Wintre Skiing, Fireside Chats

What, exactly, is the huge presence in Colorado that oftentimes produces a ripple effect? No, it’s not all that snow or the occasional storm, it’s the area of Vail itself, or specifically, Vail Resorts. It is an environmentally super conscious corporation preserving diligently our environment at the same time of developing more leisure products that will appeal to everyone. Vail has an annual average of 345 inches of powder, more than 5200 skiable acres, back bowls, recreational paths spanning 15 miles and acres and acres (350,000 of them) of national forest. (It isn’t just for winter, anymore) Come visit “VAIL” – which is in part Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek naming a few and featuring five ski resorts. Think White, Think Snow, Think FUN!!

You can opt to stay in a house (take friends or a large family groups) or a condo that sleeps from 2-10 as well as a townhome most with ski in/ski out options. Lift tickets are available as well.

Don't wait though, rooms are already at a premium, there is some room at the top in February and March, Christmas and New Year's - those are iffy but there are some left.

Fuel , Costs, Supplements & Travel

The latest buzz word from Carnival should help everyone -
SOME GOOD NEWS (FINALLY !!!!) Good-bye Fuel Supplement
For 2008 and 2009 departures, if the price of light sweet crude oil according to the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange Index) is $70 per barrel or less at the 2:30 p.m. close of business as reported by Reuters on each of the 25 consecutive trading days ending five trading days prior to the guest’s cruise departure date, the fuel supplement will be refunded in the form of a shipboard credit. Guests who book a 2010 cruise prior to October 31, 2008, will be charged the current fuel supplement but will also be eligible for a refund of the fuel supplement in accordance with the same fuel price conditions that are being implemented for the 2008 and 2009 departures.
Bill Harber, director of marketing for Carnival Corporation & plc, said the company was implementing these initiatives due to the recent trends in declining fuel prices in an effort to migrate away from charging a separate fuel supplement. “If fuel prices stabilize below $70 a barrel, we will be able to effectively eliminate a separate fuel supplement.” The fuel supplement for five of the six Carnival Corporation & plc brands is currently $9 per person per day for the first and second guest (not to exceed $126 per person per voyage) and $4 per person per day for third, fourth and fifth guests (not to exceed $56 per person per voyage). Seabourn’s fuel supplement is $15 per person per day for the first and second guest (not to exceed $210 per person per voyage) and $4 per person per day for third and fourth guests (not to exceed $56 per person per voyage). Carnival Corporation & plc is the largest cruise vacation group in the world, with a portfolio of cruise brands in North America, Europe and Australia, comprised of Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, The Yachts of Seabourn, AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Ibero Cruises, Ocean Village, P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia.
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Mexico for Travel

There is a marvelous Acapulco condo available just for Christmas, go to the site to see the special Christmas only rate. There is so much to see and do in Acapulco, see the cruise ships come in to port, shop in the old town area, The Mayan condo is in an excellent area of town and is one of the best.