Four Seasons Punta Mita | incredible package

Four Seasons Punta Mita is a fabulous beach and golf resort on the west coast of Mexico, just 40 minutes from Puerto Vallarta. An intimate resort with just 140 rooms and suites, guests are accommodated in quaint, clay-roofed Mexican-style casitas. Most suites also feature private plunge pools. With a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, tennis center, infinity-edge swimming pool and a "lazy river" pool, and coral reef snorkeling, there will be plenty to keep you engaged — unless you prefer simply to play or walk on the beautiful beach or indulge yourself at the Spa. Offering a Children's Program, Four Seasons Punta Mita is a great family destination resort.

An incredible Ultimate Inclusions package offers significant savings. At the regularly rack rate (as low as $415 nightly in the summer season), guests receive the following inclusions with a 7-night stay:

• Round-trip airport transportation
  
• Three dinners for two at any resort restaurant (beverages not included)
  
• $200 SPA credit per room

You can receive additional amenities including daily continental breakfast for two and a room upgrade upon check-in if available — for no additional cost. Ask me for more information.


Four Seasons Punta Mita (search here on Google)

Package subject to availability at time of booking with blackout dates: Feb. 11-19, April 2-10, Nov. 19-27.

copyright (c) 2009 by David J. Ourisman. All rights reserved. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
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when is a trip to Paris NOT a trip to Paris?

I received a phone call the other day from Pablo who, with his wife, wanted to plan a last-minute trip to Paris. He had posted an online request, asking travel consultants to make proposals that he and his wife could consider. One travel agency, he told me, had quoted him $7,400 for a package that included four nights at a 5 star hotel and round-trip flights from Tucson. I asked Pablo to tell me more about the package that had been offered him. They would be staying, he said, at the Trianon Palace in Versailles.

Pablo had never been to Paris and did not know much about the destination. I told him that the hotel that was recommended to him, the Trianon Palace, was not even in Paris. I told him that the same package was actually available for under $6,400. I spoke with him about some 5 star luxury hotels in Paris, in the middle of everything he would want to see, in the same price range.

But the final word I left with Pablo — and that I would leave with you — was this: If going to Paris is a dream you've had for a long time, don't plan it last minute. Don't book your tickets the week before you leave when airfares will be exorbitantly expensive; you'll be paying full fare and sitting in coach. If you can, visit in the spring or fall, when the city isn't crowded with tourists and the lines are much shorter. And don't fly off to Paris without first having thought out your trip: creating a day-by-day itinerary that makes sense, learning about your options in getting around (weekly Metro passes), getting Museum passes that will let you skip the lines, and — yes — planning a day trip to see the beautiful palace at Versailles (pictured above at the right).

If you're dreaming about going to Paris, take the time to plan it right!


5 star luxury hotels in Paris (search here on Google)

copyright (c) 2007 by David J. Ourisman. All rights reserved. If you have comments on this column, or questions about booking travel, email me or visit my website.
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