SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010
KLMNO WHAT’STHEDEAL?
The week’s best travel bargains fromaround globe
LAND lWaterville Valley, a ski resort in New Hampshire’sWhite Mountains, has several discounted packages this season. For example, withWicked Long Ski Weekends, get an early check-in on Fridays (12:30 p.m.), free skiing on Friday afternoon and a late Sunday checkout (3 p.m.). Add a Sunday-night stay and receive 50 percent off that night’s lodging. Rooms start at $96 per person double per night in December, and $171 fromJanuary throughMarch, including taxes. Other packages include 50 percent off rentals and group lessons, free skiing for kids, andmidweek discounts on child care. Info: 800-468- 2553,
www.waterville.com. l The Gansevoort Turks & Caicos, a new Caribbean boutique hotel, has a fourth- night-free deal for stays Nov. 1- Dec. 19. Rooms at the luxury beachfront property, on Grace Bay on the island of Providenciales, start at $460 per night, including breakfast; with the deal, the rate drops to $345. Add $97 per night in fees and taxes. Info: 888-844-5986,
www.gansevoorttc.com.
SEA
l Voyages to Antiquity, which operates cruises focusing on
history and ancient civilizations, is offering free airfare frommore than 70 North American gateways (including BWIMarshall and Washington Dulles) on all 2011 sailings of the Aegean Odyssey. One-category upgrades (typically $145 per person double) also are available in certain categories for departuresMarch 25-Aug. 25. For example, the 16-day cruise to Roman North Africa departs AthensMarch 25 and visits Malta, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Rates start at $3,750 per person double and include air fromWashington to Athens and return fromCairo, and one night post-cruise stay in Cairo. Air taxes of $518 are extra. Purchased separately, the flight costs about $940. Book by Dec. 31. Info: 877-398-1460,
www.voyagestoantiquity.com.
AIR
l Aer Lingus has sale fares on fall flights fromWashington Dulles to Dublin, starting at $549 round trip, including taxes. Other airlines are matching. Book by Oct. 26 for travel Nov. 11-Dec. 14. Info: 800-474-7424,
www.aerlingus.com.
PACKAGES
lWith Friendly Planet Travel, visit India’s Golden Triangle for nine days next spring for $1,199 per person double, plus $211 in fees and taxes—a savings of $300 over the normal cost. The
TajMahal Express package visits Old and New Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Jaipur, and includes round-trip air fromNew York’s JFK airport to Delhi, ground transportation in India, first-class hotel accommodations, daily buffet breakfast and guide services. Book by Dec. 15 for eight departures inMay. Add about $150 for a round-trip connecting flight from Washington to JFK. Info: 800-555-5765,
www.friendlyplanet.com. l British Airways has relaunched its air/hotel deal, which includes round-trip sale fares fromWashington to London, plus two nights’ hotel in central London for two people traveling together. (Solo travelers get one free night.) Nonstop fares fromWashington Dulles or BWIMarshall start at $692 per person round trip, including taxes. Book by Oct. 26 for travel through April 3. Participating hotels include the Lancaster Gate (normally $426 for two nights), Hilton Docklands ($601) and Holiday Inn London Regents Park ($583). Info:
www.ba.com/sale. —K.C. Summers
Submit travel deals to
whatsthedeal@washpost.com. Please include your phone number and e-mail address. Prices were verified Thursday afternoon when the Travel section went to press, but deals sell out and availability is not guaranteed. Restrictions such as blackout dates and advance purchase may apply.
SAMPLEIT PuertoRico’s snatchable purses BY JULIET EILPERIN When I was in Puerto Rico in
the spring, a friend who lives in Old San Juan suggested that I stop into a nearby handbag boutique called Concalma. Un- like many women, I’m not a huge purse shopper, and I’d already made an effort to avoid the upscale chains dominating that part of town, including Coach, Cartier and Gucci. But Concalma, located right
near the True Value hardware and the localWalgreens, offered a respite from that sort of mass-market production. The saleswoman applied none of the pressure that you often encoun- ter in small boutiques, leaving me free to look around. The store sells a range of reasonably priced, environmentally sus- tainable bags, totes and clutches made by area artisans; I was immediately drawn to the streamlined messenger bags as well as the more sophisticated clutches. Within minutes, I found myself buying one of each. The store’s owner and design-
COMING&GOING
March on France It’s not as bad as the French
Revolution, but the recent protests in France are taking their toll. The ire over raising the retirement age has led to chaos countrywide, including snarled traffic, fuel shortages, reduced TGV train service and blocked access to airports. It’s a mess with no immediate plan to go away. “This isn’t going to die down
soon,” said BruceMcIndoe, president of iJET Intelligent Risk Systems. “There are going to be disruptions through the
end of the month and into the first week ofNovember.” McIndoe says travelers aren’t
at risk but will be inconvenienced. “Tack on substantial time to move around the city,” he said. “You are going to have to put up with delays and potential shortages.” And don’t forget the Golden Rule: If you see a group forming, scram.
Travel Tickers Cayman Airways is bringing
back nonstop service from Washington Dulles to Grand Cayman. The season runs Dec. 18 to April 30, with departures twice a week. Round-trip fares
start at $336, including taxes. Info: 800-422-9626,
www.caymanairways.com. . . . TheNational Park Service has designated a section of Amtrak’s Keystone Corridor an official site along its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The honored section covers the tracks between Lancaster and Philadelphia, a crucial route in the pursuit of freedom.
Reporting: Andrea Sachs. Help feed CoGo. Send travel news to:
cogo@washpost.com. Bymail: CoGo, Washington Post Travel Section, 1150 15th St. NW,Washington, D.C. 20071.
er, Rhode Island School of De- sign graduate Matilsha Marxu- ach, has both a social and a practical mission: promoting fashion while providing local employment. A few years ago, she wanted to launch an indus- trially manufactured product and participate in the fair trade movement. So she landed on the idea of collaborating with a women’s co-op that textile workers in Utuado created when the city’s twomajor cloth- ing manufacturers went out of business. Now members of the cooperative in the mountainous center of Puerto Rico work for her. The bags they produce are made of cotton, with nylon lin- ers; all the fabrics come from Puerto Rican suppliers. Everyone talks about buying
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PASCAL FONTANA Daniela Buscaglia cycles around San Juan with a Concalma bag.
local, but as Marxuach ex- plained in an e-mail, “To be able to consume locally and respon- sibly, there must be products like these available to you.” You can also pick up high-quality Puerto Rican coffee, as well as some accessories, in her shop. Many of Concalma’s bags are
comfortable, with wide straps, but they aren’t strictly utilitari- an. Marxuach has produced a line of products that aims to match the store’s Spanish name, which means “to approach ev- erything with a sense of calm.” Many of the wares, such as the mensajero, or messenger bags, boast a simple elegance and are as functional as they are attrac- tive. The clutches are quirkier, combining a mix of fabrics and
DETAILS Concalma Calle San Francisco 207 Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 787-729-0800
www.concalmalinea.com Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
fine detailing. All the bags fea- ture a clever juxtaposition of colors. And the prices — $35 to $45 for amessenger bag, $55 for totes and $35 to $120 for a clutch — mean that if you’re really torn, you don’t have to choose just one.
eilperinj@washpost.com
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