Winter Park, CO, Airfare Deal Alert – June 2011

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Valarie

Imagine it. You’re in flight at thirty thousand feet above the ground and a slap-fight breaks out between two fellow passengers because one of them wouldn’t let the other put his seat back. Believe it or not, it actually just happened last month on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Ghana. They had to turn the plane around and the two men were arrested. Check out the rest of the hilarious slap-fight story.

As for our monthly airfare deal alert, take a look below to see some great deals to Denver, including round trip airfare from Puerto Rico for $419 and from Las Vegas for just $98. Remember guests of Winter Park Lodging Company get deals all over town, from the fastest-growing downhill bike park in the US, Trestle Bike Park, to horseback riding and whitewater rafting, from discounts at restaurants to spa treatments. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company.

$128 RT	Austin, TX
$198 RT	Burbank, CA
$178 RT	Chicago, IL
$139 RT	Dallas, TX
$140 RT	Helena, MT
$118 RT	Kansas City, MO
$98 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$164 RT	Los Angeles, CA
$172 RT	Newark, NJ
$138 RT	Omaha, NE
$248 RT	Philadelphia, PA
$98 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$198 RT	Portland, OR
$148 RT	Raleigh, NC
$118 RT	Salt Lake City, UT
$138 RT	San Diego, CA
$418 RT	San Juan, PR
$168 RT	St. Louis, MO
$138 RT	Tucson, AZ
$208 RT	Wilmington, NC

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO, Airfare Deal Alert – May 2011

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Valarie

At first glance, you may look at these prices and think – “where are all of the REALLY cheap flights?” Don’t worry, they’re still out there, but I decided to make sure that every city on this list was different than last month’s. So, for those $88 flights from Albuquerque, just go to Airfare Watchdog and plug in that city in the search for “flights from a city” to find the cheap flight to Denver.

May is the time to start planning your summer trip to Winter Park. All of our condos and lofts at the Village at Winter Park Resort have super-low prices through May 31st, starting at just $59 per night. Rates go up on June first, so don’t delay. Click here to search for a Village condo or loft today.

Remember we have deals all over town, from the fastest-growing downhill bike park in the US, Trestle Bike Park, to horseback riding and whitewater rafting, from discounts at restaurants to spa treatments. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company.

Go down the Winter Park Alpine Slide!

$120 RT	Casper, WY
$168 RT	Chicago, IL
$168 RT	Detroit, MI
$140 RT	Fayetteville, AR
$148 RT	Houston, TX
$148 RT	Killeen, TX
$148 RT	Long Beach, CA
$158 RT	Milwaukee, WI
$148 RT	New Orleans, LA
$108 RT	Omaha, NE
$108 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$148 RT	Portland, OR
$138 RT	Provo, UT
$148 RT	Raleigh, NC
$158 RT	Rochester, MN
$148 RT	Santa Ana, CA
$158 RT	Sioux Falls, SD
$138 RT	Spokane, WA
$140 RT	Springfield, MO
$148 RT	Wichita, KS

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert – March 2011

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Valarie

It seems obvious that nearly all of the major airlines, Southwest included, have raised fares up to $10 round trip in the past month, due to increased fuel costs. Nevertheless, in an attempt to bring some new players to the table, I’ve left out most of the cities that make regular appearances to this list. That means you’ll notice several cities in our March airfare deal alert that have never made it before, including two cities that I’ve never even heard of (can you guess which ones?). You’ll still find flights from most of the regularly-appearing cities, such as L.A, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City on www.airfarewatchdog.com.

Remember that Winter Park Lodging Company has discounts and deals all over town, from ski rental deals starting at $18 per day, to discounts on sleigh rides, snow cat ski tours, restaurants and more. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company now.

