Book your year-end vacation before it’s too late. Here are some of the best promotions to make it a great holiday for you and your loved ones
NEW SHAN: TASTY TAIWAN
New Shan Travel Service’s 8D Taiwan – China Airlines Charter Flights package is a tasty treat of scenery and local cuisine.
In Taipei, visit Leofoo Village Theme Park, Chiufen, Shihlin Night Market, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall and the 101 Shopping Mall. Also, visit the hot spring as well as experience orchard fruit-picking in Taitung, and the eye-opening Feng Jia Night Market, Sun Moon Lake and Wen Wu Temple in Taichung, and much more.
You will also get to enjoy various delicious cuisines including Hakka, Taiwan, high tea, Tainan local delights, and a special steamboat meal.
Please note, this tour is conducted in Mandarin, and there is compulsory tipping for the local guide and driver at NT$700 per person, and compulsory tipping for the tour leader at S$16 per person.
The departures are on Nov 30 and Dec 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 and 21. The prices for adult are $1,388 for twin-sharing, or $1,688 for single, and prices for child are $1,388 for half twin-sharing, $1,328 with bed, and $1,188 with no bed.
Book now and you can save up to $400 per person, first come first serve. Terms and conditions apply.
Contact New Shan Travel Service for a variety of other holiday packages.
New Shan Travel Service Pte Ltd, 20, Maxwell Road, Maxwell House, #01-02, Singapore 069113, Tel: 6481 1181 (Maxwell House) / 6745 9333 (City Plaza), www.newshan.com
EU HOLIDAYS: STUNNING USA, EUROPE, KOREA OR JAPAN
EU Holidays is an award-winning travel operator for Europe yet has a broad range of packages, to the USA, Korea or Japan.
The 12D USA Western Delight covers San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge, Los Angeles including Disneyland and Universal Studios, Las Vegas and the Nevada and Arizona areas, and Carmel, the second mission in California under Spanish reign. You’re sure to be stunned by the raw beauty of the New World.
EU Holiday’s popular 11D Europe Highlight includes a free hotel upgrade at Lakeside Hotel at Lucerne, and bonus inclusions of ascension to the Eiffel Tower’s second level without queue, and a scenic Amsterdam Canal Cruise.
Some of the main sites include the Duomo Cathedral and La Scala Opera House in Milan, Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the famous Black Forest region in Germany.
If that is not exciting enough for you, EU Holiday’s amazing 13D Italy-Switzerland-Paris includes free upgrade in hotels to 5-star at Interlaken, at Beau Rivage / Victoria Jungfrau, the Hilton at the French Riviera, and Lakeside Hotel at Lake Lucerne.
Bonus inclusions are entrance to the Coliseum, a Vatican City tour of St Peter’s Basilica, the Montreux Marché de Noël Christmas Market, and ascension to the Eiffel Tower’s second level without queue.
Among the special exclusives only for EU Holidays customers is the enjoyment of sledging on the Swiss Alps on the longest snow route in Switzerland (5-star rating by Trip Advisor).
Highlights of the tour include the cities of Rome and Paris and their world-famous monuments, Venice and its arresting waterways, and Siena, the picturesque mediaeval village.
EU Holiday’s 7D5N Premium Hunt of Hokkaido is an eye-opening package. Highlights include a scenery train (with limitations in winter), Hakodate Seafood Market, Tropical Garden with the Snow Monkeys, and Sounkyo Waterfalls. You’ll also go to the popular photo-stop of the Otaru Canal, and see the Glass House with unique glassware, and the Otaru Music Museum, with the world’s smallest and biggest musical box.
7D6N Winter Korea + Jeju allows you to experience the unique Ice Gallery, a scenic cable car ride, sheep feeding, D-I-Y cheese-making, and ski lesson by a guide. You’ll also get to visit theme parks such as the Snow Park, Everland and Lotte World.
Visit the traditional Korean-style Bukchon Hanok Village and experience D-I-Y Kimchi, and savour Korean cuisine with ginseng chicken, roasted mackerel, squid and pork bulgogi, a seafood buffet, bibimbap, shabu shabu and much more!
