By Eileen Ogintz
Travel Tuesday is coming (Dec. 3, 2024), offering some of the best travel deals of the year. Some deals will be available longer; others (typically from airlines) in just one day. Follow your favorite travel brands on social media and set up price alerts on sites like Hopper and Skyscanner.
Here are 20+ deals you can book now or very soon:
Celebrity Cruises is offering Black Friday savings all month long. From Friday, Nov. 8 through Monday, Dec. 9, guests can save up to 75 percent on the second guest in their stateroom applicable for sailings departing from Nov. 8, 2024, through May 10, 2027.
Use this link starting from Oct. 28, 2024-Jan. 5, 2025 and save up to 40 per cent a two-night or more stay at many Hilton Hotels, from New York to Washington, DC, Las Vegas, Mexico and more . Each deal is slightly different, including when you can book and travel.
Collette. The guided travel company increased the discount this year to 25%(typically it’s only a 20% discount). Collette is also excited to include Antarctica for the first time, so travelers can truly save on all seven continents. Collette’s Black Friday sale will run from Nov. 25- Dec. 4, 2024.
You might be able to afford a more luxe vacation. Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina, a, private-island haven situated at the east end of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, is offering a savings of 30 per cent for a three-night stay and a $250 resort credit for visits Nov. 26, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025, as long as you book between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. Promo code (CW24). ScrubIsland.com.
Club Med is offering its best discount of the year with its Black Friday sale. Travelers can save up to 50% off winter, spring and summer getaways across its all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Canada. The deal includes up to $500 Instant Savings and free stays for kids under 4. Whether guests are chasing Caribbean vibes at the luxurious Club Med Michès Playa Esmeralda or mountain highs at Club Med Québec – their next adventure starts now.
The Jimmy Buffett-inspired cruise line Margaritaville at Sea is bringing back their best sale of the year for Black Friday, available Nov. 13-Nov. 29, with cruises for two starting at just $99 and free guest fares for 3rd and 4th passengers. This offer is also applicable to the brand’s all-new destinations including Nassau, The Bahamas, Roatan, Honduras, Belize City, Belize, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. These savings are for cruises through April 2026.
Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico on a protected natural peninsula with Puerto Rico’s biggest lagoon-style pool, golf, spa, and more, is offering World of Hyatt members up to 25 per cent off if they book between Noov19 and Dec. 19 for stays between Nov. 19 and April 20,2025.
Sandos Hotels & Resorts , on both Mexican coasts, are offering are Mexico all-inclusives on both coasts, are offering up to 55 per cent off. This offer is bookable from November 11th until December 2nd, 2024, for stays from November 11th, 2024, until December 20, 2025: Save an additional 5% for up to 60% off if you book between November 15-18!
Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts for families are touting up to 65% off and up to $1,500 in credit off their vacation. Book now through December 3, 2024, for travel through December 3, 2025. In the spirit of giving, for each booking made between November 29 (Black Friday) and December 3 (Travel Tuesday), Sandals and Beaches will donate $15 to their philanthropic arm, the Sandals Foundation, in celebration of 15 years of uplifting Caribbean communities.
Premium touring company, Insight Vacations, welcomes the giving season with a full month of daily deals for top 2025 departures. Travelers can save up to 15% off on coveted 2025 destinations starting November 1st through December 5th.
Discovery Cove in Orlando is touting savings of up to 50% on reservations through 2025. At the all-day resort, guests can swim with dolphins, snorkel among tropical fish, hand feed exotic birds all the while enjoying complimentary food and drinks (including beer and wine for those 21 and older. Available Nov. 7 through midnight on Friday, Nov. 29, this exclusive offer is valid for visits through Dec. 31, 2025.
REI CO-OP members can save 20% off selected 2024 and 2025 REI adventure travel trips to Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks, Great Smoky Mountains, hiking across South Dakota, Acadia, Joshua Tree, the Pacific Crest Trail, Olympic National Park and more when booked November 8-25. For trip and offer details see REI.com/trips-on-sale. (During the sale save big on clothing and gear too.)
Corazón Cabo Resort & Spa in the heart of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is offering guests up to a 30 per cent room rates, a $50 food and beverage credit and 30 per cent off select spa treatments for stays booked from Nov. 18-April 30, 2025 . Book from Nov. 18-Dec. 3.
Save up to 30% on National Park Stays, Resorts, Luxury Cruises, Walking & Biking Tours, and on a Historic Train Ride to the Grand Canyon with Xanterra’s Thankful for Travel Sale Xanterra Travel Collection® owns or operates the lodges in Yellowstone National Park, Zion National Park, Glacier National Park, and Grand Canyon, South Rim; Windstar Cruises, the Grand Canyon Railway & Hotel, The Oasis at Death Valley, Holiday Vacations, Country Walkers, and VBT Bicycling Vacations. Book from Monday Nov. 18- Monday Dec. 2. The available dates vary.
Southernmost Beach Resort | Key West, FL
Situated on the quieter southern limit of the famed Duval Street, Southernmost Beach Resort with a private beach, three pools and more is offering 5% off all room types + $50 resort credit (for direct bookings only). Book dates are from November 19 – December 4, 2024, for stays between November 21 – December 31, 2025.
The Meritage Resort and Spa | Napa Valley, CA
Set on 36 golden acres with 9 acres of active working vineyards, the resort is offering 30 per cent off plus a $30 resort credit when you stay 2 or more nights between Nov. 2024-March 2025 (there are blackout dates.) bookable November 18-December 4.
The Norwegian cruise company Hurtigruten, known for their Northern Lights and Coastal cruises , is touting up to half off on their fall 2025 Original Coastal Express voyages and up to 25 per cent off on other select trips. (Kids often are half off.)
Others you need to wait to book. / Cruise Croatia, the leading luxury small-ship cruise operator specializing in luxury yacht cruises along the Adriatic coast, is offering up to $700 off per cabin on select departures between Dubrovnik and Split from May to August 2025, for new bookings made between November 29 and December 13.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises, a luxury all-inclusive river cruise line with sailings in Europe, Egypt, South America and Asia, is launching its 12 Days of Christmas Event on Black Friday (Nov. 29) with daily savings ranging from 50% off popular cruises to free trip extensions, complimentary suite upgrades, waived solo traveler supplements and more. A new offer will be unveiled each weekday for 12 days, starting on Nov. 29 for travel on select sailings in 2025. Visit Uniworld.com/12days.
Seven Stars Resort in Turks & Caicos is offering 35% savings on its suites with additional resort credits extended based on length of stay. Book Black Friday, Nov. 29 through Travel Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, for travel April 21-Dec. 18, 2025.
Massanutten Resort is the ideal winter getaway with its abundance of activities like ice skating, snow tubing, or skiing and snowboarding. When guests want to warm up, they can head to the award-winning indoor WaterPark filled with body slides, a lazy river, hot tubs, and a water fortress. Travelers can save 25% off any available one-bedroom condo when they book between Nov. 29 and Monday, December 2, for travel from January 2, 2025, to March 31, 2025, using promo code MASSiveDeal24.
Think swimming with sea turtles, sunbathing with baby sea lions, coming face-to-face with the famous blue-footed boobies, and strolling alongside Giant Galapagos Tortoises. Ecoventura is offering 20 per cent off select 2025 cruises when you book Nov. 29 and Dec. 6. That is a $2100 savings off the once in a lifetime experience.