Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently:
*Yellowstone National Park Lodges offers nine Winter Getaway and Adventure packages for the coming season. The park’s winter season begins Dec. 18 with the opening of the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, and Old Faithful Snow Lodge opens Dec. 20. They’ll be open until the end of February. Among packages available are Trail of the Wolf and Yellowstone on Skis. http://tinyurl.com/kg8mxq8
*The Online Vacation Center has seven-night Caribbean cruises aboard Princess Cruises as low as $399 per person double occupancy for an ocean-view cabin. The Jan. 3 sailing from Houston makes port in Cozumel, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; and Belize City, Belize. 800-760-5417, http://tinyurl.com/psjxtnd
*Keytours Vacations offers an eight-day/six-night German Christmas Markets Tour that’s priced from $1,295 per person double occupancy land only or $2,199 with air from New York. Cities and markets visited include Frankfurt, Rothenburg, Nuremberg, Dresden and Berlin. Air is available from other cities at higher prices. 800-576-1784, http://tinyurl.com/nce5ene
*Germany isn’t the only place for Christmas markets. Ireland has its yule markets too. http://tinyurl.com/qb4hckf
*Discover the Palm Beaches on Florida’s east coast has made the Discover Pass a permanent offering. It gives savings of up to 38 percent on Lion Country Safari, Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, South Florida Science Center and Aquarium and Visit Palm Beach Sunset Sailing Cruise. www.palmbeachsummer.com
*If the weather cooperates, visitors to Chicago can begin enjoying Millennium Park’s McCormick Tribune Ice Rink on opening day Nov. 13. Plans are for it to remain open until March 6. http://tinyurl.com/nfsv2pd
*You can order a 2016 brochure from European Waterways, which specializes in river barge cruises, at http://tinyurl.com/n9l4vvz.
*The Moab International Film Festival is Nov. 20-23 in the Utah town that’s home to Arches National Park. www.moabfilmfestival.org.
*Abu Dhabi Art 2015 will be Nov. 18-21. http://tinyurl.com/pmemx4z
*Paradise Jam, a preseason NCAA basketball tournament, will be held in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nov. 20-23 for men’s teams and Nov. 26-28 for women’s squads. www.paradisejam.com
*The 103rd Grey Cup Festival will be Nov. 25-29 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. www.103greycupfestival.ca
*Hurtigruten, which specializes in cruises of Norway and polar regions, has its 2016-17 brochure available for order or to view online at http://tinyurl.com/pg72qwt.
Prices include taxes and fees unless otherwise noted. Deals and websites listed here have been checked for availability as of press time, but the listings are not an endorsement.
Phil Marty is a freelance reporter.