$78 RT	Albuquerque, NM
$198 RT	Boston, MA
$178 RT	Chicago, IL
$218 RT	Cincinnati, OH
$228 RT	Fort Lauderdale, FL
$128 RT	Houston, TX
$198 RT	Ironwood, MI
$232 RT	Little Rock, AR
$198 RT	Manistee, MI
$178 RT	Milwaukee, WI
$178 RT	Minneapolis, MN
$188 RT	Nashville, TN
$158 RT	New Orleans, LA
$258 RT	New York, NY
$208 RT	Newport News, VA
$118 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$158 RT	Portland, OR
$138 RT	San Diego, CA
$178 RT	Seattle, WA
$108 RT	Tucson, AZ

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert – February

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Valarie

It seems that a handful of cities appear on this list on a regular basis, such as Houston and Tucson, but a couple of cities that rarely have cheap flights into Denver have made the list for February’s airfare deals: New York City and Washington, DC. And both are for only $168 round trip or less. Don’t see your departure city? Check www.airfarewatchdog.com to see if there’s a deal to Denver for you.

Plus, we at Winter Park Lodging Company have discounts and deals all over town, from ski rental deals starting at $18 per day, to discounts on dog sled rides, snowmobile tours & rentals, sleigh rides and more. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company now.

$58 RT	Amarillo, TX
$134 RT	Austin, TX
$174 RT	Baton Rouge, LA
$186 RT	Columbus, OH
$164 RT	Fayetteville, AR
$138 RT	Houston, TX
$132 RT	Indianapolis, IN
$142 RT	Kansas City, MO
$130 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$162 RT	Los Angeles, CA
$158 RT	New York, NY
$150 RT	Oklahoma City, OK
$130 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$176 RT	Portland, OR
$162 RT	San Diego, CA
$170 RT	St. Louis, MO
$116 RT	Tucson, AZ
$136 RT	Tulsa, OK
$168 RT	Washington, DC
$190 RT	Greensboro, NC

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert – January 2011

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Valarie

If you live in California or Texas, you’re in luck if you’re planning a trip to Colorado. Between those two states, we found over ten round trip flights to Denver for under $150 on Airfare Watchdog. Check www.airfarewatchdog.com to see if there’s a deal to Denver for you.

Don’t forget that Winter Park Lodging Company has discounts and deals all over town, from ski rental deals starting at $18 per day, to discounts on dog sled rides, snowmobile tours & rentals, sleigh rides and more. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company now to see how we can help our guest save money.

$58 RT	Amarillo, TX
$120 RT	Casper, WY
$194 RT	Chattanooga, TN
$218 RT	Lafayette, LA
$116 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$148 RT	Lincoln, NE
$114 RT	Long Beach, CA
$116 RT	Los Angeles, CA
$154 RT	Lubbock, TX
$178 RT	Milwaukee, WI
$174 RT	Minneapolis, MN
$118 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$158 RT	Portland, OR
$164 RT	San Antonio, TX
$128 RT	San Luis Obisbo, CA
$152 RT	Santa Ana, CA
$178 RT	Spokane, WA
$158 RT	St. Louis, MO
$138 RT	Tulsa, OK
$228 RT	Wilmington, NC

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

$120 RT	Casper, WY
$194 RT	Chattanooga, TN
$218 RT	Lafayette, LA
$116 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$148 RT	Lincoln, NE
$114 RT	Long Beach, CA

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert – December

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Valarie

The last time that the Mary Jane mountain at Winter Park Resort was open before Christmas was in… well it’s been so long, we don’t remember. That being said, wouldn’t you be crazy not to ski this epic early season at Winter Park? With some great airfare deals still available for a last-minute trip, here’s your chance. All flights listed below are from $104 to $150 round trip.

Don’t see your departure city? Check www.airfarewatchdog.com to see if there’s a deal to Denver for you. Plus, don’t forget that Winter Park Lodging Company has discounts and deals all over town, from ski rental deals starting at $18 per day, to discounts on dog sled rides, snowmobile tours & rentals, sleigh rides and more. Click here to check out all discounts offered by Winter Park Lodging Company now.

