Among the specials being offered are:
- Talamore Golf Resort's offer is four nights lodging and taxes in a two-bedroom/two bathroom villa, breakfast and five rounds of golf with cart, one round at Talamore, the rest at any of 11 other courses. Package price is $499 US per person, based on quad occupancy. This offer is valid Sept. 15 to Nov. 8. Call 1-800-552-6292 and mention Promo Code CVBCANADA when booking.
- Best Western Pinehurst Inn's special includes two nights accommodation and three rounds of golf at any of nine courses Cart and taxes are included. Valid to Aug. 31. Phone 910-692-0640.
- National Golf Club Stay package is $220 US per person, double occupancy, which includes two nights lodging in a villa and two rounds of golf with cart. Valid through Sept. 20. Call 1-800-471-4339, ext. 222, and mention the promotional code CA2009.
- Golf Escapes Inc. has a two-night package at a condo that also includes one round of golf with cart at The Legacy, Longleaf Country Club and at Talamore Golf Resort for $247 US per person, based on quad occupancy. Valid to Aug. 31. Call 910-693-7775. The promotional code is MapleLeaf09.
- Residence Inn by Marriott Pinehurst/Southern Pines' offer is for three rounds with a shared cart, one each at Legacy, Seven Lakes and Longleaf, three nights at the Residence Inn by Marriott Pinehurst/Southern Pines in a two bedroom/two bath suite, daily full hot breakfast buffet and complimentary evening social with beer/wine plus light meal (Monday-Wednesday only). The price, based on quad occupancy, is $207 US per person. Valid until Sept. 30. E-mail dbyrd@peachtreehotelgroup.com.
- How about a two-night women's wellness weekend in a First Nations setting on Manitoulin Island?
It's called Grandmother Moon Retreat, costs $449 per person and is being offered Sept. 4-6 and Oct. 2-4.
Accommodation is in Nishin Eco-Lodge, which has a kitchen, outdoor covered hot tub, sauna and showers.
Participants are welcomed with a sweetgrass ceremony, refreshments and a women's traditional hand drum singing group. Activities include meeting a local aboriginal craftsperson and creating your own "medicine pouch,'' taking guided walks, learning to identify plants and their uses in cooking and as remedies, having a foot bath, and enjoying a traditional feast of venison stew and bannock. Phone 1-877-710-3211 or info@circletrail.com.
- If you missed Robert Lepage's Image Mill show, part of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations last summer, it's back. The 40-minute spectacle is presented every summer until 2013, from late June until Labour Day. It retraces the city's history with images projected on the sides of grain silos that form a screen half a kilometre wide.
- The Royal Shakespeare Company and Chiltern Railways have teamed up for a series of special late-night trains to help visitors staying in London, England, travel back there after seeing a Saturday production in Stratford-upon-Avon. The two departures left this season are on Sept. 19 and Oct. 3. Visit www.chilternrailways.co.uk.
Here's a specialty tour you might be interested in:
- Globus has a 12-day tour designed for Canadians to commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian Expeditionary Force members who were killed during the First World War. It leaves for Paris Sept. 15. Visit www.globusjourneys.ca/Canadian-War-Memorial-Tour.
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