise every Sunday from Vancouver on a round trip Alaska cruise
from just $849!! Aboard the "Norwegian Majesty", sail
for 15-days from Charleston, SC to the Caribbean, and then up to
Boston on the ship’s repositioning cruise to Boston April 16th to
May 1st with one way air included, and rates from just $998 per
person twin. Friday, March 4th, fly to Cancun, Mexico or
the Mayan Riviera in Mexico for a 7-night stay, and pay just $699 for the
Barcelo Club Las Perlas; $949 all-inclusive. If you know college students
looking for an inexpensive vacation, quad occupancy is available at $649 at the
Las Perlas; $849 all-inclusive. The Oasis Cancun all-inclusive quad occupancy is
$1199 per person. To the Mayan Riviera March 4th, spend
7-nights at the Grand Xcaret for $1549 per person. To Cozumel, stay
7-nights at the Melia Cozumel all-inclusive or the Iberostar Cozumel for just
$1299. Depart the U.S. either March 29th or April 1st
on a 9-night luxury "River Countess" or "River
Dutchess" Holland and Belgium spring cruise from just
$1898 per person including round trip fare, airport transfers, the cruise and
all meals. Crystal Cruise Lines, one of the most deluxe cruise
lines, and voted World’s Best Large Ship Cruise Line by Travel &
Leisure, and Conde Naste Traveler, has wonderful specials for the Mediterranean
and Baltic cruises in April, May and October with rates from $1995 for a
7-night May 14th round trip Rome cruise; $3636 for an April 27th
12-night London to Rome cruise, and $3182 for an 11-night Rome to Barcelona
cruise Oct. 14th. The "Crystal Harmony" is in
Asia. Cruise 14-nights Beijing to Hong Kong March 22nd
or April 5th from $3616, or April 13th Beijing to Yokajma.
June 11th, there is also an Alaska and Canada cruise
round trip for San Francisco for 12-nights from just $2533. This is a
luxury cruise line offered at super prices. Two other cruise lines that are deluxe are Celebrity and
Royal Caribbean. Today, we received 4 pages of single space availability
on cruises from late February through April on Caribbean, trans-canal,
Mexico, California, and Pacific Coast cruises. We also have
great specials aboard the "Zenith" and "Horizon"
on 10, 11 and 14-night cruise February, March and April. Some Caribbean
itineraries, and others, trans-canal. If you are thinking of Europe
this spring, summer or fall, think Durgan Travel! We are an award
winning tour operator to Europe, and simply have the very best buys
available for you, whether this be for a conducted tour, or for independent
travel. We have great airfares, a wide selection of hotels, car rentals, and can
make train reservations for the independent traveler. For those wishing to take
a conducted group tour, we not only have the very best priced packages on our
own "in house" packages, but represent the best tour operators in the
world when we sell travel products other than ours.Call us today to make
your travel plans!! The deals have never been better. Call today for your vacation needs at
(781) 438-2224, or (800) 234-9959, Ext. 109, Barbara Eldridge. Don’t
forget to visit our web site for more great deals at
January 27- Near term, there are still wonderful deals available for 7-night vacations to the Caribbean and Mexico. Once we hit February school vacation week, the weekend of Feb. 18th, 19th and 20th right through the end of March, these are weeks that historically sell out, and the deals while good, are nowhere as good as they are currently! If you can get away over the next couple of weeks, and leave the snow behind, call us today, as these deals won’t last! It’s amazing to think that you can have a round trip flight, airport transfers, and 7-nights hotel in St. Martin for just $699 per person, or a 7-night all-inclusive vacation (all meals and all beverages) at a Dominican Republic resort at just $899. That is less expensive than staying home and going out to dinner every night!
We have a wonderful travel package for 2006 with the Ryder Cup that will take place at the K Club in County Kildare, Ireland Sept. 20 – 24, 2006! This is now one of the world’s great golf matches, and reservations are needed early in order to attend. If you are a golf fanatic, and would like to attend the 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland, don’t delay, and call us today!!
If thinking ahead to the late spring, summer or fall for an Alaska, Western Canada or Western United States tour, we have some great 7 to 13 day packages available. Choose between 7 to 12 day Alaska and Yukon motorcoach tours; 9 to 13-day Western Canada and Canadian Rockies itineraries, and 9 to 14-day Western U.S.A. tours featuring either California, the National Parks & Canyon Lands, the Treasures of Arizona and New Mexico, and a 14-day inclusive Golden West Adventure. We also have great itineraries for the southern states including "Dixie Land & Rhymes" for 10-days, the Old South of Florida for 14 days, and a 14-day Historic Trails and Blue Ridge Mountains tour.
Our very best buy is our 7-night Parks, Canyon Lands and Las Vegas tour that operates from mid-May through mid-June, and from September through mid-October. This tour features 7-nights at the Oasis Resort Casino & Spa in Mesquite, Nevada with visits to Zion, Bryce, the Grand Canyon, Snow Mountain, St. George, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Las Vegas. We include breakfast and dinner daily, full-time escort, and the trip is priced at just $1129 per person! This is an unbelievable price for the high quality and tour components! Call us for further details!!
We thank you for thinking of us for your vacation plans, and for our many past clients who are referring people to us; especially for our own "in house" Europe vacation packages! Europe is a "hot" destination even this March, and next November when you can take advantage of off-season rates, yet have very comfortable temperatures, and great itineraries. If you are thinking of Europe, think Durgan Travel!
If you are still filling in your group tour promotional calendar for 2005, we have some great trips planned, not only to Europe, but also domestic tours as well for the late spring, Indian summer and fall. Now is the time to finalize those plans. Call for details!
If you are thinking of a Delta Queen River Boat Adventure for this fall, or even 2006, you don’t want to wait to book it. The Delta Queen Company was the first of the cruise lines (they are all following suit) to announce a year ago that the very best prices would be for those who book early. That was a smart move on their part, as they sold out their complete 2004 season right away, and are way head on projections for 2005 as well.
All of the cruise lines are now taking this stand, which is good for you an us. People now won’t wait for the last minute for the possibility of last minute specials, as the best rates will be for those who block promotional group space early. With this in mind, let’s get your next cruise vacation set.
One trip that is available with one free for 10 is a Nov. 3 – 14th combination 7-night Rhine River cruise plus 3-night stay in Prague. This package is priced from just $2199 Cat. E river view; $2279 Cat. D, and $2399 Cat. C. Sail aboard Avalon Cruise Lines brand new "Artistry", and enjoy a deluxe vacation at first-class rates!
If you have people who travel independently, you should earn a commission on their travel plans by referring them to Durgan Travel and our tours. As an example, in March, we still have a few seats left March 3 – 11th on our all-inclusive Taormina, Sicily tour and post-Easter, March 29th, space available on our 13-day/11-night Grand Tour of Italy featuring Venice, Florence, Rome and Sorrento. If you sat down and thought of your list of people, you would see at least a few people you could call to ask if they’d be interested in going. Why don’t you try that, and see what happens! It would be nice for you to earn the commission on their tour!
We thank you for your continued support of our promotions, and look forward to a very successful 2005 with you. Call your account executive today! Also, feel free to look at our web site of www.durgantravel.com for more great tour offers!
January 26- There
is no snow forecast for this weekend, and we can get you out for sun and fun for
7-nights all-inclusive for just $899 per person plus air taxes and fees.
You’ll stay at beautiful Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic
at either the Azzurro Club Cabarete, or the Sosua Bay Hotel for
$899 per person twin. Again, all-inclusive with a departure this Saturday, Jan.
29th, and returning Feb. 5th!
If not interested in the Dominican Republic, how about
a week at Orient Beach on St. Martin at the Cap Caribes Resort?
Again, this departs this Sat., Jan. 29th, and returning on Feb. 5th
priced at just $699 per person twin plus air taxes and fees! To Aruba, fly out Sunday, Jan. 30th, or
Sat., Feb. 5th, or Sun., Feb. 6th, and spend 7-nights at
the deluxe Wyndham Aruba Resort Spa and Casino for 7-nights priced at
just $1399 per person twin! My wife and I just returned from 5-nights at the
Wyndham in Aruba, and it is a fabulous resort with very good food, service and
an ideal location right on the beach with a beautiful pool and patio area! We’ve just received specials for Feb, March, April and May
from Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Carnival. Norwegian
Cruise Lines has the "Majesty" cruising weekly from
Boston to Bermuda starting May 1st, and we have tremendous
prices for those who book early. Note that the cruise lines have stated that their very best
prices will be for those who book early. If there is last minute space, it may
match their early bird specials, but it will be for less desirable cabins, and
the price won’t be beat! Book now! Royal Caribbean’s "Jewel of the Seas"
comes to Boston for a Bermuda/Caribbean cruise Oct. 12 – 22nd,
and we have group rates for individuals that start at just $999 per person twin.
Call for details! In March, limited space is still available on our
all-inclusive Taormina, Sicily vacation March 3 – 11th
priced at $1599 per person twin. Stay at a 4-star hotel, and enjoy 3 meals daily
plus comprehensive daily sightseeing. Join us the end of the month March 29th
right after Easter on a custom Grand Tour of Italy for 13-days/11-nights
featuring stays in Venice, Florence, Rome and Sorrento with sightseeing
in each of these cities plus Padua, Assisi, Capri, and the Amalfi
Drive. This fabulous vacation is priced at just $2339 per person twin.
Again, with comprehensive sightseeing, and most meals included. In April, limited space is available during the April school
vacation week for adults on our Sorrento/Rome tour. In May, join us May
10 – 18th on our Tuscany all-inclusive vacation with
7-nights in the spa city of Montecatini with visits to Florence,
Siena, San Gimignano, Pisa, Lucca, and a day trip to Venice!
January 25- If
you are traveling with Durgan Travel Service, you can earn one free day and
night of parking at Logan Park & Go with free shuttle to the airport. We
have a limited number of free parking coupons, and will give one to each of our
clients who book fly and cruise total packages.
