Black Monday sale from Starwood Resorts

By Clara Bosonetto Maerz

For ajc.com

We all know about the shopping deals to be had on Black Friday, but on Black Monday, too?

For just three days starting on Monday, Nov. 30, book a stay at one of the 50 Starwood Resorts at savings of up to 45% on stays from Jan. 1 through April 30, 2010.

Some of the destinations are near to Atlanta such as Savannah and Hilton Head, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, the Bahamas and destinations in Vermont.

Other locations include San Antonio, Texas; Scottsdale, Ariz; the U.S. Virgin Islands; St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles -- to Maui, Tahiti and Bora Bora.

Once bookings are complete, changes and refunds are not permitted.

Here's the Starwood link that will be 'live' on Monday, http://www.starwoodexclusiveoffers.com/cybermonday-preview

For the third year running, Hotels.com will hold a Black Friday (Nov. 27) and Cyber Monday (Nov. 30) online sale. The site will offer more than 200 properties in 100 locations at 50% discounts on four-night stays. http://www.hotels.com

Shell Vacations will offer rock-bottom rates at 23 of its 26 family-friendly resorts in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada on Black Friday with deals of up to 50% off on nightly stays this winter. Sample rates include the Inn at the Opera in San Francisco as low as $45 per night; $49 per night at the Peacock Suites in Anaheim, Calif.; from $60 a night in Las Vegas at the Desert Rose Resort and from $99 per evening at the Vino Bello Resort in Napa Valley, Calif. http://www.shellhospitality.com/Black_Friday

The TradeWinds Sandpiper Resort on St. Pete Beach on Florida's Gulf Coast will offer Facebook Fans and Tweeters rates as low as $25 on select evenings during January (a $220 value!). Nab this deeply discounted rates starting from 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 27. Other special rates will be offered each hour until 11 a.m. Then the final price offered at 11 a.m. will remain valid through 11 p.m. Friday night. Follow the hourly offers on Twitter.com/TWResorts or Facebook.com/TradewindsIslandResorts. The resort's web page actually offers a phone number to get this Black Friday rate. Call 1-877-528-5000 and ask for the "Door Buster Deal!" See other details at http://www.JustLetGo.com/BLACKFRIDAY