DESTINATIONS SHOPPING THE US RIGHT:
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USAirtours offers a three-night Las
Vegas Shop & Stay package from £449, staying at the Flamingo
Hotel & Casino, with Thomas Cook flights from London
(Manchester £49 extra), including a Simon Shopping Destinations Savings Passport and welcome bag, for travel January1 to
March 20, 2017.
usairtours.co.uk
Gold Medal offers a shopping break to Las Vegas from £539, including three nights at Caesars Palace and Norwegian flights for
departures from November21 to December 5.
goldmedal.co.uk
Funway Holidays offers a week at the Anabella
Hotel in Anaheim, opposite
Disneyland Resort and 10 minutes
from The Outlets at Orange, from £765. The price is based on two adults and two kids under 12, and includes American
Airlines flights from Heathrow on August 17. funway4agents.
co.uk
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Las Vegas North Premium Outlets
BELOW: Michael Kors
Shop & Stay packages and transport available across the country. According to Carrier, the number of people booking pure shopping holidays to the US has fallen over recent years, but tagging a shopping trip on to longer holidays is still a great way to sell packages. It’s just a case of knowing how to approach it, and who to target.
w SAVE: BAG A BARGAIN The whole country is a bargain- hunter’s paradise: Simon Shopping Destinations alone has 112 Premium Outlets, each offering discounts of up to 65% on big-name brands. There are two in Las Vegas and, as suggested by my rather liberal spree, the North centre is really quite impressive. Decked out like a mini
Levi’s offers jeans from just $40 and discounts of up to 70% can be found across other stores at Outlets at Orange
village, its 170 stores span the whole spectrum – from Calvin Klein and Banana Republic through to Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors. There’s also an Armani Outlet, where I was saving myself as much as 90% on the original price; it might have been last-season stock, but unless I bump into The Devil Wears Prada's Miranda Priestly any time soon, I’m not sure anyone will notice. If clients are going to New York,
direct them to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets, home to more designer outlets than anywhere else in the world. There are a number of commissionable packages available. Funway Holidays offers a tour there as one of its ‘Shop ’Til You Drop in New York’ packages (from £30), while Attraction World and Do Something Different offer excursions with transport from New York City and discount vouchers (from £29 and £30). There are savings to be made for the
whole family in Florida, home to two Premium Outlets and a Florida Keys Outlet Centre. But if clients are keen to head farther afield, highlight the benefits of shopping in a state with no
sales tax – Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon and Delaware – or places like Louisiana and Texas which refund the sales tax to tourists in shopping malls and airports. For those looking to make even further savings at any of the Premium Outlets, suggest the VIP Passport, a coupon booklet that clients can get for free if they sign up to the VIP Club online, or buy on-site for $10. It’s worth the effort, especially if – like me – they’re looking to make a fair few purchases.
premiumoutlets.com/vip
w SPEND: BRING ON THE FUN For clients willing to fork out a little more, recommend some of the more entertainment-focused malls. Among the best is Outlets at Orange in Anaheim, Los Angeles. Located just four miles from
Disneyland Resort, it’s an ideal add-on for clients heading out to see Mickey and co, and there’s a good bus service (the ART: $5 for a day pass) which connects the two together. The village is home to a cinema,
bowling alley, skate park and high ropes centre, all of which might appeal to families with children or partners less keen to spend a whole day shopping. Not that the fun’s only for the younger ones; I spent two solid hours playing video games in the quirky, luminescent Dave & Busters, and I certainly wasn’t the only big kid there. It’s a winner on the shopping front
too, with Levi’s offering jeans from just $40 and discounts of up to 70% found across its other stores. And there’s
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