There will be a series of non-stop air only charter
flights from Boston’s Logan Airport; some to and from Shannon, and others
to and from Dublin, Ireland. Fly out Sunday evening, June 19th
through Sept. 4th Boston to Shannon, and return Mondays June 27th
through Sept. 12th. There is also a Thursday flight from Boston to
Shannon starting June 30th, and running through Aug. 25th,
and a Friday return from Shannon to Boston on Fridays July 8th
through Sept. 2nd. To Dublin, you can fly out Saturday nights, July 2nd
through Aug. 27th, and return from Dublin to Boston on Sundays, July
10th through Sept. 4th. Best of all, you can mix and
match these arrival and departure cities in Ireland, and dates. Fly from
$249 per person each way on a Ryan International flight. Call for details! If you belong to non-profit group organization that
qualifies for charity fundraising, we have a special program with Carnival
Cruise Lines where you can earn cash commission on each cruise
passenger. With Durgan Travel’s own "in house" tour products to Europe,
we can also fashion the same type of promotion not only for a non-profit, but
also for a profitable organization, or individuals. Group leaders, or
"pied pipers", earn free trips and cash commission! Call for details! Limited seats are still available March 3rd to 11th
on our all-inclusive Taormina, Sicily vacation priced at $1499 per person
twin plus $114.85 in air departure taxes and fees. This is a comprehensive
tour with daily sightseeing, all meals, and 4 star hotel accommodations offered
at a super rate. Expect very comfortable sightseeing temperatures in the
low 70’s. We also have late winter and spring availability to other
destinations. We are also receiving a high volume of inquiries on our very
popular September, October and November tours, and recommend that you inquire
sooner, rather than later, if interested in traveling to Europe for the fall.
Durgan Travel has locked in the cost of the Euro at lower levels than what is
currently in the marketplace. Take advantage of us, and our super group prices
available for individuals on our own "in house" tours. Look at our
web site of
January 18- Norwegian
Cruise Lines has just kicked off their "Sale of All Sails!!".
Book now through Feb. 28th for big savings, cabin upgrades
and shipboard credits on their entire fleet, and to every destination
they cruise to!
Delta Vacations has announced city packages to over 150
cities across the United States. By flying Delta, and by booking the hotel and
car rental or transfer with us through Delta Vacations, save up to 50%!
You’d have hundreds of hotel choices from budget to deluxe in most every major
city across the U.S.A.! GWV, one of the two charter operators to the Caribbean
and Mexico has a wonderful winter vacation clearance sale on sale now!
Air and hotel for 7-nights with transfers from $699 to Aruba Jan. 23rd.
They have Jan. 30th from $749, and Feb. 5th and 6th,
Carnivale Week in Aruba from $749. For $799, you can stay at the Hotel
Mount Vernon in St. Martin for a January 29th departure,
or the all-inclusive Ocean Village Bavaro Beach in Punta Cana,
Dominican Republic Jan. 30th or Feb. 6th departure, or
the all-inclusive Barcelo Talanquera Beach Hotel on the Meringue Coast
of the Dominican Republic Feb. 4th. For $899, stay in a
one-bedroom suite at La Cabana in Aruba with a Jan. 22nd
departure, or the all-inclusive Natura Park Echo Resort in Punta Cana Jan.
30th or Feb. 6th departure, or the Iberostar Costa
DeRato all-inclusive in Puerto Plata Jan. 21st or 28th
departures! For $999, stay at the Curacao Marriott Beach Resort
Jan. 29th, or the all-inclusive Riu Bathata in Puerta Plata
Feb. 4th, or the Blue Bay Getaway and Spa, Cancun Feb. 4th.
Feb. 12th 7-night stays are available to Aruba from $799 with flights,
transfers, hotel, and to St. Martin, stay at the Great Bay Beach
Hotel and Casino all-inclusive Feb. 5th at $1199, and Feb. 12th
at $1299. Also to St. Martin, the Hotel Mont Vernon is available
at just $799 Jan. 29th; $849 Feb. 5th, and $899 Feb. 12th.
Great deals are also available to Anguilla from $1149, and St. Barths
from $1149. Call for details! The very best buys to the Caribbean are to the
all-inclusive resorts in the Dominican Republic. As mentioned above,
there are specials from $799 all-inclusive Jan. 30th, and Feb. 6th,
and from $899 Feb. 13th. Many hotels from first-class through deluxe
are available these 3 weeks as well. Call for details!! To Cancun, Feb. 4th or 12th or
departures, stay at the all-inclusive Imperial Las Perlas priced at just
$729. The all-inclusive Viva Wyndham Maya on the Mayan Riviera is
available Feb. 4th or 12th at just $1099, and to Cozumel,
the all-inclusive Park Royal Cozumel is available at just $849 Feb. 4th
departure. TNT Vacations, the other charter tour operator to the Caribbean
and Mexico is not to be outdone! They are also having their winter
blowout sale now through January 31st. They compete very heavily with
GWV, and will have similar prices to Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda,
Cancun, Cozumel, Grand Bahama Islands, Ixtapa and Jamaica. Interested in a Miami Beach vacation this winter?
With our partner Future Vacations, we have great 3-night land only
rates including taxes from $299 for the Marriott Fairfield, $234 for the Rui
Florida Beach Hotel at South Beach, $279 for Mutiny Hotel in Coconut
Grove, and $294 for the Park Central Hotel at South Beach.
Many other hotels available on South Beach, Bal Harbor, Key Biscayne and Miami
Beach. Great airfares are available with Delta, US Airways, Song and
American. Call for details! The "Norwegian Majesty" that sails
weekly from Boston to Bermuda starting Sunday, May 1st will have a 15
day repositioning cruise April 16 – May 1st with one way air from
Boston to Charleston, and a 15-day cruise throughout the Caribbean, Bermuda
and ending in Boston with inside cabins from $729, oceanview from $849, air one
way $257. These are wonderful prices for a 2-week cruise, and you have the
convenience of disembarking in Boston. Cunard Cruise Lines has super rates available on the
brand new "Queen Mary 2" for Caribbean departures
February 26th through March 25th, and for the
Trans-Atlantic series that begins April 10th from New York to
Southampton, England 6-days from $1799. The venerable "QE2"
is sailing in Europe, and we have great rates for 13-night round trip Southampton
cruises beginning April 16th from just $1499. Do you belong to a walking group? If so, we have a
great walking tour of the Kayersburg Valley in the Alsace Region of
France! Spend 6-nights in the beautiful valley with 5 days of walking plus
the last evening in Strasbourg, France with round trip flights in and out
of that fabulous city! Enjoy buffet breakfast daily at different wonderful inns,
and dinner nightly, as well as 5 packed picnic lunches. Walk through wine
villages, and through farm land for approximately 4 hours per day on marked
trails! Put a group of 8 together, and the 9th trip will be free for
you, and this trip prices out at about $2400 per person! It is hundreds of
dollars lower than other walking tour promotions. If you are not interested in
earning that free trip, that value can be deducted from each traveler!
January 13- This
Saturday, Jan. 15th, you could be in St. Maarten at the Summit
Resort at just $699 or La Flamboyant Hotel and Resort (includes
$100 food and beverage credit per room) at $749 per person! This is for
flights, transfers, 7-nights hotel, tax and service charges. Return date is the
22nd . They also have the Maho Beach Resort & Casino
available at just $1149 per person all-inclusive!
Also, on the Dutch and French island of St. Martin,
the Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino has just reopened after a
$10,000,000 renovation! Saturday departures through May 29th are
available from just $999 per person, or all-inclusive from $1149 per person. Uniworld, one of the major European river cruise
operators has savings of up to $1,000 per couple on early spring
departures featuring free upgrades, free port charges, free worry-free travel
protection plan. Cruise March 29th and April 1st on a Holland
and Belgium cruise, or April 16th and 20th on a Danube
River and Prague cruise. Also, Holland Tulip Time cruises
April 2, 9 and 23rd are available! Grand Europe River Cruises
saves $250 per person for April sailings; $150 per person for May sailings, and
$100 per person for June sailings. Act now, as these are capacity controlled
offers! This is your last chance to book our Feb. 19 – 27th
7-night all-inclusive Sorrento (www.durgantravel.com/itsorr.htm)
tour with just 4 seats remaining, as well as our Taormina, Sicily (www.durgantravel.com/ittaor.htm)
all-inclusive March 3 – 11th – both priced at $1499 per person
twin! At the end of the month, we have a Catholic pilgrimage tour
featuring 4-nights Rome, and 4-nights in Tuscany with a day trip
to Venice March 28 – April 6th, as well as a Grand Tour
of Italy (www.durgantravel.com/grtrsic.htm)
visiting Venice, Florence, Rome and Sorrento March 29 – April 10th.
April school vacation week space is available on our all-inclusive Tuscany
(www.durgantravel.com/tuscub.htm)
and Sorrento/Rome tour. Call for details! Tuesday, our Celebrity Cruise Lines representative conducted
a sales seminar in our office. We were given a number of coupon booklets
featuring free items, and discounts on a number of services aboard Celebrity.
There are spa credits, complimentary works of art, complimentary
gifts from the gift shop, casino credits, photo credits, a
fitness center credit, bingo credit, bar credit for a
complimentary glass of wine, and golf credit. First come, first
serve for Celebrity bookings!! Also in the meeting with Celebrity, we reviewed Celebrity’s
new cruises to the Galapagos Islands, and discussed the entire fleet,
including their new promotion with the Cirque du Soleil being
introduced on their fleet during the next year! Condenaste lists 7 out of
10 ships in the top 10 as Celebrity’s! Celebrity is a fabulous and
luxurious cruise line, but rates are substantially lower than a deluxe product. Call
for details!
January 10- If
you can travel for 7-nights departing the next 5 weekends, we have wonderful
prices for you to the Caribbean and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula!
Starting the weekend of Feb. 19th, that is Feb. school vacation week
(we have 4 seats left that must be booked by mid-week on our all-inclusive
Sorrento trip priced at $1499), this is peak season when trips will sell
out. Plan on booking your winter vacation now, so that you are not
disappointed later.
