A chance to leave the guys at home and have fun
By Richard P. Carpenter, Globe Staff, 7/13/2003
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To mark the release of the action spy movie "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," the Washington Terrace hotel in Washington, D.C., has a Femme Fatale package featuring accommodations, tickets to the International Spy Museum, breakfast delivered to an undisclosed location, and chocolate martinis upon arrival. Rates start at $299 per room per night through Sept. 30.
Call 866-984-6835 or visit www.washingtonterracehotel
.com. The Loews Miami Beach Hotel in South Beach, Fla., has created a Girlfriend Getaway that starts at $207 a person per night and includes deluxe accommodations, daily continental breakfasts, a 50-minute Swedish massage, a welcoming goody basket, use of the poolside cabana, all taxes and tips, and shopping discounts.
(The fine print: A two-night stay is required. The package is valid through Sept. 30.)
Call 305-604-1601 or visit www.loewshotels.com.
For those who want an entire house, Holiday Homes in Orlando, Fla., offers girlfriends 15 percent off the published retail rate for any three- to six-bedroom vacation home with a private pool. Rates start at $76 a night, plus tax, for a three-bedroom.
(The fine print: You must ask for the Girlfriends' Getaway offer. It is valid through next March.)
Call 800-340-2118 to book or visit www.ohhorlando.com for more information.
For those seeking an exotic destination, the Pan Pacific Bangkok presents its Ladies in Travel package, designed to make women feel at home in Thailand. Rates start at $240 per room for two nights in a superior room or $260 for two nights in a deluxe room. Amenities include a one-hour Asian blend massage, 20 percent discounts at the hotel's Spa Clinique, a tea mug for each guest, security guards patrolling female guest floors night and day, and late checkout to accommoate last-minute shopping sprees.
(The fine print: There is a 10 percent service charge and 7 percent government tax. Extra nights are $120 or $130 depending upon the room.)
Call 800-327-8585 or visit www.panpacific.com.
Concert flights
Air Canada has round-trip fares from Boston starting at $155 US to visit Toronto for the all-day concert to be headlined by the Rolling Stones on July 30. The event is being organized to promote Toronto as safe, fun, and economical following the World Health Organization's removal of the city last month from its list of SARS-affected areas.
(The fine print: Tickets are available until July 28, for travel anytime between July 23-29, returning July 31-Aug. 3. A minimum one-day advance, return trip purchase is required. Booking online saves you $5 more.)
Visit www.aircanada.com, see a travel agent, or call 888-247-2262.
Half price The Oakland House Seaside Resort in Brooksfield, Maine, has a four-day family special: stay two nights in a country-style cottage, get the next two nights at no extra cost. For a family of four (children ages 6-11), the promotion includes a two-bedroom cottage with living room, wood-burning fireplace, kitchen, bathroom, housekeeping services, firewood delivery, and country buffet breakfasts and five-course dinners. The cost is $1,040, including breakfasts, dinners, taxes and gratuity. Rates may be more or less depending upon cottage and family size. Trips must be booked between now and July 20 to receive the special rate.
Call 800-359-RELAX or visit www.oaklandhouse.com.
Seal sail
Muskeget Island, a half-hour sail from Nantucket Island, is home to some 2,500 grey seals, and depending upon the season, they may be joined by long-tailed ducks, scoters, gannets, grebes, peregrine falcons, marsh hawks, and numerous shorebirds. Captain Blair Perkins, a former scalloper who has become a specialist on this wildlife, offers two-hour Muskeget excursions aboard his boat, the Shearwater. The price is $50 for adults and $35 for children under 12. Departures are daily at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. from either Children's Beach Public Pier or the Town Pier in downtown Nantucket.
Call 508-228-7037 or visit www.explorenantucket.com and click on Tours & Cruises.
Comedy capers
If you're visiting Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada and like to laugh, here are a couple of shows to consider:
Improv PEI's all-woman group, known as the FIGHT Troupe, presents hilarious improvisation sketches Friday nights at 8 through Aug. 29 in the Arts Guild Performace Hall, Charlottetown. Tickets, available at the door or in advance at the Confederation Centre box office in Charlottetown, are about $9 US.
Visit www.loliproductions.com. The cast is small but the laughs are large in "Eight to the Bar" at the MacKenzie Theatre in Charlottetown nightly at 8 through Aug. 30. The story centers on four persons (one of whom is suicidal) trapped by a blizzard in a lunchroom, where they will have to ring in the New Year of 1978. Tickets are about $17 US.
Call 800-565-0278 or visit www.confederationcentre.com.
Salem's spirits
The Salem Inn, which comprises three historic homes in downtown Salem, offers a spooky special that includes an evening of strolling city streets by lantern light while guides tell documented tales of Salem's eerie past and present. In addition to two passes to the Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour and two nights' accommodation in a room with private bath and whirlpool, the package includes continental breakfast each morning and a copy of "Salem's Secret" by local authors. The price is $350 plus tax ( $20 more on weekends).
(The fine print: Packages are based on double occupancy, subject to availability. The offer is through September.)
Visit www.saleminnma.com or call 978-741-0680 or 800-446-2995.