Club Med villages offer all-inclusive vacations

Club Med villages offerall-inclusive vacations
The "bar beads" are gone for good, but the Club Med all-inclusive vacation concept lives on in a different form. In the original 1950 Club Med concept, guests used small, colorful interlocking beads to pay for beverages, snacks and other services. The beads were replaced with tickets and later with an "all-inclusive bracelet."
Club Med villages in the U.S., Caribbean and Mexico now offer "Total All-Inclusive" vacations, including all-day open bar service, meal options, snacks and new room amenities all for one price -- no beads, no bracelets.
For more information, call (800) CLUB MED or visit www.clubmed.com on the Web.
Sites are availablefor lighthouse leases
Trinity House, the organization responsible for the upkeep of lighthouses along Britain's rugged coastline, has made staying in a lighthouse possible.
The cottages beside the lighthouses where the keepers lived have been modernized and are being leased.
Available year-round, they're managed by Rural Retreats.
Eight sites are available, and four more will be added this year.
For more information, visit www.ruralretreats.co.uk on the Web.
Heading to a wedding?American has discount
A new American Airlines discount can help take the sting out of the cost of attending a wedding.
The Group & amp; Meeting Travel Wedding Program offers discounts of up to 10 percent off American's lowest published airfares when 10 or more passengers travel to a wedding celebration.
The discount can be used for weddings, after-wedding parties or reunions.
Itineraries and origin cities may vary as long as the destination city is the same.
Customers may submit a request for a group discount online through www.aa.com/group.
Master chef teams upwith Crystal Cruises
Master Chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa has partnered with Crystal Cruises to bring his cuisine to a second dining venue aboard the Crystal Serenity, set to debut in July.
Nobu created a menu for the luxury liner's Sushi Bar. Now he has created another menu for the ship's Silk Road Restaurant, which will boast more than two dozen of Nobu's signature appetizers, soups, salads, entrees and desserts.
In addition, Nobu will unveil his own line of china in both restaurants during the ship's inaugural season.
Crystal Cruises are booked exclusively through travel agents.
For a brochure, call (800) 820-6663. Also, visit www.crystalcruises.com.
If Cuba is an option,Carnival says it's ready
If the United States ever lifts restrictions on visiting Cuba, cruise passengers can expect a chance to visit.
Bob Dickinson, president of Carnival Cruise Lines, told Travel Weekly magazine that the company is prepared to offer port visits to Havana. He said that if Cuba ever opens to U.S. tourism, it would quickly become the line's top destination, bypassing Cozumel, Mexico.
Carnival sails from Galveston, and those ships' schedules could be adjusted to include Havana, he said.
The U.S. government now restricts tourist visits to Cuba.
West Indies Airwaysgets baby-friendly
While other airlines sought larger ways to increase revenues, BWIA West Indies Airways is wooing the youngest passengers.
The airline's BWee Babies in-flight program includes extra diapers, blankets and pillows, changing tables on all aircraft, reserved bulkhead seats available so that infants and toddlers will have crawl space, bottle warming, milk and juice and VIP boarding.
Best of all, babies up to age 2 get triple-mileage bonuses on their inaugural flight.
For more information, call (800) 538-2942.