Globus, our top tour operator partner to Europe
when we don’t sell our own in-house product is offering a $200 per couple
savings on 2005 Europe vacations. You must book the vacation by January 31st
in order to earn these savings!! If you are a woman, and would like to travel with other
women, we partner with "Gutsy Women Travel", who offer award
winning domestic and international getaways designed specifically for women to
rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit. Call for details if interested! There is a battle going on in the travel industry! Tour
suppliers – tour operators, cruise lines, and airlines, are trying to control
how their products are sold, and trying to maintain consistency with price
and service. As an example, Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean are
trying to stop the practice that leaves loads of passengers bitter after finding
out they paid a lot more than their neighbor on board. Carnival took the lead,
and beginning this Jan. 1st, we’ve been advised that any agency
that advertised non-approved rates for its cruises will be banned from selling
Carnival Cruises! Royal Caribbean, who also owns Celebrity Cruises, has followed
this by not only stopping the advertising of non-approved rates, but also
selling either RCCL or Celebrity cruises for less than the published prices.
These changes should make shopping for a cruise a lot simpler. You’ll find a
consistent price wherever you look. That price may change from day to day
because of availability and other factors, but at least consumers don’t have
to endure endless shopping marathons! While rebating may be off the table,
Durgan Travel may be able to do better in some instances by providing our own
transfers, or a discounted airfare. America West Airlines flies non-stop from Boston to
Phoenix, and Las Vegas. I recently attended a sales seminar with them, and came
away very impressed with their vacation tour packages available for you, the
individual traveler. The very best rates are available with America West
Vacations through Durgan Travel to Las Vegas, Reno/Tahoe, Arizona,
California, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and many destinations throughout Mexico. Call
us for details! As you know, Durgan Travel is an award winning tour
operator to Italy, and we have our own "in house" tours to many
regional destinations throughout Italy. Our trips are all or mostly inclusive
with comprehensive sightseeing, but there is always some time to shop and
explore on your own. While in Rome, you may wish to take in the daily morning
market in the Via Sannio neighborhood for vintage clothing and
shoes. Find fashions 30% to 70% below retail at the McArthur Glen
designer outlet that is an easy ride from Rome via the metro and bus!
You’d have a full-time bilingual tour guide, and they can direct you to the best
shopping on a Durgan tour! We can also book you on anything you see advertised in your
newspaper. There is last minute space available Feb. 19th to
Sorrento (www.durgantravel.com/sorr.htm)
, and March 3 – 11th to Taormina, Sicily (www.durgantravel.com/ittaor.htm)
. Catholic travelers can join Father Murphy of Immaculate Conception in Salem on
a 10-day/8-night pilgrimage tour departing March 28th, or you
can join us on our custom Grand Tour of Italy (www.durgantravel.com/vfrs.htm
) 13-days/11-nights featuring Venice, Florence, Rome & Sorrento!
Durgan Travel’s "in house" Europe tours are the very best values to
Europe today!
January 7- We
have only 6 seats remaining to Sorrento(www.durgantravel.com/itsorr.htm)
on our all-inclusive 7-night vacation Feb. 19 – 27th priced at just
$1499 per person twin! Our Taormina,Sicily (www.durgantravel.com/ittaor.htm)
all-inclusive vacation has space available March 3 – 11th priced at
$1499 also. These tours include 4-star hotels, comprehensive daily
sightseeing, all meals, flights, transfers, full-time escort are included at
this super low rate. Comfortable temperatures for sightseeing!
If you’d like to wait until the spring right after Easter,
March 29th – April 10th, we have a 13-day/11-night Grand
Tour of Italy (
If interested in a trip "Down Under", Quantas Vacations has great 11 and 15-night vacations to Australia. We will fly you to Los Angeles, and then you will board Quantas trans-Pacific, and have your choice of sightseeing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and/or the Great Barrier Reef! Call for details!
Trafalgar Tours, one of our partners that specializes in Europe has a $200 per couple early booking discount for reservations reserved and placed under deposit by March 4th on over 60 itineraries throughout Europe. Save even more by paying in full for your vacation by March 4th!! There is an additional 5% discount for October through December itineraries, and 2.5% discount for July through September itineraries. Globus and Cosmos also has this savings available as well!!
April 21 – 25th, we have a 5-day/4-night trip to San Antonio, Texas featuring Fiesta 2005. We’ll spend 4-nights at a "River Walk" hotel, and not only enjoy a sightseeing tour of San Antonio, but also a day trip to visit the LBJ Ranch, the Nemitz Museum, and the quaint German community of Fredericksburg, Texas. There will also be 2 complete free days, and each evening is at leisure to enjoy Fiesta 2005. There is a lot of parades, pageantry, and fun! The price of the package is $1029 per person, and includes substantial buffet breakfast each morning, 2 dinners, 4 nights at the Clarion Hotel River Walk, and of course, flights. Limited space is available on a first come, first serve basis. Call today if interested in this!
If you can travel within the next 2 or 3 weeks, we have great last minute specials. If you can’t travel until mid-February through March, you should book your vacation now, as there won’t be last minute sales, as this time frame sells out.
January 6- We just received the latest specials to the Caribbean! For Providence departures to Aruba Jan. 23rd, air only is $349, and 7-nights at the Brickell Beach Club with flights, transfers, accommodations, and continental breakfast is just $699; La Cabana one bedroom suite $999; the all-inclusive Divi Aruba $1399! For a Feb. 13th departure with air only is $449; the Brickell Beach Club for 7-nights is $749; La Cabana $999, and the Divi Aruba $1399.
From Boston, every weekend from January 15th through Feb. 13th, pick one of these specials:
In Aruba, La Cabana, one bedroom suite is $899; Dominican Republic at Puerto Plata at the all-inclusive Riu Bachata or Ibero Star Costa Du Rato $899, again, all-inclusive, and at Punta Cana, the Riu Naiboa is also just $899!
From $799 per person for flights, transfers, hotel, 7-nights, visit St. Martin and stay at the Hotel Mont Vernon! To the Dominican Republic, stay at Puerto Plata at the all-inclusive Riu Mambo $799; to Punta Cana, stay at the all-inclusive Ocean Village Bavaro Beach $799, and at the Meringue Beach, at the all-inclusive Barcelo Talanquera Beach Resort just $799!
All-inclusive packages include all meals and unlimited drinks! These rates are only available for these next few weekend departures. The weekend of Feb. 18th is school vacation week, and from then on through March, you won’t find sales like this!
We also have wonderful buys Jan. 15th, 22nd, 29th and Feb. 12th to Curacao with 7-nights at the Royal Resorts-The Sea Aquarium Resort at just $699 Jan. 15th, and $749 Jan. 22nd and 29th, and $999 Feb. 12th. The Curacao Marriott Beach Resort and Emerald Casino is $999 the first 3 weeks, and $1169 Feb. 12th. The all-inclusive Breezes Curacao by SuperClubs is just $1049 for Jan. 15th; $1199 for Jan. 22nd; $1249 Jan. 29th, and $1349 Feb. 12th.
We also have great buys to the Mexican Caribbean Jan. 29th, Feb. 4th, and Feb. 12th to Cancun air only $349; Dos Playas Beach Front $599, and inclusive only $649. The all-inclusive Imperial Las Perlas $749. Four all-inclusive luxurious properties that are all priced at $1099 are: The Grand Costa Real Resort and Spa, the Oasis Cancun, the Caribbean Village Cancun, and for $50 less is the Blue Bay Getaway and Spa for adults only.
To the Mayan Riviera in Mexico, stay at the Viva Wyndham Maya Jan. 29th, Feb. 4th and Feb. 12th all-inclusive priced at just $1099, and to Cozumel, stay at the all-inclusive Park Royal Cozumel for the same 3 dates at $849 for Jan. 29th and Feb. 4th, and $899 Feb. 12th. Other hotels are available at slightly higher rates.
Escape the New England cold this late January through mid-February at super low rates. Call Durgan Travel today!!
January 5- Once we are beyond the holiday season, generally, that’s when people turn their attention to their vacation plans. The cruise lines call it "wave month", as they receive more reservations in the month of January than any other month of the year! We here at Durgan Travel are also experiencing this for our complete 2005 schedule of Europe tours, as well as for cruises and winter Caribbean sun and fun vacations.
If you are thinking of traveling from Feb. school vacation week through the end of March, don’t wait for last minute deals, as they won’t be there! We announced weekly Red Sox Spring Training Vacations with a choice of 5 dates. Three are already sold out with availability limited for March 14 – 21st and March 21 – 28th! Call if interested in blocking your space on one of these dates!!
Costa Rica, in Central America, has become a very popular destination. Good flights there are available on American, Delta and U.S. Airways, along with a non-stop charter program as well. We have great deals from 3 nights and up on regularly scheduled flights. Call for details!!
Silver Seas Cruise Lines is annually voted the best cruise line afloat. We have great rates weekly through May on Mediterranean cruises with a 50% client savings.
Celebrity Cruise Lines is introducing the "Cirque du Soleil" entertainment aboard their ships. The "Constellation" is the first vessel, and the client response has been wonderful! Celebrity is owned by Royal Caribbean, and the parent company has just announced there will be reciprocal benefits between Captain’s Club for repeat Celebrity cruisers, and Royal Caribbean’s Crown and Anchor frequent cruiser club.
If you are looking for a wonderful vacation early in March, consider joining us on our all-inclusive Taormina, Sicily vacation (www.durgantravel.com/ittaor.htm) March 3 – 11th. Flights, 4-star hotel, all meals, comprehensive daily sightseeing, including Taormina, Mt. Etna, Catania, Siracusa, Messina, Tindari, and Milazzo are included, and priced at just $1499 per person twin. Enjoy temperatures in the low 70’s, and Taormina, the Jewel of Sicily!
Call us today!
December 29- As we approach the New Year, we wish you the best, and hope to be your travel agency!
If you are driving to the airport, and leaving your car there, ask us for a free 24 hour day of airport parking with Logan Park & Go. We’d be happy to send you a discount coupon while they last!
