Some of the week’s best travel bargains:
First Tracks to Mammoth Mammoth Mountain in central California has opened for the ski season and has a discounted First Tracks to Mammoth package through Dec. 19. Stay two or more nights and each person receives a free lift ticket worth $64 to $74 for each night of lodging. Room rates vary. For example, a weekend for two at the Tamarack Lodge & Resort in early December starts at $398 (plus $54 taxes and fees); value of lift tickets is $296. Info: 800-626-6684, .
Stay for five nights at the Alexandra hotel in the Turks and Caicos Islands and receive the fifth night free; stay for seven and get two free nights. The Super Saver, good for stays through Dec. 15, starts at $1,000 for a week-long stay (plus 20 percent taxes and fees), a savings of $400. Book by Dec. 11 at 800-284-0699, .
American Canadian Caribbean Line has $500-per-person discounts on its winter Caribbean sailings. Fares for the four itineraries start at $2,470 per person double (plus $250 port charges). For example, the 11-night Yachtsman’s Virgin Islands cruise aboard the 100-passenger Grande Mariner, which departs Jan. 12 and Feb. 23 from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, starts at $2,875 per person double (including port charges). 800-556-7450, accl-smallships.com.
