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Best Western is offering cricket fans 20 per cent off prepaid stays at participating hotels, apartment hotels and resorts in Australia and New Zealand during the Cricket World Cup. Best Western has hotels in all match locations including Perth, Melbourne and Hobart in Australia and Auckland and Hamilton in New Zealand.
For the final in Melbourne March 29 for instance, The Best Western Plus Travel Inn Hotel Melbourne is in Carlton, and an easy public transport journey to the MCG.
Use promo code "cricket" when booking. Valid for sale and stays until March 31. See bestwestern.com.au/cricket.
TOURS DE FORCE
Collette is a long-standing reputable US tour company which has just launched in Australia. To promote its new foray, it is offering an on-tour credit of $200 for all new bookings made before May 31, for travel before December 31.
Collette's offerings cover land tours, river cruises, rail journeys, small group tours, garden holidays and more. An example is its nine-day Rome and Amalfi Coast trip that includes a visit to the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, the Greek temples of Paestum and five nights on the Amalfi Coast.
Price is $3009 a person twin share. Phone 1300 792 195. See gocollette.com.
BEST VIEW IN THE HOUSE
View Retreats is a booking site for unique retreats, lodges and luxury holiday houses in Australia and New Zealand's most beautiful regions. It's got some good deals going, including one for the Injidup Spa Retreat at Yallingup in Margaret River.
The retreat, in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, features beach views and direct access, 10 sleekly designed modern villas with their own plunge pools, nine of which are two-bedroom, two-bathroom, a spa and a communal pool.
Under the deal, get three nights for the price of two. The price is from $550 a night Monday to Thursday and from $650 a night Friday to Sunday. The offer is valid for bookings until further notice, but blackout dates apply.
See viewretreats.com.
GO WITH THE FLOW
Sail from Amsterdam to Istanbul on Uniworld's 29-day Grand European River Voyage onboard the imperial River Duchess and if you book now, save up to $9175 a person on 2015 departures. This all-inclusive luxury cruise is priced from $10,394 a person, twin share including all onboard and onshore gratuities, meals and unlimited beverages on board (including wine, beer, spirits and soft drinks), shore excursions, all entertainment and Signature Lectures and Wi-Fi onboard. Sail the Rhine, the Main and the Danube, and visit Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and a dozen towns and villages along the way. This price is valid until March 31. Sailings are between May and October.
Phone (02) 9028 5199. See uniworldcruises.com.au.
THE RAIL THING
Rail Europe has some new deals on the Thalys, Eurostar and France Rail Pass for the upcoming European spring and summer seasons.
First Class train fares on the Thalys between Paris and Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam as well as the service between Brussels and Amsterdam start from $70. Travel must be completed by June 30.
Sale fares on the Eurostar now start at $57 in Standard Class and $146 on First Class on services running from London to Paris, Lille and Brussels. Bookings must be made by March 24 and travel completed between March 2 and August 27. Also, get 20 per cent off France Rail Passes booked by April 8 in both first and second. Passes must be used within six months of issue.
See raileurope.com.au.