If you are already fed up with the cold, and wish to get away with the sun and fun of the Caribbean or Mexico, and can travel in January, the coldest month of the year, we have some great deals for you! Friends who wish to fly from Green Airport in Providence travel to Aruba Jan. 23rd with 7-nights at a hotel for $699, or Feb. 13th for just $949! From Boston, we have a great deal on La Cabana all-suite beach resort and casino in Aruba at just $949 Jan. 16th from Hartford, or Jan. 23rd from Providence, and just $999 from Boston Jan. 16th or 22nd. Call right now if you want to try and take advantage of a Jan. 1st departure. There are all-inclusive packages still available from $899! Jan. 7th, we have the Barcelo Talanquera Beach Resort on the Meringue Sun Coast of the Dominican Republic priced at just $699. We also have wonderful deals to Cancun, the Mayan Riviera in Mexico; Curacao or Aruba in the Deep Southern Caribbean; Meringue Sun Coast, La Romana, Puerto Plata or Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, as well as St. Martin in the Caribbean. We have the very best deals for January available now, and they will sell out just after New Year’s! Also, from Feb. school vacation weekly through the end of March is prime time, and these dates are early sellouts! Book now!
We continue to receive winter Caribbean specials, and are now starting to get Europe and Alaska specials for the late spring, summer and fall.
Just a few seats are left Feb. 18th for our all-inclusive Sorrento, Italy tour, and in March, we have a number of European departures. In March, travel at very comfortable temperatures when the crowds and prices are low, low, low, and the value is high, high, high! Call Durgan Travel today!!
December 22- If you wish to get away New Year’s Day for 7-nights to the warm Caribbean, we have a Jan. 1st departure to Cancun with accommodations at the Royal Resorts Club International for 7-nights, including airport transfers for just $499 per person! The Oasis Viva all-inclusive property is available from $949. To the Mayan Riviera, stay at the Reef Playa Car for just $999!
If you can’t get away Jan. 1st, join us Jan. 16th or Jan. 22nd for a 7-night stay in Aruba at the Brickell Bay Beach Club, including breakfast daily, round trip flights and airport transfers at just $699 per person. The all-inclusive Holiday Inn Sunspree is available at $1599.
To the lovely island of the Dominican Republic, stay at Punta Cana at the Barcelo Bavaro Caribe for 7-nights all-inclusive for just $1099 Jan. 23rd; $1249 Jan. 30th and Feb. 6th; $1299 Feb. 13th; $1749 Feb. 20th (school vacation week); $1349 Feb. 27th weekly through March 20th; $1299 March 27th ( Easter Week); $1249 April 3rd and 10th; $1599 April 17th (school vacation week); $1249 April 24th (New Hampshire school vacation week); $1099 May 1st; $1149 May 8th, 15th and 29th, and between $1199 and $1249 weekly June 5th through Dec. 11th.
We have an incredible buy to Aruba Jan. 23rd with air from Providence, RI with air only at just $449; the Brickell Bay Beach Club at just $699, and the all-inclusive Divi Aruba at just $1599.
If you don’t have a week to travel to Cancun with us on Delta, flight, transfers, 3-nights at the Holiday Inn Express, Cancun for $715 is available, and many other hotels, including the Sunscape Puerto Ventura Mayan Riviera is available all-inclusive at $925. Extra nights available at a surcharge.
A few seats are available to Sorrento, Italy on our all-inclusive 7-night package Feb. 18 – 26th (school vacation week), along with April 16 – 24th school vacation week. In March, join us in Taormina, Sicily March 3 – 10th, or on Austria, Germany, Switzerland tour March 7 – 20th; Rome, Florence, Venice March 8 – 18th; a Custom Italy tour featuring Tuscany and the Italian Riviera March 8 – 19th; a 6-night city stay in Lisbon, Portugal March 13 – 20th; a Custom Rome, Florence, Venice pilgrimage tour for Immaculate Conception Church in Salem hosted by Father Murphy March 28 – April 6th, as well as a Greece tour with 3-night Greek Isles cruise March 30 – April 7th.
In April, join us April 9 – 16th on London/Paris tour; April 16 – 24th to your choice of Tuscany, Sorrento, or a Rome city stay, or a combination of Sorrento and Rome; April 19 – May 4th, we have a custom Central Europe tour featuring Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Krakow, Warsaw and Berlin, and April 21 – 25th, a 5-day trip to San Antonio, TX for festival 2005. April 27th to May 5th, we have another festival tour with our Holland Tulip Time vacation!
In May, join us May 1 – 5th on our Old South tour featuring accommodations in Biloxi, Mississippi with visits to New Orleans, Belingraph Gardens in Mobile, AL, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast! May 4 – 10th, we have a "Queen Elizabeth 2" Atlantic crossing cruise; May 4 – 12th, a Taormina, Sicily vacation; May 10 – 18th a Montecatini Spa, Tuscany vacation; May 12 – 20th and May 15 – 23rd Austrian Lakes Tour; May 12 – 24th, a combination Athens, Greece, 7-night Greek Isles cruise plus 3-night stay on Crete; May 15 – 20th, we have an Enchanting New Mexico vacation; May 16 – 28th, a Custom Venice, Florence, Rome, Sorrento tour; May 18 – 25th, a National Parks, Canyon Lands & Las Vegas tour, and May 18 – 26th, Sorrento, Italy.
In June, June 1 – 8th, we have another National Parks, Canyon Lands & Vegas tour; June 8 – 15th, a river barge cruise on the Mississippi; June 8 – 15th, a National Parks, etc. tour; June 20 – 24th, and also have a 5-day/4-night motorcoach trip to the Pine Grove Dude Ranch in upper state New York.
Again, we wish you happy holidays, and a happy, healthy and well-traveled 2005, and look forward to being a big part of that!
December 22- We have 8 seats available on our own all-inclusive 7-night stay in Sorrento, Italy with a departure Friday evening, Feb. 18th, and a return on Saturday, the 26th. The price is just $1499 per person twin occupancy plus $114.85 in air departure taxes and fees. This is an all-inclusive trip based on a 4-star hotel with all meals, comprehensive daily sightseeing, including Sorrento, Capri, the Amalfi Drive, Pompeii/Naples, and Rome, along with the full services of an expert bilingual guide who will accompany the group throughout. This tour is also available in March and April for school vacation weeks.
We have 8 seats available on our own all-inclusive 7-night stay in Sorrento, Italy with a departure Friday evening, Feb. 18th, and a return on Saturday, the 26th. The price is just $1499 per person twin occupancy plus $114.85 in air departure taxes and fees. This is an all-inclusive trip based on a 4-star hotel with all meals, comprehensive daily sightseeing, including Sorrento, Capri, the Amalfi Drive, Pompeii/Naples, and Rome, along with the full services of an expert bilingual guide who will accompany the group throughout. This tour is also available in March and April for school vacation weeks.
Celebrity Cruise Lines advises that there are still seats available on their charter flight from Boston to Ft. Lauderdale on Sunday, Feb. 20th, as well as seats on their Boston to San Juan charter on Feb. 19th. Enjoy a 7-night Caribbean cruise, and on the Feb. 19th from San Juan, you’ll be aboard the "Constellation", and will enjoy the brand new production of Cirque du Soleil! In addition to twin cabins, there are also triples and quad cabins available for families!
Durgan Travel Service will be open on Friday, Christmas Eve until midday, and also between Christmas and New Year’s, will be open for normal hours 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. We hope to see you, or hear from you to help you book your next tour or cruise!
December 21- Time is running out to save $500 per cabin on a 2005 European river cruise! Book any 2005 itinerary by Dec. 30, 2004, and you’ll save $500 per cabin (a savings of $250 per person!). Cruise with Viking River Cruises on the Rhine, Danube, Portugal, Italy or China!
Costa Cruise Lines has a winter cruise special that must be booked by Friday, New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31st. Cruise the Eastern Caribbean out of Ft. Lauderdale on the "Costa Mediterranea" Jan. 30th for 7-night with an inside stateroom at just $499; oceanview $699, or veranda $849! Also, cruise either the "Costa Atlantica" Jan. 30th or Feb. 27th on a Western Caribbean itinerary, or the "Costa Mediterranea" March 6th on a Western Caribbean itinerary at the same rates.
Holland America Line has just announced their 2006 Grand World Voyage. You can cruise 105 days departing Ft. Lauderdale Jan. 5th, arriving back in Ft. Lauderdale April 20th, or 108 days, arriving back in New York April 23rd with rates from just $24,599 for an oceanview cabin (inside available at lower rates). There is also wonderful segment options if interested in anywhere from a 14 to 91 day trip. Call for details, and the best rates and availability for a fabulous cruise aboard the "MS Prinsedam".
TNT Vacations, one of the two charter operators to the Caribbean and Mexico are having a January white sale for bookings made through Thursday, Dec. 30th. Cozumel, Cancun and the Mayan Riviera area trips are on sale for weekly January departures with hotel packages available from $699 to Cancun; $749 to Cozumel, and $999 all-inclusive to the Mayan Riviera. Also, Punta Cana in The Dominican Republic Sat. and Sun. departures weekly through Feb. 5th and 6th departures are available from just $999 and up!
GWV, the second charter operator to the Caribbean and Mexico also has a booking special. Reserve by midday, Friday, Dec. 24th, Christmas Eve day, and receive free parking for 8 days ($105 value) at Logan Park and Go with free transportation to the airport for any January departure! There is great deals available, including post-Christmas/New Year’s to Cancun and the Mayan Riviera, as well as all-inclusive packages from $799 to the Dominican Republic; from $999 to Cancun, and from $1049 for the Mayan Riviera. Hotel stays for 7-nights with air and transfers are available to Aruba from $799, Curacao from $849, and St. Martin from $899. For departures in February and March through April 10th, we also have not only the best prices available now, but more importantly, availability. Please realize that the Caribbean sells out from Feb. school vacation week starting Feb. 18th weekly through the end of March. Don’t wait to think you’ll get better rates for a winter vacation later on, as these time frames do not have to be discounted. GWV also has special triple and quad prices for family vacations this winter as well! This also goes for April school vacation week as well!!
Carnival Cruise Lines has announced senior rates from $229 January through February for 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8-night cruises from Florida to the Caribbean; from Galveston, Texas, Los Angeles, Mobile, Alabama, San Diego and Los Angeles. Call for details!!
Carnival’s "Spirit" will start 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from San Diego, and Sunday, April 10th, cruise for $599 interior; $849 oceanview, and just $949 for a balcony cabin. Port charges are available, but government taxes and fees and optional air are additional.
