News, Tips & Bargains : Deal of the Week

Holiday Inn Worldwide is offering a program it calls “Europe for Less,” in which travelers can stay for $79 per room, per night, in any of more than 140 hotels. The rate (based on double occupancy and availability) runs from July 3 through Sept. 10 and is available at Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Garden Court hotels in 22 countries. Destinations include London, Paris, Rome, Munich, Madrid, Geneva and Istanbul. All rooms are furnished with one king-sized bed. Travelers may request a room with two beds upon arrival, but cannot reserve one in advance. Rates include service charges and VAT. For reservations and information, call (800) HOLIDAY and ask for “Europe for Less” or contact your travel agent.

Free for the Asking

“Discover America: A Listing of State and Territorial Travel Offices of the United States” is new from the Travel Industry Assn. of America. It’s a comprehensive list of tourist office addresses and phone numbers--many of them toll-free--that can be great sources for maps, guides and brochures on accommodations, attractions and events. For a copy, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Discover America, c/o TIA, Dept. A, 1133 21st St. NW, Washington, D.C., 20036.

This Week’s Holidays

Banking and government offices will be closed or services curtailed in the following countries and their dependencies this week because of national and religious holidays:

Monday: Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Egypt, Italy, Macao, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tonga, Western Samoa

Tuesday: Afghanistan, Tanzania

Wednesday: Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Togo

Friday: Cyprus, Denmark, Ethiopia, Greece, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Virgin Islands

Saturday: Aruba, Netherlands, Neth. Antilles, Virgin Islands, Zaire

Source: J.P. Morgan