Get a deal on a ‘Brit Spring Escape’ for two

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A double-decker bus passes a field of daffodils in a park in London, where La Compagnie is offering reduced business-class rates with its Brit Spring Escape package.

PUBLISHED: April 8, 2016 at 2:10 p.m. | UPDATED: August 23, 2019 at 6:52 p.m.

Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that have come across our desk recently:

*La Compagnie, the all-business class airline, is offering the Brit Spring Escape, which provides round-trip flights from Newark, N.J., to London for just $2,790 for two. Bookings must be made by April 30 for travel through June 30. 800-218-8187, http://tinyurl.com/hg9g6ch

*Avoya Travel has seven-night Mediterranean cruises aboard Norwegian Cruise Line that are priced as low as $639 per person, double occupancy. The Sept. 18 sailing from Barcelona, Spain, makes port calls in Naples, Rome (Civitavecchia) and Livorno, Italy, and Cannes and Marseille, France. 888-342-2815, http://tinyurl.com/hf54dng

*Iowa is about to roll out a new museum for quilt fans. The Iowa Quilt Museum will debut May 21 in Winterset. The opening exhibit, “Three Centuries of Red + White Quilts,” will feature roughly 30 quilts from the 1800s to the present. www.iowaquiltmuseum.org

*Nantucket, the popular Massachusetts island off Cape Cod, will host the Nantucket Wine Festival May 18-22. www.nantucketwinefestival.com

*”The Taming of the Shrew” will be presented at the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival on July 7-10 and 14-17 in Jupiter, Fla. www.pbshakespeare.org

*Getting around in Vancouver, British Columbia, should be easier this summer with the introduction of bike-share and electric scooter-share programs. http://tinyurl.com/znwml3m

*GO Fest — Whistler’s Great Outdoors Festival is May 20-23 in the popular British Columbia ski and adventure sport town. http://tinyurl.com/z94gwm8

*IndependentTraveler.com offers advice on how to hack your way to a cheaper airfare at http://tinyurl.com/jhf9yvh.

*The Travel Insider from Qantas Airways lists 10 insider spots to visit in Mexico City at http://tinyurl.com/jnleqgu.

*The It List 2016 reveals Travel+Leisure’s picks for the best new hotels in the world. http://tinyurl.com/lurg5qp

*CruiseCritic.com has advice on how to find the best cruise bargains this year at http://tinyurl.com/gm47lc3.

Prices include taxes and fee unless otherwise noted. Deals and websites listed here have been checked for availability as of press time, but the listings are not endorsements.

Phil Marty is a freelance writer.

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