Cunard Cruise Lines is offering super rates this winter and spring on the "Queen Mary 2" cruising Jan. and Feb. from Florida on round trip 7-night Ft. Lauderdale cruises, and in March on 8-night round trip New York-Caribbean cruises. April 10th, the ship starts 6-nights one-way cruises to and from South Hampton, England with one way air transportation. Rates are from $1499 for the Caribbean; $1999 for the 8-night New York cruises, and from $1799 for the trans-Atlantic cruises in April.
The "Queen Mary 2" cruises Jan., March, April and May. On Jan. 17th, on South Pacific cruises; March 7th on an 18-day Hong Kong to Dubai cruise; March 25th from Dubai to New York, and April 16th and May 2nd on Mediterranean cruises from South Hampton, England. Great rates are available from $1499 and up!
We have just a handful of seats left during the Feb. school vacation week, Feb. 18 – 25th on our all-inclusive Sorrento, Italy tour, as well as a few seats left post-Easter on our March 30 – April 7th 7-night Greece tour that includes a 3-night Greek Isles cruise, as well as wonderful land based sightseeing including Athens and Classical Greece.
We also have wonderful Europe trips beyond March and April. Take advantage of the very best prices, yet lower crowds, and comfortable temperatures! Call Durgan Travel today!
December 16- Join the World Champion Boston Red Sox during their 2005 spring training in Ft. Myers! We have four 7-night packages available for you that include flights, an Avis rental car, first class hotel for 7-nights, 3 games reserved box seats, hotel tax and service charges, and a local host. Packages run Feb. 28th to March 7th; March 7 – 14th; 14th to 21st, or 21st to 28th. Package rates at $1299 per person twin with a special child’s rate of $599 per child for a child 2 to 16 years old based on sharing a hotel room with 2 full paying adults. Time is short to book these packages, and they’ll be popular, and will sell out!
Last chance to order a travel gift certificate in any amount you wish, or to buy travel items for stocking stuffers! We have nice gift certificates, travel bags, beach bags, security neck wallets, and disposable cameras! Call to get yours today!
Our Jewish friends have just finished Hanukkah, and we hope it was wonderful! We want you to know about a great cruise opportunity! Cruise Jan. 16 – 23rd or Jan. 23 – 30th on a "Kosher cruise" aboard Celebrity Cruise Lines 5-star ship, the "Millennium" on Eastern Caribbean cruises from Ft. Lauderdale. This cruise offers freshly cooked gourmet Kosher meals, Synagogue services, cultural programs, and Jewish entertainment is featured! If you can’t cruise the Caribbean this January, there will be Alaska cruises in July and August scheduled. Call for details!!
Norwegian Cruise Lines will let you visit the Deep Southern Caribbean without flying to San Juan! Cruise 9-days from Miami visiting Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Antigua and Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. You can also combine this with an alternating 5-night cruise visiting Georgetown, Cayman Islands and Roatan Bay Islands, as well as Honduras in order to create a 14-night cruise!
The "Norwegian Dream" will cruise from Houston weekly on the unique Western Caribbean cruise visiting Cozumel, Roatan, Belize City, and Playa Del Camen, along with 2 days at sea, and 7-night cruise rates from just $419. We can fly to Houston with Continental, and create a wonderfully priced cruise for you! NCL’s "Dawn" cruises weekly from New York to Florida and the Bahamas with rates from $679 per person. In January through mid-February, the ship cruises on extended 10 and 11-night cruises. We have 7-night weekly itineraries beginning Feb. 20th, and run right through the end of the year. The cruise itinerary is a day at sea, then visiting Port Canaveral to visit Central Florida attractions; a day in Miami with Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas, another day at sea, and then arriving back in New York!
February and April school vacation weeks, NCL has availability aboard the "Jewell" on a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise Feb. 19th and April 16th, or aboard the "Sun" cruising 7-nights from New Orleans April 16th; the "Dream" out of Houston Feb. 18th, or April 15th, and the "Dawn" out of New York on 10-day Eastern Caribbean cruises Feb. 23rd and April 16th. Great rates are available on these cruises!
Celebrity Cruise Lines also advises that they have a lot of February school vacation week space left with charter air from Boston aboard the "Millennium", "Costellation", and "Century".
Oceania Cruises, a newer, luxury, smaller ship experience, has limited availability on 2005 South America sailings where you can earn free air and 2 for 1 cruise fares. Cruise Jan. 3rd on a 15-day cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, or Feb. 14th from Rio to Manaus, Brazil. Sail from $3099 per guest – this is a great buy for a 15-day cruise on a luxury ship!
Air Jamaica flies non-stop from Boston to Jamaica, and their vacations department has all-inclusive vacations available with savings of up to 25%. With Air Jamaica, you can connect from Jamaica to Curacao and stay at the Marriott all-inclusive for 6-days from $1319 this winter. Call for details!!
America West Steamboat Company cruises Columbia and Snake Rivers in the Northwest. Book now for either Big Band cruises March 27th through April 24th , or Louis and Clark cruises March 5th and 12th, and receive a 50% discount on a companion fare! This is a wonderful cruise product, and a very different cruise experience – call for details!!
Delta Vacations has 2 great reasons to visit the Island of Oahu in Hawaii! They have a free night promotion at a number of hotels, and have added flights to Honolulu. They have Providence or Hartford departures from $908 per person including air, hotel, all taxes, airport transfers, and more! Avis rental car available at additional cost, as well as additional nights.
Durgan Travel has limited availability this February and March to Europe. We have 7 seats left on our Feb. 18 – 26th on our 7-night all-inclusive Sorrento tour, and in March, we have availability March 3 – 11th on our all-inclusive Taormina, Sicily vacation; March 8 – 19th on a Custom Italy tour featuring hotel stays and comprehensive sightseeing in Tuscany, and on the Italian Riviera. March 13 – 20th, we have a 6-night city stay in Lisbon, Portugal; March 12 – 19th, we have a Greece tour with a 3-island Greece cruise; March 15 – 23rd, we have an all-inclusive Sorrento, Italy; March 16 – 23rd for all-inclusive Sorrento, Italy; March 16 – 24th for a 7-night Rome city stay with some sightseeing included; March 28 – April 6th for a custom Rome, Florence, Venice pilgrimage tour hosted by Father Murphy of the Immaculate Conception Church in Salem, and a custom 13-day/11-night 2-night Venice; 3-night Florence; 3-night Rome, and 3-night Sorrento March 29 – April 10th. April school vacation packages are available to Italy as well. Call for details!
Remember, if you are not interested in a tour package to Europe, we can create a custom tour to your exact specifications for individual travel that will include air, rental car, hotel, optional sightseeing, train and airport transfers. However, if you are considering European travel, we recommend our all or mostly-inclusive packages, as you can take advantage of our buying power, and prices that are locked in at a much better dollar to euro rate!
December 14- The Walt Disney Travel Co. has a special sale for travel between Jan. 4th and April 28, 2005! Book a vacation at a Disney resort, and adults can pay the children’s rate for the park hopper 3-day or longer pass, or children’s play free! Receive one free child’s ticket when you purchase a 3-day or longer adult ticket plus free Disney Dollars on stays of 4-nights or longer. Call for details!!
We have great deals with Delta Vacations to Las Vegas from Boston, Providence, or Manchester airports. Flights, transfers, 2-nights from $345 per person! For bookings made now through Christmas Eve, and for travel January 12th through March 31st. Extra nights can be added at super low rates!
We have a great deal this winter with Cunard Cruise Line aboard the brand new "Queen Mary 2". Cruise round trip from Ft. Lauderdale on a Caribbean cruise Jan. 22nd, 29th or Feb. 5th, and receive a balcony stateroom at just $1499 per person twin. Other great deals through February, March and April on Caribbean round trip New York, and April trans-Atlantic cruises are available as well. Also, ask about deals on the "Queen Elizabeth 2" cruising Jan. 17th from Los Angeles to either Tahiti for 10-days from just $1499, Los Angeles all the way to Auckland, New Zealand for 16-days from just $2199, or March 7th from Hong Kong to Dubai 18-days from $3839! Cruise 13-days April 16th from South Hampton, England on an Iberian Jewels cruise from $1499, or May 2nd from South Hampton on a Mediterranean adventure for 12-days from $1599.
Silversea Cruises has been quoted the best small ship cruise line by Conde Nast Traveler for 8 years in a row, and Travel and Leisure for 6 years. We have super deals this winter on 19 to 30 day cruises. Jan. 12th from San Diego to Lima; Jan. 19th from Acapulco to Valparaiso, South America; Feb. 27th from Buenos Aires to Lisbon, Portugal, and March 23rd from Lisbon to Venice. Also, save from 20% to 30% on trans-Atlantic crossings with Silver Seas Cruises Feb., March and April. They also have a number of sailings Jan. 5th through June 26th with savings up to 50% per person. Call for details if interested in cruising with the best cruise line in the world at reduced fares.
GWV, one of the Caribbean and Mexico charter tour operators has a holiday gift for you! Earn free parking for 8 days valid for any new air hotel booking made between today and Christmas Eve day on all January Boston departures. This is a $105 value at Logan Park & Go! Dec. 19th, there is limited space available to La Romana at the Iberostar Hacienda at $1099, and in Punta Cana at the Iberostar Dominicana at $1249. Both are all-inclusive packages! To Cancun in the Mayan Riviera, departing Dec. 25th or 26th, there is limited space all-inclusive at the Oasis Cancun at $1834; at the Iberostar Paraiso at $2034, and at Secrets Excellence Riviera Cancun at $2449.
We have great deals in January! Depart Jan. 1st for 7-nights all-inclusive at the Oasis Cancun from just $999! We also have great deals to Cozumel and the Mayan Riviera that day as well. Jan. 7th, spend 7-nights at the Meringue Sun Coast in the Dominican Republic at the all-inclusive Barcelo Talanquera Beach Resort at just $799 per person; Jan. 14th, Puerto Plata’s all-inclusive Riu Mambo is available at just $899, and Jan. 15th, stay in St. Martin at the Mont Vernon with breakfast daily at just $899. The all-inclusive Le Meridien in St. Martin is available at just $1399. Jan. 23rd, stay in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic at the all-inclusive Ocean Village Bavaro Beach Resort at just $849. If interested in Curacao, stay at the Royal Resort, "The Sea Aquarium" Jan. 15th $849, Jan. 22nd, $899, and just $949 Jan. 29th and Feb. 12th.
