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Monday, January 22, 2007

Lifetime Coastal Vacations: Spring Break Discount Travel Options

(openPR) - With families and college students planning for Spring break vacations, the pressure is on to book your trip for the least amount of money while staying at a four or five star resort. In this pursuit, many people turn to travel agents or online discount promotions in hopes of getting “the best deal." Michael Smith, Level III Director with Coastal Vacations, has a tremendous offer for those who must escape the cold and get away to a warm Spring break destination. Based in the 5 Trillion Dollar Travel Industry, Coastal Vacations has been supplying lifetime discount vacation memberships for over 10 years, helping people save up to 75% off all their hotels, cruises, condos, airlines and more. “The greatest advantage we have over our competition is that our vacation packages have lifetime privileges without any timeshare presentations to sit through" says Smith.

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Sea Turtles Getting Tropical Vacation after Arctic Blast

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) -- Three dozen sea turtles are getting a little tropical vacation under heat lamps after being rescued from an arctic blast that caused the water temperature in an arm of the Gulf of Mexico to plummet 18 degrees in 48 hours. "Four more coming in," Sea Turtle Inc. curator Jeff George shouted over a din of volunteers and onlookers who as of noon Friday had found 36 turtles lying on the beach. The cold-blooded juvenile turtles had been left comatose by the rapid temperature drop this week in the shallow bay where the young feed on turtle grass. The turtles' break began like any winter spa vacation. They were scrubbed clean of grime, then brought under a heat lamp until their eyes opened and their flippers twitched -- signs they were reviving and ready to be put in the water and munch on romaine lettuce.

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When Paris calls, don't hesitate ...

You know you need a vacation when you land in France and are so intent on getting to your hotel that you clear customs, pick up your luggage and are in the taxi before realizing that you forgot to change currency at the airport. You know you need a vacation when you've gotten off the Paris Metro at the right stop, but end up wandering the streets in circles - literally - for half an hour in the dark, trying to find your hotel, only to discover that it was a mere three blocks away from the subway. .

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