CHEERS TO CATALINA ISLAND!
By helicopter or ferry, a mid-week jaunt is worth it,
What’s the best way to get to Catalina Island?
By helicopter, it’s a quick 15-minute ride from Long Beach, Calif. By ferry, it’s a leisurely hour-long journey. Either way, deals await.
The Santa Catalina Island Company’s Catalina Island Midweek Escape Package includes round-trip ferry tickets plus one night’s accommodation at a choice of three island properties: the Pavilion Hotel, Hotel Atwater or the Inn at Mount Ada.
The package also comes with $125 (all prices U.S.) per-person credit at the Island Spa Catalina and $100 in dining credit at the Avalon Grille. Rates start at $159 per person, per night at the Pavilion Hotel, $144 at the Hotel Atwater and $284 at the Inn on Mount Ada. The Mount Ada package also includes breakfast, lunch and appetizers.
Another option, the Catalina Island Midweek Escape Package in Two Harbors, starts at $131 per person, per night.
Mid-week stays are valid Sunday through Thursday.
See the Specials link at visitcatalinaisland.com. Sunday Funday at Grand Hyatt New York More and more corporate travellers are combining business trips with leisure vacations. The result? “Bleisure” travel. (I kid you not.)
The Grand Hyatt New York’s “Sunday Funday” package is right in step with the “bleisure” trend, as it offers Sunday getaway benefits with an eye to Monday’s meetings.
The package comes with early check-in based on availability, a discount for tickets to a Sunday matinee Broadway show, breakfast, a discount for professional hair and make-up services and a ride to your Monday meeting.
The hotel is even offering to email or call your boss for that meeting if you’re running late. See the “Offers”
link at grandnewyork.hyatt.com. Washington, D.C., by rail Virginia’s Sheraton Tysons Hotel is a stone’s throw from Washington, D.C.
The hotel’s “Metro Exploration” package comes with overnight ac- commodation from $129 per night (U.S.) plus an activity guide and two all-day Metrorail passes for quick transport into the U.S. capital.
Sheraton Tysons Hotel is on the Metro’s Silver Line, at the newly opened Spring Hill station. Buffet breakfast is also included.
See the “Special Offers” link at sheratontysonscorner.com. Best buy of the week Princess Cruises’ “Spring into Savings” sale comes with savings worth up to $800 (U.S.) per stateroom, on cruise vacations to Hawaii, the California coast, Mexico and the Panama Canal. Bookings must be made by April 28.
See princess.com/sale. Kathryn Folliott is a Toronto-based freelance writer. Prices quoted are subject to change and availability. Follow @KathrynFolliott