Deal of the Week: A spring cruise on the Rhine from Amsterdam to Frankfurt has been reduced to €1,399pps from €2,137pps. The cruise is over eight days with time to explore the cities and towns along the way. Includes flights, most meals and nine excursions. cassidytravel.ie,0818-332500.
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* ENJOY golf on the Lisbon coast this month and next with a three-day offer to play the Troia championship course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. The trip includes flights from Dublin, transfers, three nights accommodation, two rounds of golf and boat tickets to Setúbal from €539pps. 01-4909311.
* PAY for a stay in Marriott hotels in London by November 30th and get a 20 per cent discount between December 15th and January 8th. Hotels include Grosvenor Square, County Hall, Maida Vale, Regents Park and the Kensington. marriott.com.
* BOOK on ebookers.ie for a New Year break: two nights in Barcelona from Cork from €232pps, Amsterdam from €270pps and Paris from €290pps, with flights from Dublin.
* MANCHESTER United packages from Dawson Travel include accommodation in the Amblehurst Hotel with breakfast, match tickets in the middle tier, a tour of the trophy room and museum, and the match review book from €279pps. The special offer for the game against Stoke on January 31st is from €199pps. 021-4274397, 01-6618900, dawson-travel.com.
* CONTIKI Holidays for the young and adventurous is offering a ski trip to Hopfgarten in the Skiwelt region of Austria each week from December 10th. Staying in a chalet, the price from €1,108 includes flights, transfers, ski pass and gear, accommodation, and a range of activities and nightlife. 01-7753838.
* TWO-DAY trips to Lapland on December 15th, 17th and 19th with Sunway Travel include all meals, gala dinner, snowmobile safari, crossing the Arctic Circle and meeting Santa. Prices from €1,199 for adults and €1,099 for kids. 01-2311888, sunway.ie.
* BOOK by November 21st for the Australia Travel Centre sale of Quantas flights from €895 to all major cities down under. 01-8047188, australia.ie.
* FLY to Florida for the winter – where the mean temperature is 20 degrees – and get 28 nights in the Lexington Suites, Orlando from €915pps plus taxes. travelfox.ie,1800-432432.
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* LIGHT up December with the Festival of Light and Other Voices in Dingle from December 1st-4th. The event includes concerts, carols, traditional music, guided walks, craft and food shopping, a treasure hunt, making pottery and the highest indoor wall in Ireland. Special rates in hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses and self-catering. facebook.com/ dinglefestivaloflight.
* DESPITE IT almost eclipsing Christmas as the major festival on the US calendar, Thanksgiving goes virtually unnoticed here. For those who wish to mark it next Thursday, husband and wife team Eric and Christine Theze of La Boheme Restaurant in Waterford have made the event something of an annual highlight. Feast on all the expected staples of Turkey Day – think butternut squash soup, corn bread and pecan pie – from €27pp (early sitting 5pm-6.45pm) to €32pp (after 7pm). La Boheme has been a finalist two years running in the Hotel and Catering Gold Medal Awards fine dining category. It's a great part of the world too with plenty of hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses to choose from. 051-875645 or e-mail labohemerestaurant@eircom.net.
* THE Glor Theatre, Ennis features Big Maggie on November 28th and 29th. Stay at the Old Ground Hotel and get two nights B&B, dinner and tickets to the show for €145pps. 065-6828127.
* A GIRLIE break with Suede Bar and the Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone includes dinner, cocktail class and a discount shopping card for Athlone shopping centre for €99pps. 0906-477822, suedebar.ie.
* HEAD to Limerick for shopping and relax at Georgian house 1 Pery Square. Take your Christmas list to the Milk Market and Crescent shopping centre. Two nights B&B with dinner one evening is from €119pps (midweek) and from €139pps (weekends). 061- 402402, oneperysquare.com.
* STAY at Newforge House, Magheralin in Armagh with midweek overnights in November plus dinner and breakfast for £99 (€116) for two. 048-9281255, irelands-blue-book.com.
* THE Harlequin Hotel in Castlebar is offering a €55 room deal for two. 094- 9286200, harlequinhotel.ie.
Please note all deals are subject to availability