EU Holidays Pte Ltd, 150 South Bridge Road, Fook Hai Building, #01- 06, Singapore 058727, Tel: 6307 7878
CITYSTATE: MALAYSIA & THAILAND ON CRUISE
Citystate Travel offers a fun and thoroughly-relaxing journey on board a cruise ship. Another Voyager Class ship of Royal Caribbean International, “Mariner of the Seas”, will be offering cruises between three to five nights, to Malaysia and Thailand.
This 15-deck Mariner of the Seas is the sister ship of “Voyager of the Seas”. With a total capacity of 3,807 guests, she is the largest cruise liner based in Asia.
In addition to innovative features such as the Royal Promenade, an ice skating rink and a rock-climbing wall, there are popular dining options such as Johnny Rockets and Chops Grille Steak Restaurant, and the new Boardwalk Dog House and Giovanni’s Table.
For entertainment and activities, there is complimentary Broadway-style entertainment in the Main Theatre, complimentary ice skating shows, and 15 bars, clubs, and lounges.
For kids and families, there is a complimentary DreamWorks Experience with memorable moments such as parades, meet and greets and even dining with your favourite characters from Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and more.
Citystate Travel’s 3N Best of Malaysia Cruise, from $387, departs on Nov 15, 22 or 29, or Dec 6, 13 or 20. The port of call is Port Klang. The 4N Isles of Southeast Asia Cruise, from $448, departs on Nov 18 or 25, or Dec 2, 9 or 16. The ports of call are Port Klang and Phuket.
Citystate Travel’s 5N Spice of Southeast Asia Cruise, from $500, departs on Nov 10, or Dec 23 or 28. The ports of call are Port Klang, Penang and Phuket. All these packages are available for booking only until Oct 21 latest.
Citystate Travel, Cruise Line: 6222 9222, E-mail: [email protected], Website: www.citystate.travel/holidays
TRAFALGAR: SUNNY FLORIDA & EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS
From the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Everglades, to the island revelry of Key West, to the Old World charm of St Augustine, Trafalgar’s Florida Sunshine Trail 2013 has it all.
Insider experiences include an intimate evening with a Cuban host as he closes his restaurant for you and transports you from Miami to Havana, Cuba, for a charming night of Cuban music, drinks and cuisine. Also, participate in the demonstration of the making of a local speciality, Key Lime Pie.
The ‘last minute’ promotional price is US$2,336, and departure is on Nov 9. Trafalgar also has Christmas itineraries to Germany, London, Paris and Switzerland.
Trafalgar Tours, 600 North Bridge Road, Parkview Square, #06-06, Singapore 188778, Tel: 6295 6383
ASIA-EURO: hokkaido fun
Asia-Euro Holidays has an 8D6N Hokkaido Snow Fun Tour + Bangkok Stay. The usual for the package is $2,088, but it is now only $1,888 + $451 airport and fuel taxes, after discount.
You’ll fly by Thai Airways, and there are group departures on Dec 9 and 16. The package includes four nights’ accommodation based on twin-sharing in Hokkaido and two nights’ accommodation based on twin-sharing in Bangkok.
Tour highlights include a Sapporo City Tour, the Otaru Canal, the Otaru Music Box Museum, Tomamu Ski Resort, Noboribetsu Ainu Village, Edo Wonderland, and onsen (hot spring).
The price excludes the guide and driver tips per person per day of 600 Yen in Japan and S$10 in Bangkok.
Asia-Euro Holidays Pte Ltd, 133 New Bridge Road, Chinatown Point, #03-08, Singapore 059413, Tel: 6338 5566, www.aeholidays.com
APPLE TOURS: THE WOW WEST
Apple Tours has an extensive and awe-inspiring 13D USA Western Romance package that covers San Francisco, the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and Los Angeles.
Highlights include a Grand Canyon Overnight Experience with spectacular sunset and sunrise views, as well as the B-21 Cavern at Route 66, shopping at the Gilroy Premium Outlets and the two big theme parks of Disneyland and Universal Studios City.
There are departures on Nov 24 and 28, and Dec 6, 12 and 19. The price is from $2,888. Book quickly.
Apple Tours, 101 People’s Park Centre, B1-17F, Singapore 058357, Tel: 6736 2736, www.appletours.com.sg
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