tahoe - Travel Deals

When you are swooshing down the mountain at speeds of 40 mph, cutting a nasty path through the fresh powder and feeling the glorious sun beat down on your face, take a moment to look around and thank your lucky stars that a place like Lake Tahoe exists. The mountains, the blue lake that looks almost unreal, the copious amounts of snow, and the days of bright sunshine; these are all reason enough to get down on your knees at night and to offer up thanks to the ski gods.

Tahoe is a great destination just about any time of year, but it is during the winter months when a special place becomes even more special. Of course, it isn’t perfect. There can be significant crowds on the weekends and standing in lines with grumpy, impatient urbanites can be a real buzzkill, but all in all you probably won’t complain if you book yourself on one of the cheapie flights from Southwest Airlines and you head to Lake Tahoe for some winter fun.

The flights actually fly into nearby Reno, which offers up its own joys if you are into gambling, copious amounts of smoking, prostitution and all-u-can eat buffets. Combine Reno with the natural joys of Tahoe and you can experience the best of both worlds in one easy trip.

Good news for those of you who like to strap wooden planks to your feet and swoosh down the mountains at breakneck speeds. Not only is there snow in the air, but there is also a fierce discount war to attract your precious ski vacation dollars. The ski industry continues to expand each year and as any good consumer knows, competition usually helps to drive down prices.

One of the best deals I have come across is from Priceline, which is giving us all the opportunity to save up to $450 on flight and hotel packages to famed ski resorts like Vail, Killington and Tahoe. If you read the small print on the site, you’ll see that the offer is actually good for a number of ski resorts around the country and the world, so depending on your tastes and where the snow is most tasty, you can scoop up savings to a destination that is on the top of your ski list.

To get this fabulous deal, you must book your trip by December 24, 2006 and complete your travel by February 28, 2006. If saving money isn’t as important to you as saving the planet, you should consider staying at one of the number of growing eco-friendly ski resorts in North America.