Sage Hospitality has a huge half-price summer sale in about 40 hotels in seventeen states, which has to be booked right now for summer stays.

Sage Hospitality - 50% off sale

Book the stay before 5 p.m. on March 04, 2011 and you get 50% off on the best available rate for a stay between May 26 and Sept. 5, 2011.

The list of participating hotels includes two hotels in Southern California, in Los Angeles and San Diego. Well, actually the LA hotel is in Monrovia in the San Gabriel Valley, but it is Los Angeles County. The San Diego hotel is in Del Mar, which is good enough too.

There are three participating hotels in Seattle, an airport hotel in Las Vegas and one each in Tempe, AZ and Ogden, UT. Colorado has a whole bunch on the list, with six hotels in Denver alone. There’s one in Portland, OR – the Marriott Portland City Center hotel, that is LEED certified.

In the south, there’s one hotel in Atlanta – the historic Glenn Hotel across from the Georgia Aquarium.  Florida has two hotels, one each in Fort Myers and Orlando.

The one in Orlando – the Hilton Garden Inn Orlando at SeaWorld, sounds pretty good for a summer vacation. The best available rate offered by this hotel begins from $129, so you could get a nightly rate of around $65.

There are two hotels in Texas – one at Six Flags in San Antonio and another one in Houston. Alabama also has two hotels on the list, in Spanish Fort. There is one on the list in North Carolina, in Charlotte.

The Midwest is pretty well represented too, with a couple of Chicago hotels, one each in Milwaukee and Cleveland and three in Michigan. Hotels in the Northeast are a bit sparse, but there is one in Pittsburgh.

All said and done, a pretty good deal for a cheap vacation just about anywhere you want, provided you book before 5 p.m. on March 4.

You can see the full list of participating hotels and book a stay here – www.the48hourhotelsale.com/

Photo – Sage Hospitality

The internet is in no short supply of travel websites (see: Uptake!), and new site ideas are popping up nearly every day. Being that I am a travel blog writer, I’ve seen many sites advertising many deals and discounts and have seen many trends come and go. I was just introduced to Trip Alertz, a new travel site that allows you to purchase hotel packages at a major discount. As more people purchase the hotel deal, the lower your final cost for the package. Think of it as a reverse auction: instead of the price going up for demand, the hotel package price goes down on Trip Alertz.

Embassy Suites, Lake Buena Vista Resort, Orlando

The best deal I’ve found on the site so far is for the Embassy Suites Hotel Lake Buena Vista. This Embassy Suites Hotel is adjacent to Disney World and is listed as a Walt Disney World Good Neighbor® Hotel. The listed hotel package deal is currently listed at $163 for a two-night stay in a two-bedroom suite with extra perks included. Enjoy a Manager’s Reception with snacks and beverages each evening, daily complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast, and free shuttle transportation to/from all Walt Disney World® Resort Theme Parks. Once purchased, the package is valid for stays Nov. 28 – Dec. 02, 2010 or Dec. 12 – Dec. 23, 2010.

The Embassy Suites Hotel invites guests with a heated indoor/outdoor pool, fitness center, tennis, basketball, and sand volleyball courts. As with every Embassy Suites Hotel, rooms open onto a large atrium that houses the registration desk and bar/restaurant.

*Instructions for how to purchase the deal and use the package, see the Trip Alertz website.

Photo courtesy: Embassy Suites, Lake Buena Vista

Orbitz.com has launched an ‘I Love the Gulf’ promotion under which you can get 40% off on participating hotels in select Gulf Coast cities.

Orbitz Gulf Coast Sale

Travel between now and the year-end to get the 40% off. Travelers who book by Nov 8, 2010 will also get a a $50 Restaurant.com gift certificate.

Jeanenne Tornatore, Senior Travel Editor of Orbitz.com, said in a statement that “this promotion comes at the perfect time for travelers planning to book a trip to the region…With up to 40 percent off hotels at the hottest destinations, plus a free meal, it’s hard not to love this promotion.”

The valid destinations include Miami, the Florida Keys, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Tampa, Panama City, and Biloxi.

Minimum stay requirements and blackout dates may vary depending on the destination and hotel.

So there are nine Miami hotels participating, offering between 30-50% off. The President Hotel is offering the biggest saving at 50%.

Out of the 10 participating hotels in Panama City, the Sugar Sands Inn & Suites is the only one offering 50%. All four hotels in Fort Lauderdale are offering 30% off.

More details here: www.orbitz.com/gulfcoast

Hotel deals & specials for some of the Gulf Coast states can also be found separately on their tourism websites:-

Alabama – GulfShores.com
Florida – VisitFlorida.com
Mississippi – GulfCoast.org

(Louisiana’s site does not have any hotel deals or specials listed.)

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Halloween Horror Nights Universal Orlando Vacation Package

Each year, Universal Orlando Resort^® hosts the scariest, most frightening Halloween-themed experience in Florida: Halloween Horror Nights^®. It’s so popular, and so entertaining, and so fright-worthy, visitors make it a destination for a vacation in October.

Hundreds of thousands of people will be in Orlando for the 20th annual Halloween Horror Nights^® XX: Twenty Years of Fear* this year. Universal Orlando Resort^® is offering hotel vacation packages to visitors who want to scream their way through the park for three nights of fright.

All three on-site hotels (Loews Portofino Bay, Hard Rock Hotel, and Loews Royal Pacific) are offering packages for visitors. The three night package deal starts at $649 and included round-trip airport transfers, a 2-day Park-to-Park pass including access to Halloween Horror Nights^® XX, 3 nights hotel accommodation at your selected hotel, and hotel tax and service charges.

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