Daily Travel Deal – 4 nights in Cozumel – all inclusive air+hotel from $430

by Scott Carmichael on

Our daily travel deal for today is bound to put you in the mood for a nice vacation. This package deal will fly you to Cozumel and have you stay at the El Cozumelo all-inclusive resort.

This beach front resort offers indoor and outdoor pools, jacuzzis and of course diving.

The all-inclusive part means all your meals are included, as well as all drinks (including alcoholic beverages).

Meals are served all day long in one of the three restaurants.

The package starts at $430 (based off a Dallas departure) and includes airfare and 4 nights in a standard room. Airport transfers are not included.

Be sure to check out our other hot travel deals!

Daily travel deal – Mexican Riviera all inclusive resort 4 nights + air from $680

by Scott Carmichael on

Sure, the media may be trying to convince us that Mexico is off-limits at the moment, but now the whole swine flu panic is starting to die down, it is time to start checking out some of the bargains to be found.

Today’s deal will fly you to Cancun, and let you enjoy the luxurious Valentin Imperial Maya resort for 4 nights.

The Valentin Imperial Maya is an adult only all inclusive resort, with more than half a mile of white sand beach, located in Playa del Secreto (The Secret Beach) in the Riviera Maya.

The resort offers 3 swimming pools, 8 restaurants, 12 bars and loads of free activities, including water sports and a disco. All your meals and drinks are free, including top shelf brands. Each room even comes with a fully stocked minibar!

Prices start at just $680 (based on a Miami departure, most other destinations are no more than $740). 4 nights not enough? Additional nights can be added for about $60 each. When booking, be sure to include your airport transfer ($50).

Orbitz launches My Ideal Beach travel website

by Grant Martin on

One of the most popular questions I usually see out on the travel forums comes from first-time travelers who are looking to leave town for a “once in a lifetime” trip with their significant other. The typical question sounds something like this:

“I WANT TO GET AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS FOR MY HONEYMOON. CAN YOU RECOMMEND A NICE PLACE TO STAY? IT HAS TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND VERY ROMANTIC. THANKS IN ADVANCE!”

This question, of course, leaves too many unanswered questions. When? What do you want to do? Where are you leaving from? Can you give us somewhere to start?

Luckily, I now have Orbitz’s My Ideal Beach search engine to point them to. Powered by the web crawler’s wealth of hotel and travel booking data, the easy-to-use website asks users a few simple questions about their travel preferences and desires, namely: Type of Traveler, Interests and Hotel Options. Given your choices, the engine will pick out a few favorite resorts for you and spit out a couple of optimal results.

What the engine won’t do is sort by price or exclude travel options — for example, I may not only prefer an Adult-only resort, I may require that no children be present at all on the premises.

But when I think about it, this search engine isn’t really for nitpicking travelers who want to seek out the best deal at the best price. This is tool for softcore users who want a pretty interface and who want to be led to their favorite resort on a private beach behind 20 foot walls. For those travelers, this site is perfect.