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BUDGET TRAVELER
Family-friendly resorts offer deals families can affordFor the Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/06/08
Family-friendly resorts offer all sorts of packages, at family-friendly prices. Here are a few good choices.
• There's a place in the Colorado mountains that isn't glitzy and pretentious, but it is authentic, unspoiled and friendly.
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It's Gunnison-Crested Butte, a grand skiing spot during the winter and an ideal place to learn to fly-fish in the summer and fall. Visitors are surrounded by Gunnison National Forest, and where three of the state's best fishing rivers come together (the Taylor, East and Gunnison).
The Three Rivers Resort offers anglers of all ability levels a one-on-one package that includes instructor guides who teach casting techniques, essential knots, stream entomology, equipment selection, reading water and more. The basic package, from $395 per person (based on two) includes a two-night stay in a riverfront cabin, a full day of instruction and use of fishing equipment (if needed). Gunnison is about 235 miles from Denver International Airport. www.3riversresort.com
• Prices on resort stays and activities in Scottsdale, Ariz., can be up to 60 percent less during summer months.
Check out the cool savings at the FireSky Resort & Spa on the Married With Children package. Stays at this luxury downtown hotel include accommodations with a welcome of four cold Coronas with chips for parents and milk and cookies and a pool toy for the little ones. Packages, valid May 28-Sept. 8, start at $155 a night. www.fireskyresort.com
To celebrate the completion of a multi-million dollar update, the Camelback Inn offers a package June 1-Sept. 30 starting at $379 a night.
Included are accommodations, dinner for two, two one-hour spa treatments per day and a welcome amenity. In June, the historic property will introduce upgraded guest rooms in Pueblo-style casitas, with French doors leading to a private patio or balcony. www.camelbackinn.com
• Make vacation memories with the Summer Family Fun package offered at the AAA four diamond Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort on Mexico's Sea of Cortes.
Valid for stays June 29-Oct. 19, the hotel includes a welcome drink, surprises for children, daily activities, movies, Mexican cooking classes twice a week, poolside massages and half-priced spa treatments for kids with the purchase of a 50-minute treatment. Per-night rates start at $229.
The resort has an infinity-edge swimming pool, beach front palapas, two lighted tennis courts, a full-service fitness center, four remodeled ocean-view dining venues and the new Spa Oasis. www.hiltonloscabos.com
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