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October 2008 - Posts

• Bad economy = Great deals

  If there is an upside to the miserable state of our economy, it is the travel deals. And it's not even too late to get a great deal on a Christmas holiday trip, provided you're lucky enough to be unscathed by our economic woes. This came in today from Read More... Posted Friday, October 31, 2008 10:53 AM by Cindy Richards | 0 Comments Filed under: suitcase packin' mama airfare deals

• Free lift tickets in Park City Utah

  I'm not a skier, but this is the kind of deal that makes me consider learning: free lift tickets. The folks in Park City, Utah, have a deal, now in its fifth year, that offers free lift tickets to new out of state arrivals. You just have to print out Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:27 PM by Cindy Richards | 0 Comments Filed under: Park City, ski, suitcase packin' mama, Utah

• Cheap, cheap, cheap air fares to the coasts

  Just passing along this missive, sent out this morning by my pals at TravelZoo: We just dug up an unadvertised fare sale on Orbitz for flights to Los Angeles or New York City from Chicago. These routes rarely go on sale, but we're finding them for 50% Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:21 AM by Cindy Richards | 0 Comments Filed under: air fare deals, Orbitz, suitcase packin' mama, TravellZoo

• It's punkin' chuckin' time

  There are few things funnier than watching grown men (and some really big boys) shoot pumpkins out of cannons, catapults and trebuchets. And this weekend you can, at the 12th annual Punkin Chuckin' Contest in Morton, Ill. In you're lucky, you may even Read More... Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 12:33 PM by Cindy Richards | 0 Comments Filed under: Halloween, Morton, Punkin Chuckin, suitcase packin' mama

• $14.92 Day Pass At CoCo Key Indoor Waterpark

  I didn't fall in love with the Coco Key Resort in Rockford when I visited last winter with my daughter and two of her friends in honor of her 12th birthday, but the girls had fun and, hey, a deal's a deal. So here's the scoop: Coco Key is offering a $14.92 Read More... Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 5:40 PM by Cindy Richards | 0 Comments