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Travel Deals of the Week
Great packages from Coast to coast, with a stopover in Michigan.
By Tara Gravel May 20, 2008
- This week we have something for everyone — girlfriends, families, and adventurers looking to try Northern Michigan's latest casino addition.
- Island Hotel, Newport Beach, CA
- Golf & Girlfriends-Newport Style
Details: Two guests get two nights deluxe double accommodations at the Island Hotel; a half-day yoga clinic at Pelican Hill Golf Course , unlimited golf with cart at the Ocean North and Ocean South courses at Pelican Hill Golf Club (left), a locker, shoe service, practice balls, bag storage; breakfast; a one-hour spa treatment, and two $25 gift certificates for the nearby Fashion Island.
What You'll Love: Just about everything, from your swanky digs in the luxurious Island Hotel, to the high-end Fashion Island shopping center right nearby, to the two gorgeous Tom Fazio courses that overlook the Pacific. Plus a massage and yoga. It all adds up to Girlfriend Heaven.
Price: Rates start at $1570, gratuities and room tax not included.
Contact: 888-321-4752, islandhotel.com.
Valid: Ongoing
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- Boyne Highlands and Boyne Mountain resorts, Boyne, MI
- May and June Unlimited Golf Package
Details: Hotel, condo or cottage accommodations; unlimited golf on up to eight courses (see below); a free bucket of range balls; a hot breakfast, and a $25 Odawa Casino gaming voucher.
What You'll Love: You have access to the Alpine, Monument, Crooked Tree, Moor and Donald Ross Memorial courses and can play Boyne Highlands' Arthur Hills (left) and Heather courses for just $18 per person, as well as the Bay Harbor Golf Club for a $59 to $89. The resorts are also making an extra effort to attract families and juniors with Family Fundays. On Sundays starting at 2 p.m. moms and up to two juniors age 17 and under can play free with a paying adult at The Alpine, The Monument, The Moor and Crooked Tree. Juniors can also play for free during twilight hours and pay only the twilight fee with a paying adult.
Price: Rates start at $119 midweek and $129 per person, double occupancy on weekends. Taxes and resort fees not included.
Contact: 800-462-6963, boyne.com
Valid: Through June 12, 2008
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- The Island Resort & Casino, Harris, MI
- Perfect 4-Some package
Details: Two nights at the Island Resort & Casino and three rounds of golf, one each at the new Sweetgrass Golf Club at the resort, which is opening in July, and at the nearby Greywalls and TimberStone golf clubs.
What You'll Love: You may not have a sure bet in the casino here, but you've got one in the golf: You'll play the highly rated Greywalls and TimberStone courses for much less than you'd pay a la carte. Plus, you'll be one of the first to play the Sweetgrass Golf Club, which is named after a native-American medicinal that grows along the course. It's a links-style layout, with the exception of a few wooded holes and an island par 3 that pays homage to the turtle, held in high esteem in Potowatomi legends for always choosing the right golf club to hit over water. (Actually, for its wisdom.)
Price: From $229 per person Sunday through Thursday and $249 per person on weekends, based on double occupancy.
Contact: 800-682-6040, islandresortandcasino.com
Valid: Ongoing from the course opening in July.
- The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Aventura, FL
- Ultimate Fore the Love of Golf Package
Details: Accommodations, unlimited golf and cart rental, a complimentary forecaddie for the first morning round, a 30-minute lesson with a golf pro, a complimentary warm-up bucket of balls, access to the Willow Stream spa, daily buffet breakfast, and shuttle service to the beach club and nearby Aventura Mall.
What You'll Love: More than $100 million was recently poured into redesigning this property, including $30 million for the two original Robert Trent Jones courses, which were given a complete overhaul by Ray Floyd. A 64-foot-high waterfall on the island-green 18th hole trumps Donald Trump, who used to have the tallest waterfall in Florida (40 feet) at Trump International in West Palm Beach.
Price: From $419 per night.
Contact: 888-270-0066, fairmont.com/golf2008
Valid: through January 4, 2009
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