DELICIOUS MAURITIUS
Stay six nights for the price of five at the four-star Preskil Beach Resort. It's the only hotel in Mauritius on a private peninsula, and is surrounded by 750 metres of beach on the south-east coast near the Blue Bay marine park. TripAdvisor reviews are generally positive and the resort is popular for honeymoons. It's not renovated but reviewers report comfort, hospitality and tranquility. The deal includes a standard room, daily breakfast and dinner, transfers, internet, a 20 per cent discount off spa treatments, and a cooking class.
Priced from $605 a person twin share, Valid for sale until August 31, for travel till September 30. Phone 1300 939 414. See flightcentre.com.au.
SAMBA TO SING ABOUT
Save up to $800 a couple on Collette's South America itineraries for January and February travel when you book in August. Applicable tours include the 11-day Wonders of South America tour starting in Rio, which includes 15 meals and internal air and costs from $4214 a person; the Complete South America,: a 21- to 23-day journey from Machu Picchu through to Patagonia with 32-34 meals and internal air included and costing from $8701 a person, and the 14-day Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu tour with 27 meals and internal air included. It costs from $9059 a person.
Valid for January and February 2016 and 2017 departures. On sale August 1-31. Phone 1300 792 195. See gocollette.com.au.
KIDS FREE IN FIJI
My Fiji is offering a Kids Fly & Stay Deal with up to $2250 worth of extras such as it's "Wine, Dine & Spa Credits", golf, cruises, spa treatments, tours and activities. One deal, for the Sheraton Fiji Resort, includes seven nights in an Ocean View Room, return flights for two adults and up to two children flying Fiji Airways, daily breakfast and all the great extras. This costs from $1790 an adult and is free for kids to fly, stay and eat. Valid for travel October 12-November 30, and February 1-March 22.
There's another similar deal for the Fiji Hideaway Resort & Spa. On sale till August 31. Phone 1300 552 793. See MyFiji.com.
LAK FOR LITTLE
Luxury Escapes has a great deal going on stays at the Mai Khaolak in Thailand. For $999, two adults and up to two children under 11 can stay at the beachfront property and enjoy daily breakfasts, two multi-course dinners, spa treatments, airport pick-up, a Thai cooking class, free Wi-Fi and lots more. The value adds up to around $4000. Mai Khaolak is a new, modern and bright resort by the sea in Khao Lak, Southern Thailand. It has spacious rooms and private villas accompanied by lots of great facilities including swimming pools, three restaurants, tennis courts and a kids' club.
The deal is valid for sale only till midnight Friday, August 7 and is good for travel until November 2017 with minimal blackout periods. Phone 1300 889 900. See LuxuryEscapes.com.
YOU SEE YANGTZE
Wendy Wu Tours' 2016 early-bird specials give savings of up to $ $1000 a person on more than 100 departures of China group tours in the first half of 2016. For example, the 14-day Majestic Yangtze is now from $4380 a person, twin share, a saving of $700 a person.
The tour begins in Shanghai and includes a four-night cruise along the Yangtze, visits to the Giant Panda's in Chengdu, the ancient Terracotta Warriors in Xian and Beijing. You get return economy airfares with Cathay Pacific, accommodation with all meals, sightseeing with English-speaking guides, all transport within China, visa fees and gratuities.
Valid for sale till September 18. Phone 1300 789 980. See wendywutours.com.au/earlybird.
JULIETTA JAMESON
