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If you’re still digging out from all the snow last month, chances are you’re thinking about taking a vacation when the weather warms up. Here are a few ideas:
- Purple Heart recipients from Iraq and Afghanistan: Vacations for Veterans (www.vacationsforveterans.org) has sent over 500 veterans and their families on vacation since 2007. It’s a nonprofit, which means it relies solely on donations, including vacation homes and timeshare weeks. Visit the website for more information.
- Veterans Holidays (www.veteransholidays.com), a sister site to the Armed Forces Vacation Club, has low-cost vacation packages (starting at $349 for a week) in 100 countries.
- Expedia.com (www.expedia.com) has vacation deals with airfare and hotel. Put in your location and destination, and then select a hotel, your room and your flight. At this writing, there is a bundle saving of $583 for the trip.
- Cheap Caribbean (www.cheapcaribbean.com) offers a discount to military, reservists and veterans, as well as police and fire personnel. Call 800-869-2710 to redeem your discount for its all-inclusive vacation packages.
- Sandals (www.sandals.com) is another all-inclusive site with locations in Jamaica, Lucia, Antigua, the Bahamas, Grenada and Barbados. If you can leave without much notice, click on Specials By Resort and Last Minute Deals.
- One of the sites owned by the Department of Defense is Shades of Green (www.shadesofgreen.org), an Armed Forces Recreation Center next to Disney World in Florida. It has 600 rooms, golf, tennis, reduced rates to Disney World … and site security, since it’s owned by the military. Click on the Special Offers button for extra benefits at different times of the year.
On all of these, do your homework and read reviews and ratings. Check them out before you commit. If you need to submit paperwork to verify your veteran status, don’t wait until the last minute.
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