Stay three nights for the price of two at the Garden Burees of Byron Bay. This tropical garden property has won the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence and offers seven private accommodation options. This deal is for the Garden Buree suites. Stay in one of these three self-contained Balinese-inspired bungalows for two which feature private outdoor showers and an indoor spa bath. It costs $520 for the three nights.

The property is on Gordon Street, just out of the centre of Byron and a stroll to the beach. It's near the Buddha Gardens Day Spa, the Iconic Arts Factory Lodge, the Arthouse Lounge Cinema and Byron Bay Brewery. For another $260, add a massage for two at the Buddha Gardens Day Spa and champagne.

See gardenburees.com.au.

DOUBLE DELIGHT

Doubles can save up to $US2117 and solo travellers $US3271 by combining a river cruise with a coastal one in Burma. Book a 10-night cruise through Burma's coastal islands on Pandaw's 18-passenger motor yacht, Andaman Explorer, and get a 50 per cent discount on one of Pandaw's seven-night river journeys on the Irrawaddy. The river cruise runs between Mandalay and Pagan and the coastal trip between Ranong-Kawthaung on the Burmese-Thai border and Rangoon explores Burma's Mergui Archipelago, including the Aladdin, Sular and Sullivan Islands, with stops also at the towns of Tavoy, Mergui and Moulmein. Both cruises include meals, guided excursions ashore and local beer, spirits and soft drinks as well as crew gratuities.

The offer applies to 12 paired Pandaw Expeditions departures between October, and March and includes a no-single-supplement policy on eight of the 12. The combined 17-night experience costs from $US4762 a person.

Phone 1300 783 188. See activetravel.com.au.

SAVE A LITTLE, TRAVEL BIG

Take $100 off Bunnik's 17-day Japan Discovery tour which includes return economy class airfares from Australia to Japan, 12 nights' accommodation in good quality hotels and two nights in a traditional Ryokan guesthouse with a typical Japanese onsen bath and a Japanese dinner party dressed in traditional yukatas, 14 breakfasts, three lunches and four dinners, five rail journeys and transfers. Visit Tokyo, Hakone, Mount Fuji, Takayama, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nara, Kyoto, Mount Hiei and Osaka.

There are departures from September 3 to April 2. Discount price valid for sale till June 10 – $9690 a person twin share.

Phone 1300 799 783 and quote deal code 4044490. See escapetravel.com.au.

HOLIDAY ROMANCE

To mark its first anniversary, the Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resort is running a Romance Getaway package. It gives accommodation in a garden pool suite, daily breakfast for two, a 60-minute Navasana spa treatment for two and transfers. Outrigger took over the former Akaryn Resort Koh Samui in Thailand last year and enhanced the beachfront all-villa and suite resort with renovated restaurants, pool area and rooms, including upgrades to villa and suite privacy.

The package is on sale till July 31 for stays up to December 23. The rate is from THB6599 a couple a night. Book at least 14 days in advance of check-in and receive an additional 20 per cent off.

See outrigger.com.

SNOW BUSINESS

Crowne Plaza Queenstown, Cardrona Alpine Resort and NZSki's The Remarkables and Coronet Peak ski fields have two ski packages going. The Cardrona package is for a minimum three-night stay June 11-October 9 and includes breakfast, a full day lift pass for two at Cardrona Alpine Resort with transport between the hotel and alpine resort. From $NZ155 a person a day.

The NZSki Ski Into September package gives savings of up to $NZ630 a person between September 1 and October 2 and combines seven nights' accommodation at Crowne Plaza with daily breakfast and a five-day lift pass for The Remarkables and Coronet Peak ski fields. Both packages also have upgrade options. Bookings for the Cardrona package must be made seven days in advance and the Ski into September package must be booked by August 15.

See queenstown.crowneplaza.com.