Estes specials for romantics.
Estes Park has several lodgings offering Valentine’s Day specials, including the Stanley Hotel (rates start at $275 for a manor queen room and includes champagne, dinner and breakfast for two in Cascades Restaurant and a dozen red roses; 970-577-4040); Della Terra Mountain Chateau (rates start at $690 for a two-night stay in a sky-level suite and includes champagne and breakfast in bed; call 970-586-2501); Wildwood Inn (rates run $499-$699 for one or two nights in a private hot tub unit and includes his-and-her facials and massages at the day spa and champagne; call 800-551-3623); and Mary’s Lake Lodge (call for rates, which include two-night stay, two tickets to a murder mystery dinner, two four-course dinners, tickets to a Valentine’s Day Ball and two breakfast buffets; call 800-442-6279). Also, you can renew your vows for $20 on Feb. 12 at the Stanley Hotel; to reserve a spot, call 970-577-4004.
Free lift tickets at Sundance.
Book a ski vacation at Utah’s Sundance Resort and receive two free lift tickets per room. Rates for a standard room with a queen-size bed start at $312 a night double, including $43 in taxes and fees. Lift tickets are worth $47 per person and cover day and night skiing; visitors can ski until 9 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The resort offers 41 downhill ski runs over 500 acres. Valid through April 2. Some dates are sold out. Info: 877-831-6224,
Jamaica for adults.
Two Jamaica adults-only resorts — Hedonism II () and SuperFun Beach Resort & Spa () — are offering discounts of 12.5 percent on all bookings made by Feb. 28 for travel through Aug. 31. Savings vary by date and accommodation type. For example, at Hedonism II, an oceanview room with Jacuzzi and terrace during high season (Jan. 29-April 29) now starts at $254 per person double a night, a savings of $36. At SuperFun, a deluxe room during low season (April 30-July 1) now starts at $105 per person double, a savings of $15. Price includes meals, unlimited cocktails, watersports, airport transfers and taxes. Info: 800-467-8737
Cost of Nile cruises cut.
General Tours Small Group Traveler has discounted its Seven Nights Along the Nile cruise by $500. The trip aboard the 30-cabin Alexander the Great ship now starts at $2,499 per person double for departures May 23 through Sept. 27. The cruise, which travels round trip from Luxor, Egypt, stops in Edfu and Kom Ombo, and includes daily shore excursions to such sites as the Karnak and Luxor temples, the valleys of the Kings and Queens, and Aswan High Dam. Deadline to pay in full is March 15. Info: 800-858-0908,
Galapagos Islands cruise.
Get a $1,000 discount on the March 4 departure of International Expeditions’ Galapagos Islands cruise. Prices start at $3,798 per person double for the nine-night itinerary, which includes two nights at the Oro Verde hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a seven-night cruise aboard the 32-passenger Evolution, daily shore excursions, naturalist-led tours, snorkeling and wetsuit equipment, transfers, Galapagos National Park fee and taxes. International airfare and domestic flights between Guayaquil and San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos are extra. (Intra-country air is $410 round trip and must be purchased through International Expeditions). Info: 800-234-9620,
Denver Post staff and wire reports
