Deal of the Week

Lake Arrowhead Resort is offering a $149 midweek Snow Valley ski package for two through March 31, 1995. The price, which is good Sunday through Thursday and is based on availability and double occupancy, includes one night’s accommodation at the 261-room resort (usually $99-$199); two lift tickets for Snow Valley (usually $39 per person); ski, boots and pole rentals ($16 per person--package rate does not change if rentals are not included); two 90-minute ski lessons ($19 per person), and a full breakfast (about $10 per person). The price includes taxes but not transportation to Snow Valley. Also available: weekend packages and cross-country ski packages. For information and reservations, call (800) 800-6792.

Free for the Asking

A new brochure from the American Automobile Assn. may help temper some of your fears about sending your child off alone on an airplane. “Flying Alone: Handy Advice for Kids Traveling Solo” offers suggestions on making reservations, packing, dressing; covers some of the safeguards that airlines use to make sure that little travelers arrive when and where they are supposed to, and includes a checklist for parents. “Flying Alone” is available at many AAA offices by sending a stamped, self-addressed business-sized envelope to: Flying Alone, Mail Stop 800, 1000 AAA Drive, Heathrow, Fla. 32746.

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:

Week of Dec. 5

Monday: Haiti, Thailand, Tonga

Tuesday: Finland, Ivory Coast Rep., Spain

Wednesday: Cuba, Italy, Ivory Coast Rep.

Thursday: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Cape Verde Is., Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guam, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macao, Malta, Monaco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, San Marino, Seychelles, Spain, Switzerland, Vatican City

Friday: Kiribati, Malaysia, Tanzania

Saturday: Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Thailand

Source: J.P. Morgan