We also have great rates weekly February and March to the Dominican Republic, Aruba, St. Martin, Anguilla, St. Barts, Cancun, The Mayan Riviera, and Cozumel. Book February and March now, as these are easy sell-out months, and there won’t be last minute specials that beat the rates available today!
Another destination that is very popular is Aruba. We have specials from TF Green Airport in Rhode Island Jan. 23rd, Feb. 13th, March 13th, and April 10th. Call for details!!
December 10- Italy is the No. 1 country destination in Europe, and we have created a wonderful "Grand Tour of Italy" that is 13-days/11-nights starting with 2-nights in Venice, followed by 3-nights Florence, Rome and then Sorrento. We have a March 29 – April 10th departure (2 days after Easter Sunday) priced at just $2389 credit card / $2339 for payment by check or money order, and a May 16 – 18th departure priced at $2859 credit card / $2799 for payment by check or money order. All rates are per person twin occupancy plus $114.95 in departure taxes and fees. We’ll enjoy 4-star hotels throughout, breakfast and dinner daily, including 2 lunches, full sightseeing in each of these fabulous 4 cities plus Padua, Siena, San Gimignano, Assisi, Vatican City, Capri, Pompeii, and the Amalfi Drive. You’ll pay hundreds of dollars more with the competition in the market, and not get a tour that is as comprehensive as ours! Travel with fellow New Englanders, and enjoy the full services of an expert bilingual guide, as well as local escorts at each destination!
May 16 – 24th, we have a 9-day/7-night Prague, Czechoslovakia tour priced at just $1729 credit card, discounted to $1699 per person twin for payment by check or money order plus $121.85 in air departure taxes and fees. Here too, we’ll stay at a 4-star hotel, and enjoy breakfast and dinner daily. We’ll enjoy 2 full days of sightseeing in and around Prague, as well as 3 full day excursions outside the city. Our last full day on tour will be a day at leisure for shopping, individual sightseeing and exploration, and rest and relaxation. Prague is the only major capital city in Europe that was not bombed during World War II. It is a spectacularly beautiful city, and we have a great price for you of just $1699 per person! Call for details!!
December 8- We have a group from Gloucester that is spending 5-days in San Antonio over the "Fiesta 2005". The group has filled as many rooms as they can, and we have 3 left with a deadline of mid-week next week to fill them. If you are interested in joining our group to San Antonio during this wonderful fiesta time, please call. The trip is priced at $1049 per person plus $96.54 in air departure taxes and fees, and includes flights,4-nights at the Clarion Hotel Riverwalk, breakfast daily, dinner the first and last evenings, sightseeing including San Antonio, as well as Texas hill country (L.B. J. Ranch, Nimitz Museum, Fiesta 2005 activities day and night, and lots more!). Call today for further details, as time and space is limited!
Three other domestic trips that are offered at group rates for individuals including our "Norwegian Majesty" Exotic Caribbean cruise that will include a one way flight from Boston to Charleston, SC. This is a 15-night cruise throughout the Caribbean that will end up in Boston on Sunday, May 1st. Our rates including one way air start as low as $1399 per person!
March 25th, we have a 5-day Branson, MO tour that includes 6 shows, sightseeing, breakfast and dinner daily priced at just $999, and a 5-day "Old South Tour" May 1 – 5th priced at just $799 that includes 4-nights at a casino hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi with sightseeing each day, including Mobile, Alabama and Belingraph Gardens on one day, a trip to New Orleans for sightseeing and shopping on another day, and Gulf Coast sightseeing a third day.
December 7- Durgan Travel’s own "in house" tours to Europe are all or mostly inclusive of meals and sightseeing. This is important in 2005, as the dollar has lost a lot of value against the Euro, and if you are spending money out of pocket for meals and optional sightseeing, you are going to pay a tremendously high rate.
We at Durgan Travel have locked in the value of the Euro at lower rates over this last year, and you can take advantage of this by purchasing one of our all or mostly-inclusive vacations, including:
Sorrento, Italy – All-inclusive of meals and sightseeing. Feb. 18 – 26th $1499 (Feb. school vacation week); March 15 – 23rd $1469; April 15 – 23rd $1899 (April school vacation week); May 18 – 26th $1829. We have daily comprehensive sightseeing, a 4-star hotel, and every meal including at these low, inclusive rates!
Taormina, "The Jewel of Sicily" is also a 9-day/7-night vacation based on a 4-star hotel with all meals and comprehensive sightseeing. Join us March 3 – 11th at $1499; March 17 – 25th at $1599, and April 16 – 24th (Feb. school vacation week) at $2059, or May 4 – 12th at $1899.
March 29 – April 13th, we have created a custom 13-day/11-night Venice, Florence, Rome, Sorrento tour that includes comprehensive sightseeing in each of these wonderful cities plus visits and sightseeing to Padua, Assisi, Pompeii, Capri, Naples, and the Amalfi Drive. We’ve included breakfast and dinner daily, and this tour is priced at just $2339 per person twin.
Our all-inclusive Tuscan vacation featuring 7-nights at a 4-star hotel in the spa city of Montecatini is available March 9 – 17th priced at just $1529, and April 16 – 24th (school vacation week) at $1859.
We’ve created a brand new 7-night all-inclusive tour to Holland during tulip time April 27- May 5th priced at just $1799. Here, we will visit Amsterdam, tour the bulb fields, The Hague, and visit Brussels, Delft ,and Cologne, Germany.
Our Lady of Fatima Church in Sudbury is traveling to Portugal April 15 – 23rd (school vacation week). This is a wonderful 7-night package priced at just $1899, and includes breakfast and dinner daily, as well as comprehensive sightseeing. You are welcome to join this church group. Call for details!!
We can reserve anything you see advertised in your newspaper for travel. We receive daily faxes and emails from all major cruise lines, and Caribbean, domestic, and international tour operators with last minute and next season specials!
We also offer gift certificates that are attractive for the holiday season, and can be given in any amount you wish to be used towards a future Durgan Travel tour!
November 30- If you can’t figure out what to get for your significant other, relative, or best friend? How about a travel gift certificate in any amount you wish! We have attractive gift certificates that can be ordered over the phone and through the mail. They make a very thoughtful holiday, birthday, or anniversary gift.
A few seats remain for our Sorrento, Italy Feb. 19th tour, and there is limited availability to Sorrento, Taormina, Rome, Florence, and Venice in March as well. Call to hold your space!
We have incredible deals to the Caribbean and Mexico! In January, how about a 7-night all-inclusive stay at a beautiful beachfront resort priced from just $849 per person twin occupancy. This deal is available to the Dominican Republic Jan. 7th, 23rd and from just $899 Jan. 14th and 21st. We also have great deals to Aruba, Curacao, Cancun, Cozumel, the Mayan Riviera, and St. Martin. Call for details now, as these great January deals won’t last, and note that Feb. and March departures sell out, so the best deals and availability is now, rather than later!
Club Med has a "getaway sale" available where you can save from $500 per person on a 7-night stay to Caravel, Guadeloupe, Ixtapa, Mexico, Sandpiper, Florida, Cancun, Mexico, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Bora Bora / French Polynesia, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, and Columbus Island, Bahamas. These are all-inclusive vacations priced from just $770 per person!! Club Med is not just for the swinging singles – there are family clubs, and all clubs are perfect for every kind of traveler!
We have European river cruises for 2005. We not only have the Rhine and Danube River, but also Italy cruises on the Po River through Tuscany and the Italian Lakes District. Also, cruises through Portugal and Spain on the Douro River. Call for details!
September 11, 2001 has had an impact on everyone, and all aspects of life and business. According to travel industry observers, the events were also key in shaping an ongoing phenomenon - the tendency of large groups of friends and families who traveled together. Sept. 11th was the biggest wake-up call for all Americans, as all of a sudden, we realized what was really important is not the materialistic things, but people to cherish in our lives; our family and friends. There is a great desire amongst parents and grandparents to help their children and grandchildren to have experiences, to learn about the world, and become more enriched with their own lives. We here at Durgan Travel can customize a group trip for you, or place you on the perfect cruise that will have something for every age, and memories to create for the future.
Durgan Travel Service is a custom group tour operator, and we not only work with social, fraternal, senior citizen, religious, school, and social clubs, but have also seen an upswing in family reunion travel, and small to medium size groups of people joining together to take advantage of group travel rates.
November 23- If you’ve never cruised, and are planning to do so, we have a number of interesting booklets from Cruise Lines International that illustrate and answer your questions on cruise vacations. For most people, once you take a cruise, you are hooked, and you’ll cruise once a year.
We mailed our customers the "Durgan Traveler", our 2005 trip preview list, and also sent it out via email prior to that mailing to all of you. If you received it in the mail as well, would you please send us an email to let us know you are both lists, so that we can cross-reference your name/address. We thank you for doing so, as it will help us to manage our lists better.
The largest travel marketplace in the world in the Annual World Travel Mart that happens every November in London. The consensus of the 46,000 delegates from the around the world that attended is that travel is back to business as usual. The year 2004 was the second best year ever for travel to Europe for Americans, and 2005 looks to be even better, in spite of the strong Euro against the Dollar.
A Durgan Travel tour that is all or mostly inclusive of sightseeing and meals is your best buy to Europe in 2005. With the strong Euro, you’ll pay a lot for optional sightseeing and meals, but on a Durgan tour that is all or mostly inclusive, everything is arranged and paid for in advance in our low, inclusive tour price! Our "in house" Europe tours are the best buys in the marketplace for you!!
Our Sorrento partner has started a new division of the company "Exclusive Wedding Arrangements in Italy". If you or a friend or family member is thinking of getting married in Italy, we can help you with those arrangements. Call for details!!
