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BRISBANE
The Quay West Suites Brisbane has created two offers for Valentine's Day. The hotel's fine dining McMahons Restaurant has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Brisbane Botanic Gardens. The "Quay to Clicquot" dinner and accommodation package includes overnight accommodation in a one-bedroom apartment for two people, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Rose, a three-course dinner in McMahons, a bath pack, room service breakfast, valet parking and 1pm checkout. The price is from $399 a couple for the night of February 14. On sale until February 14. There is a dinner-only offer also. Phone (07) 3853 6000. See quaywestbrisbane.com.
BALI
YTL Hotels' Spa Village Resort Tembok, Bali has a last-minute upgrade offer going. It's a remote, beachside, 31-room Balinese-style resort in the north-east of Bali, that generally has strongly positive reviews on TripAdvisor. Book three nights and receive the Renewal Retreat upgrade. This includes a "personalised itinerary of creativity and wellness practices as well as daily spa, also incorporating healthy meals prepared at The Wantilan by Chef Martin Buchele". The program covers daily massages, one private yoga session, one private meditation session and more.
Valid for travel until the end of February, nightly rates start at US$290.40 ($359.15) a room a night (double occupancy). See ytlhotels.com.
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GALLIPOLI
Onboard credit of $300 or a free beverage package for two are on offer for the 16-night "Legends of the Mediterranean" cruise package departing Australia April 19. It includes return flights from Australia to Rome, two nights' accommodation with sightseeing in Rome and a 12-night, round-trip Mediterranean cruise aboard Celebrity Constellation. It will be off the Turkish coast at dawn on April 25 for the service. Later on Anzac Day, dock in Canakkale for a full-day coach tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula, including a visit to Anzac Cove. Visits to Istanbul, Athens, Santorini and the Amalfi Coast near Naples are also included. From $5990 a person, twin-share. Offer valid until February 2. See cruiseexpress.com.au.
FRANCE
Cycletoursglobal.com is a one-stop shop for cycling tours, run by cycling enthusiasts who are independent of the tour operators. It currently has some great deals featured. One is on Deluxe Cycle Tours' seven-day luxury "A Prehistoric and Medieval Cycle Tour" through the Dordogne. It's on offer at a 23 per cent discount on the April departure. The regular price of £1345 has been cut to £1040 until end January (or the tour is filled). Included: seven nights luxury accommodation, dinner with half a bottle of wine per person, breakfasts, luggage transfers, fully guided, vehicle support and transfers. See cycletoursglobal.com/Special-Deals.
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INDOCHINA
Get up to 25 per cent off and pay no single supplement on new bookings of Pandaw River Cruises in Asia departing March 2015 to March 2016. The deal is on bookings made with Active Travel before January 31. Cruises are on the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers in Burma, Red and Mekong rivers, Vietnam, and India's Ganges and Hooghly rivers among others.
For example a seven-night Mekong River cruise between Saigon, Vietnam and Siem Reap, Cambodia costs from US$1942 a person either twin share or solo, post 25 per cent discount and with no single supplement. Departures: October 3 and December 5 and 12. Phone 1300 783 188. See activetravel.com.au.
VANUATU
Receive $1000 worth of free add-ons when you book a new My Vanuatu holiday package. The deals are across several great resorts. An example package covers return flights flying Air Vanuatu, seven nights at the Warwick Le Lagon Resort and Spa in a Garden View Room, breakfast daily and return transfers. Kids stay free. Also included: a $500 "Wine, Dine & Spa Credit", unlimited golf green fees and club hire, and more. Price per person is $1490 ex Sydney, and $1740 ex Melbourne. Valid for sale until January 31 and for travel February 1 – December 5. Blackout dates apply. See www.myvanuatu.com.au.
TOUR WATCH
Raw Wildlife Encounters in partnership with The Jane Goodall Institute Australia and Raw Africa Eco-Tours gives travellers the chance to experience close encounters with gorillas and chimps in the wild. Participants spend 15 days witnessing the The Jane Goodall Institute projects in Uganda including visits to JGI Uganda/Ngamba Chimpanzee Island, the Murchison Falls National Park where they may see rhinos, Budongo Forest, and Bwindi to see gorillas. For every traveller a donation is made to the institute. The cost of the tour is $5690 a person. Tour departures May 23 – August 23. See rawildlife.com.au/tours.
