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Travel Deals of the Week
Try an East Coast swing this spring.
By Tara Gravel April 29, 2008
- North to south, the East Coast is buzzing with great spring deals, from luxurious old favorites such as New Hampshire's The Balsams to a family-friendly resort in North Myrtle Beach.
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, Dixville Notch, NH
- Golf Free Package
Details: Along with accommodations, you get breakfast in the main dining room, and unlimited rounds on the 18-hole, Donald Ross-designed Panorama course (left), as well as on the 9-hole executive Coashaukee course.
What You'll Love: The Ross course is friendly for everyone, and this luxurious, charming lakeside resort is set on 15,000 acres with miles of trails and lovely flower gardens.
Cost: Rates start at $119 per person, per night, based on double occupancy.
Contact: 866-380-6798, thebalsams.com
Valid: May 30th through June 30th and from September 1st through October 13th, 2008.
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- Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf, Lake Placid, NY
- Stay & Golf Package
Details: Accommodations, one round with cart per night's stay on either of the resort's two 18-hole courses and full breakfast. Stay two nights and get a third round for free.
What You'll Love: The fishing, boating and hiking can't be beat in the Adirondacks, but not many people know that the region boasts several classic old courses, including two here: The Links, designed by Scotsman Seymour Dunn in 1909 and the Mountain, which was redesigned by Alister Mackenzie in 1931.
Price: Rates start at $99 per person, per night, based on double occupancy.
Contact: lakeplacidcp.com, 877-570-5891
Valid: Sunday through Thursday in May, June, September and October
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- Lansdowne Resort, Lansdowne, Va.
- Maximum Golf Package
Details: Accommodations plus unlimited golf for two after noon on the day of arrival and each day of your stay.
What You'll Love: A $55-million renovation has given this Shenandoah Mountain property a sleek metropolitan feel, and the Robert Trent Jones II (left) and Greg Norman courses are open only to you and club members. The 9-hole Shark Bite short course is fun for families.
Price: Rates start at $199 per room, per night, based on double occupancy and availability. Tax and resort fee not included.
Contact: 877-509-8400, landsdowneresort.com
Valid: through September 6, 2008
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- Barefoot Resort, North Myrtle Beach, SC
- Women's Golf & Spa Package
Details: Three nights in a two-bedroom golf villa for three women; two rounds on any of the resort's four courses designed by Davis Love III, Tom Fazio, Greg Norman and Pete Dye; full breakfast buffet each morning; and three spa treatments, including a 50-minute Swedish massage, a hand paraffin wax treatment and microdermabrasion.
What You'll Love: This was created especially to give the Golf for Women reader the best of everything-golf and spa-at this resort, which is just across the waterway from the shops, restaurants and entertainment of Barefoot Landing (bflanding.com) and a quick shuttle-ride from the beach. The courses each have their own unique coastal flavor.
Cost: $742.00 per person
Contact: 877-237-3767, www.barefootgolfresort.com
Valid: May 12 to June 11, 2008
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