GWV Vacations, one of the two charter tour operators to the Caribbean and Mexico has just faxed us their "best buys" where they have special Sunday departures to Aruba from Green Airport in Rhode Island January 23rd, Feb. 13th, March 13th and April 10th. Choose between 14 hotel packages, and 6 all-inclusive packages. Choose these dates from Rhode Island, or weekly from Boston! We also have great rates on all-inclusive packages to Cancun, the Mayan Riviera, Cozumel, La Romana, Meringue Sun Coast, Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, St. Martin, and Curacao. With an all-inclusive vacation, all meals, all drinks, and nightly entertainment at the resort are included in your low tour price. All-inclusive packages have become the popular package in the Caribbean, and usually, your best buy.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines has just given us sale dates and rates aboard "Vision of the Seas" on Northbound or Southbound Alaska cruise tours starting late May right through Sept. 2nd.
Carnival Cruise Lines has given us their spectacular holiday savings on Christmas Week and New Year’s Week sailings, and we have a special $199 per person rate on their 2-night inaugural cruise aboard "Carnival Valour" departing Wed., Dec. 15th. We also have senior rates for Dec. and Jan. cruises starting as low as $219 per person for a 3-night cruise. Carnival Cruise Lines has always had the best entertainment afloat, and now their wonderful, new, luxurious ships have also been upgraded to have fabulous food and service as well. They have great children’s programs for family cruising, and wonderful day and activities for singles and baby boomers. They also accommodate more seniors than any other cruise line afloat. There is something for everyone aboard a Carnival ship, and this is also why their cruises are great for family reunion groups!
We thank you for the opportunity to be of service to you, and for referring others to our travel service. We wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving, and look forward to being of service to you soon! Call us today!
November 18- One of our tour partners is Trafalgar Tours. When our customers call us for vacations, and if we either don’t have our own "in house" vacation that they want, or don’t have the right time frame with our products, we will turn to Globus, Cosmos or Trafalgar, and sell their product to you. We can usually save you money in booking this vacation compared to another agency, as we use our negotiated contracted airfare in place of their airfare, and then buy their airport transfers and land package.
One of our tour partners is Trafalgar Tours. When our customers call us for vacations, and if we either don’t have our own "in house" vacation that they want, or don’t have the right time frame with our products, we will turn to Globus, Cosmos or Trafalgar, and sell their product to you. We can usually save you money in booking this vacation compared to another agency, as we use our negotiated contracted airfare in place of their airfare, and then buy their airport transfers and land package.
Trafalgar has a current special that must be booked and paid in full by December 29th of this year. Book any one of their Europe tours, and you pay the regular rate, and your companion traveling with you pays just $199 airfare during the winter, spring and fall time frame, and just $499 airfare June, July and August during peak season!
Limited space is still available on our Sorrento, Italy and Venice, Florence, Rome tours with Feb. 18th and Feb. 19th departures. We also have limited space available in March (take advantage of the best air and land rates, and moderate temperatures.
Consider joining us this March in Sorrento, Taormina, Sicily, or on a Grand Tour of Italy featuring Venice, Florence, Rome & Sorrento March 29 – April 10th; Tuscany March 9th; Italian Riviera March 7th; 4-day Washington, D.C. motorcoach tour March 28 – 31st for prime Cherry Blossom time. We have a number of Eastern Massachusetts pick ups and will feature all of the most important sightseeing in Washington, D.C., including the new World War II Memorial.
Call Durgan Travel today!! Don’t forget to look at our web site for more great deals, as well as our ad every Sunday in the Boston Globe’s Travel Section!
November 16- If thinking of cruising Carnival in 2005, this Thursday, Nov. 18th, if you book on any of the 2004/2005 departures now, you will receive a free 2-category upgrade. Carnival also has a special 3rd and 4th guest airfare offer of just $269 round trip to Rome on their 12-day Mediterranean cruises Aug. 13th through Sept. 30th. If you are thinking of a family vacation late August, or can sail triple or quad through September, there are great savings available!
Couples Resort in Negril, Jamaica will have a fantasy tennis camp Jan. 13 – 16th. There will be guest instructors from the Pro-Tour Circuit, tennis instruction, clinics, and exciting Pro-Am Tournament, along with everything that the fabulous Couples Resort has to offer. Call for details!!
We’ve received wonderful specials the last couple of days. If thinking of traveling to London anytime now through March 31st, we have great 5-night land only rates including breakfast and all taxes at a number of hotels throughout the city. We can also add a great airfare on American Airlines as well. Delta Vacations has super low rates to Orlando, and 3-night packages including air, transfers, and all taxes start as low as $274 for off-site hotels. There are also over 20 on-site Walt Disney World Resorts available as well.
If interested in Aruba, and if you don’t have 7-nights available to take advantage of one of the non-stop charter flights, we have terrific rates for 3-nights or longer, and can fly you American, Delta or U.S. Airways with 11 hotels available, including the all-inclusive Allegro Aruba by Occidental.
One of our affiliations is Vacation.com. Together, we have a 6-week sale with Holland America Cruise Line. Reserve by Dec. 31st, and you are eligible for a 2-category upgrade when an outside or verandah stateroom is purchased. Many cruises and dates throughout their complete schedule are available, including Alaska, Canada, New England, Europe, Mexico, Hawaii, South America and the Caribbean.
The two charter operators to the Caribbean and Mexico are TNT Vacations, and GWV. These 2 companies are promoting aggressively against each other with wonderful sales, and we can book you with the best possible rates right now! Take advantage of non-stop charter flights, 7-night vacation, and the possibility of a hotel overnight stay with free parking prior to your tour. January through mid-February is already on sale, and if you wish to travel February school vacation week weekly through Easter in March, those are sell out weeks, and the rates will not be lower than they are right now! Call for details!!
November 15- As we approach the holiday season, if you’d like to give travel as a holiday gift, we have very nice gift certificates that can be filled out in any amount of money you wish to purchase. These gift certificates can be redeemed for any and all travel services. Smaller gifts are disposable cameras, security neck wallets, beach bags, and travel bags that can be given with your gift certificate for a nice touch!
Each day, we receive numerous faxes and emails from our cruise line and tour operator partners with great last minute specials for November, December and through the first couple of weeks of January. If you’d like to get away from the late fall and early winter weather, call for details!
In February, March and April, we have reservations available for individuals to join a number of our scheduled departures to Europe. Consider the following:
Sorrento, Italy: Feb. 18 – 26th; March 15 – 23rd; April 15 – 23rd; May 18 – 26th.
Taormina, Sicily: March 3 – 11th; March 17 – 25th; April 16 – 24th, and May 4 – 12th.
Rome, Florence, Venice: Feb. 19 – 27th, and a custom 13-day/11-night trip in reverse with Venice, Florence, Rome plus Sorrento, and March 29 – April 10th, or May 16 – 28th. This is truly a Grand Tour of Italy!
To Tuscany, with accommodations in the spa city of Montecatini, you can join us March 9 – 17th, or April 16 – 23rd. Right next door in the province of Liguria, join us on the Italian Riviera visiting Positano, the Cinque Terra, and lots more March 7 – 15th. Our Holland Tulip Festival 7-night tour has departures April 3 – 11th, and April 27 – May 5th, and a Prague city stay tour is available May 16 – 24th.
If you are Catholic and would like to travel with a church group, Immaculate Conception Church of Salem, MA under the direction of Father Tim Murphy, will travel with us on a custom 10-day/8-night Rome, Florence, Venice tour departing the day after Easter March 28 – April 6th.
Call Durgan Travel today for these deals, as well as many other wonderful deals we have! Also, look at our web site for more great deals!
October 29- How would you like to visit Pedro and Papi’s Homeland? We have a wonderful trip to La Romana in the Dominican Republic with accommodations at the Santana Beach Resort and Casino (this is an all-inclusive resort). January departures are available from $899 per person twin occupancy! You’ll receive round trip flights from Boston, airport transfers, 7-nights at the Santana Beach Resort, all meals, drinks and entertainment, an on-island customer service rep., and hotel taxes and service charges. Note that air departure taxes and fees are approximately $110 per person, and are extra. The Dominican Republic is available weekly throughout the winter with higher rates available February, March and April. This is a beautiful country with very nice people, and lots of all-inclusive resorts that create a major competition, and low, low rates for you to take advantage of!
As the weather gets colder, and you long for some summer warmth, think Durgan Travel for your jet or cruise vacation plans! Call us today!
October 28- Industry trade journals are reporting an unprecedented level of bookings for 2005. Cruise Lines and tour operators are way ahead of last year’s booking trends, and Europe in 2004 is achieving the second highest level of U.S. travelers in history, right behind the year 2000. With this in mind, there may not be many last minute specials during peak winter travel, and many tours and cruise vacations to Europe are filling fast as well! A few last minute spaces are available on our all-inclusive Sorrento, Italy 7-night vacation this Thanksgiving week, and this same trip is available Feb. 18 – 26th; March 15 – 23rd, and April 15 – 23, 2005. Sorrento is our number one selling tour to Europe! Taormina, Sicily has availability Feb. 18 – 26th, March 3 – 11th, March 17 – 25th, and April 16 – 24th.
A few spaces remain on our 8-day/6-night Prague/Budapest Christmas Market trip priced at $1199…..call if interested in blocking your space!
We have a number of other end of winter/beginning of spring Europe tours including March 7 – 15th to the Italian Riviera, featuring the Cinque Terra; March 9 – 17th to the Spa City of Montecatini in Tuscany; Feb. 19 – 27th 7-night Rome, Florence, Venice, as well as a special post-Easter March 29th 13-day/1/1-night Venice, Florence, Rome, Sorrento tour.
In April, we have a couple of departures early and late March for our Holland Tulip Time tour. This not only includes sightseeing through the bulb fields, but also visits to Amsterdam, Brugge, Gent, Brussels, Cologne, The Hague, and lots more! We also have April and May departures scheduled for Tuscany, Taormina, Sicily; Sorrento, Prague, the Portuguese Riviera, and America’s National Parks, Canyon Lands, and Las Vegas mid-May and early June.
