How to Game Black Friday Travel Deals During a Pandemic
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On St. Lucia, the all-inclusive Windjammer Landing resort is offering villas at 50 percent off, starting at $141 through Dec. 4, and throwing in a $150 spa credit for stays of three nights or longer until Dec. 18, 2021. (If St. Lucia is on your radar, check out the island’s page dedicated to Cyber Monday deals with discounts of up to 50 percent.)
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurants may appeal to your inner altruist with a 25-percent-off room deal and a $5 a night donation to the charity No Kid Hungry on bookings at more than 70 hotels worldwide, made Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 on stays through Sept. 7, 2021 (cancel up to three days before arrival with no penalty).
Acre resort in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, is marking its rooms down one-third (to as low as $183) on three-night stays through Oct. 2021, including daily breakfast and morning yoga, arrival cocktails, a mezcal tasting and round-trip airport transportation (email [email protected] by Dec. 1 and reference AcreBlackFriday2020 to book).
More bang for your buck
In many cases, the discounts are bigger this year.
At Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys, Sheldon Suga, the vice president managing director, said management weighed the possible tourism revival in 2021 against the fact that many families were suffering financially.
“We decided to do the right thing and extend our discount and the booking window,” he said of the weeklong deal, through Nov. 30, that offers 40 percent off versus 30 percent off last year for travel through Oct. 31 (rates start at $191, postdiscount).
Last year, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts offered its rooms at up to 35 percent off during the seasonal sale. This year, the deal runs to 40 percent off, meaning an available $1,000 room at the Rosewood Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands would be $600. The deal runs Nov. 27 through Dec. 1, with a penalty-free cancellation window of 24 hours prearrival, through June 30, 2021.
In Orlando, the SeaWorld-owned marine park Discovery Cove said this year’s sale is its biggest ever. Through Nov. 30, discounts range from 20 to 50 percent off; a regular dolphin swim package at $204 down will be as little as $102 on visits throughout 2021. The park also offers free rebooking up to 48 hours of arrival and full refunds more than 30 days out.
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