If thinking of a winter cruise vacation, you should act now, as a number of ships are selling out multiple categories, and will soon sell out entire ship departures. Durgan Travel receives the best prices for cruise vacations that are given to the travel agency community. On a number of cruises, we have group rates, and group promotions, and in these situations, you can book space on this ship, taking advantage of these group rates. A few of these promotions are:
Carnival’s "Destiny" Southern Caribbean from San Juan Jan. 23rd or Feb. 23rd departures; the "Norwegian Dream" cruising from Miami March 20 – 27th; various Boston to Bermuda departures May through October; a river barge excursion on the Mississippi June 8 -–15th; an Alaska cruise aboard Celebrity’s "Summit" July 9 – 19th with land tour; a Far East cruise aboard Princess July 25 – Aug. 13th; a Boston to Canada cruise aboard Royal Caribbean Sept. 11 – 18th, and a Danube River cruise aboard Avalon Waterways’ "Artistry" including a 3-night pre-cruise stay in Prague Sept. 15 – 28th. Again, in addition to these cruise specials, we can match the best prices in the marketplace for most every cruise line, ship and itinerary.
October 26- The Bermuda government, along with one of our tour partners, has created a great deal for you funded by the Bermuda government. Book a Bermuda vacation anytime for travel between November 1, 2004 and March 31, 2005, and stay at your choice of hotels: Elbow Beach Bermuda, Grotto Bay Beach Resort, The Fairmont Hamilton Princess, The Fairmont Southampton Princess, or the Harmony Club Bermuda (all-inclusive at the Harmony). You’ll have a choice of airfare with either Delta, U.S. Airways, or American, and we will be able to acquire a $310 air credit, compliments of the Bermuda government!
Interested in traveling Thanksgiving week?? We have some wonderful cruise vacation specials from Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Carnival. Our best buy, however, is our own 7-night stay in Sorrento departing Friday night, November 19th, and returning Saturday, the 27th. This trip is priced at just $1399 all-inclusive (flights, 7-nights 4-star hotels, all meals, and comprehensive sightseeing).
There are fabulous deals available through the month of November, and first 3 weeks in December if you are looking to get away to the fun and sun on either a cruise vacation, or jet tour vacation. Holiday week specials for either Christmas week or New Year’s week were mentioned in my most recent email as well.
Once you get beyond New Year’s week, the first 2 to 3 weeks in January also have some of the very best buys of the winter! If you can travel right after the holidays, you’ll vacation during the coldest months of the year, and get a much better buy than in February or March. Call for details!
Durgan Travel’s complete line up of late winter/spring/summer/fall Europe tours are available for your review. Call and let us know where you want to go, and we’ll send out very nice itineraries for you to consider.
October 19- We have some great "fall best buys" to the Caribbean! How about 7-nights in Aruba from just $549. Cancun vacations are available from just $399 Oct. 30th, and weekly departures in November from just $539. Cancun all-inclusive tours start from just $549 and up, and the Mayan Riviera tours are available from just $649; Cozumel from $699, and in the Dominican Republic/ La Romana from $599, or Punta Cana from $649.
Choose either Christmas Week or New Year’s Week at La Romana in the Dominican Republic with Dec. 24th departures from $1199, and New Year’s Week departures from just $799. St. Martin, Dec. 25 – Jan. 1st departure is available air only from just $699, and the Summit Resort from $949, or the Mount Vernon Hotel with breakfast daily from just $1099 - A value plan is also offered with this package at an additional $119, and includes 3 dinners, and a $100 beverage credit per person!
Limited space is still available on Durgan’s own Sorrento, Italy all-inclusive package for Thanksgiving week departing November 19th priced at just $1399. Also, Feb. 18 – 26th Sorrento all-inclusive is available at just $1499; Feb. 20 – 25th, and we have many other departures to Europe starting late February through March, including Rome, Florence, Venice, Taormina, Sicily; Montecatini Spa/Tuscany, and the Italian Riviera.
We have great late fall/winter/spring cruise deals! Call and ask about the destination, dates and cruise line of your choice. Consider a 10-night Hawaiian Islands cruise including round trip flights from Boston March 9 – 19th with air/sea rates from just $1699 per person plus port tax and government fees. Choose a 2-night stay in Waikiki for just $149 additional!
Cunard has just given us new wonderful rates for the "QE2" including April 16th "Iberian Jewel" 13-night cruise from just $1499; May 2nd Mediterranean Adventure 12-nights from $1599; May 28th Northern Europe 13-nights from $2089, and June 10th, "Jewels of the Mediterranean" 15-nights from $2279. Aboard the brand new "Queen Mary 2", cruise weekly January through early Feb. on 7-night round trip Ft. Lauderdale cruises from $1199. Trans-Atlantic cruises from New York to Southampton, or from Southampton to New York with one way airfare in either direction start up April 10th with rates from just $1499. Durgan Travel can book any tour package or cruise that you see advertised in the Sunday travel section of your newspaper! Call for details!
October 15- Spend Christmas or New Year’s Week in St. Kitts with Friday departures Dec. 24th and Dec. 31st. Book now, and save up to $700 per couple with Bird Rock Beach Hotel at just $949 Christmas week, and $749 for New Year’s week. We also have the Frigate Bay Resort with breakfast daily at $949 Christmas week, and $849 New Year’s Week, or Sugar Bay Club all inclusive $1649 Christmas week, or $1349 New Year’s week. Also, the Oualie Beach Hotel on Nevis is available at $1649 per person twin for each departure.
If you’d prefer to fly out of Providence’s Green Airport to Aruba, there are 4 special Sunday departures: Jan. 23rd, Feb. 13th, March 13th and April 10th. Air only from $599 at the Brickell Bay Beach Club from $994. All-inclusive packages from $1549. There are 16 different resorts to choose from!
If you know someone who is limited to just Feb. or April school vacations, we have availability Feb. 18 – 26th to Sorrento; Feb. 20 – 25th Rome City stay, and during April, April 15 – 23rd, a combination of Sorrento/Rome; April 16 – 24th Taormina; April 15 – 23rd Portugal; April 15 – 23rd Tuscany/Montecatini Spa; April 15 – 23rd Rome, Florence, Venice. Call for details. If you can put a small group together, ask about our group leader specials!!
October 7- Walt Disney World Travel Company has special discounts for fall and holiday season Dream Maker packages! Reserve by October 10th, and travel from Oct. 31st through Dec. 25th, and save on 3-nights or longer vacations!!
Carnival Cruise Lines also has some tremendous deals on 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8-night cruises this November through mid-December with cruise rates starting as low as $229. If you are thinking about a family Mediterranean cruise, Carnival’s "Liberty" sails on 12-day round trip Rome cruises starting July 22nd to Oct. 12th. There are special air add-ons starting as low as $199 for the 3rd and 4th guests in a cabin on these cruises. Also, ask about special rates for 16-day trans-Atlantic cruise from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale Oct. 24th with air to Rome and home from Ft. Lauderdale from just $299!
Aboard Carnival’s "Conquest" from New Orleans, we have special fly and cruise rates January 30th from Boston at just $899, and aboard Carnival’s "Liberty" on the 12-day Mediterranean cruises Aug. 1st through Sept. 30th departures with fly and cruise rates from Boston at just $1999.
If you’d like to take in Europe’s Christmas Markets, we have 9-day fly and cruise vacations on the Rhine and Danube from just $1698 including airfare, shore excursions and all meals. Also, ask about Durgan’s own Dec. 2 – 9th Prague/Budapest Christmas Market jet tours. Group rates are available for individuals.
Globus, one of our top partners, has a savings of $200 per person on the air-inclusive price on all 2005 Globus Italy vacations. You must book between Oct. 15th and Nov. 30th. Call us for details!
Both GWV and TNT, the two charter operators from Boston to the Caribbean have tremendous fall and holiday season rates available. We also have early booking specials on weekly departures to the Caribbean and Mexico throughout the winter and early spring. Both companies report that their current bookings are way ahead of last year’s pace, and this means that many resorts and destinations will sell out fairly quickly. This is especially true from February school vacations through the weekly March departures, which are the most heavily booked. With both companies, we also have specials for a pre 1-night hotel stay at Logan Airport, and parking there with free airport transfers. Both companies also have small surcharges for V.I.P. check in, and on some flights, there is even a first-class section to buy up to a first-class air seat and service if you’d prefer.
If you can put together a group of just 8 cabins for 16 people on a cruise or jet tour vacation, you can take advantage of group rates, and even earn a free trip for you, or the free trip can be divided amongst the travelers for even greater savings! We are very active with social, family reunion, and special interest groups. Call for details!!
Royal Caribbean and Celebrity have charter flights from Boston to San Juan and Miami for February 19th and April 16th School vacation weeks. If you are limited to traveling those weeks, and wish to cruise, book now! Also, Durgan Travel has specials to Costa Rica, all-inclusive packages to Sorrento, Italy; Rome city stay, and Rome, Florence, Venice during February school vacation. These trips, as well as Costa Del Sol + Madrid, and Lisbon, Portugal and the Riviera during April school vacation are available as well.
Oceana Cruise Lines, a relatively new 5-star cruise line, has wonderful specials that must be booked now through Nov. 14th for winter Caribbean sailings aboard the "Regatta" Feb. 8th, March 4th or March 18th on their "Tropical Jewels of the Caribbean Cruise". This is truly a 5-star ship sold at 4-star rates! Receive a $100 ship board credit per stateroom plus a $199 round trip airfare, and 2 for 1 cruise fare on the above select cruises. This special will probably sell out before November 15th, and again, please realize this is a 5-star cruise product offered at super rates with these deals.
If thinking about Hawaii, we have group rates available for individuals March 9 – 19th on an 11-day/10-night Hawaiian Island cruise aboard the "Norwegian Wind". Air/sea rates start at just $1699 per person, and these are super air/sea rates for a 10-night Hawaii cruise. A 2-night stay the Aspen Waikiki is just $149 extra per person; the Marriott would be $169, and the Hilton at $199 if you wish to extend your stay!
If you like cruising Italian style, there is a European cruise line that is fairly new to the Caribbean named MSC Cruises. Their new luxurious ship, "MSC Opera" has special rates starting at just $495 inside; $695 oceanview, and $895 balcony for their 7-night Caribbean cruises from Florida. You must book this fall to take advantage of these special winter rates. Call for details!!
Anything you see in the Sunday travel section of your newspaper, we can reserve for you, and offer our expert services at no additional charge!! Keep this in mind if you see something we haven’t offered to you!
Let’s get up and go! Call Durgan Travel today at (781) 438-2224, or (800) 234-9959, and we’d be happy to be of service to you!