$112 RT	Albuquerque, NM
$118 RT	Amarillo, TX
$124 RT	Austin, TX
$144 RT	Boise, ID
$138 RT	Boston, MA
$138 RT	College Station, TX
$138 RT	Houston, TX
$138 RT	Houston, TX
$118 RT	Kansas City, MO
$118 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$118 RT	Los Angeles, CA
$150 RT	Lubbock, TX
$118 RT	Omaha, NE
$148 RT	Ontario, Canada
$118 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$106 RT	Salt Lake City, UT
$118 RT	Sacramento, CA
$118 RT	San Diego, CA
$150 RT	Seattle, WA
$104 RT	Tucson, AZ

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert – November

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Valarie

Winter Park just got slammed with a couple of feet of snow a couple of weeks ago, and the lifts start running on November 17th. That’s just a couple of weeks away! Don’t miss the start of a great ski season in Winter Park. Grab one of these flight deals and head on up to Winter Park soon. Can’t wait to see you in the powder!

$112 RT	Albuquerque, NM
$124 RT	Austin, TX
$158 RT	Billings, MT
$164 RT	Bismarck, ND
$198 RT	Charlotte, NC
$184 RT	Chicago, IL
$198 RT	Ft. Myers, FL
$138 RT	Houston, TX
$138 RT	Lincoln, NE
$118 RT	Los Angelos, CA
$168 RT	Milwaukee, WI
$168 RT	New Orleans, LA
$152 RT	Newport News, VA
$164 RT	Portland, OR
$110 RT	Rapid City, ND
$118 RT	San Diego, CA
$178 RT	Spokane, WA
$148 RT	Tulsa, OK
$138 RT	Wichita, KS
$150 RT	Yuma, AZ

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Escape the I-70 Mess Ski Winter Park Resort

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Chris

Escape I-70 Ski Winter Park, CO

I-70 heading back down to Denver on a Sunday evening. Nothing can be more infuriating. The highway problem is starting to get a lot of attention as this is the lifeblood of the Colorado ski resorts and brings a lot of cash rolling into Colorado.

Here is what Ski Magazine columnist Tom Winter has to say about the state of pesky I-70:

This week, the powers that be will meet to discuss the state of Colorado’s Interstate 70. The highway, according to the “experts” has become too crowded, and they need to “widen it”. As a frequent traveler on the highway, this got my dander up. So in the spirit of democracy, I rattled off a ranting screed to the Colorado Department of Transportation about the utter foolishness of spending billions of dollars to widen a highway that is plenty wide enough with one exception: the road can’t handle Colorado’s skier traffic on the weekends. As I don’t drive on the highway on weekends (because of this very fact) my point was: screw the weekend warrior, let them rot in the traffic of their own making or learn how to carpool.

Living in Winter Park, CO and very rarely needing to travel I-70 during the busy traffic times I agree. The road is plenty wide and adding a little bit here and a little bit there will not solve the traffic problem for more than a few years. Rail, rail, rail is the way to go. With rail service coming shortly from DIA to Union Station this puts Winter Park, only a new version of the ski train away, from being the only North American Ski Resort that is connected to an International Airport. Yes, the old ski train was not the most efficient or effective means of getting up here to Winter Park and Mary Jane but it did move people up here. With some investment the ski train through the old Moffat Tunnel or a new train up the I-70 corridor will continue to make Colorado the premier ski destination in the United States. A new train up the corridor will be a long time and money from being completed especially with all the politics that will get involved. There is a good chance it may never happen considering all the obstacles that it would have to overcome. A new train through the Moffat Tunnel would be a a walk in the park comparatively. This solution would only help WInter Park/Mary Jane Resort, Solvista and maybe Steamboat Spring (with a track extension).

So this brings me to my point of what to do now to deal with the traffic. First of all spend the least amount of time on I-70 and get off at Exit 232 and head over Berthoud Pass and ski Winter Park. Next is stay the night in Winter Park or Fraser, with Winter Park Lodging Company, and drive the roads when the Front Range weekend warriors are back at home getting ready to hit their 8AM jobs on Monday morning. Lastly ski the weekdays if at all possible. The snow is better , the crowds less and of you can rent a place to stay the prices cheaper.

Here is how Ski Magazine columnist Tom Winter end his I-70 rant:

Unfortunately the ideas that the Colorado Department of Transportation is throwing out to solve the weekend congestion are shortsighted and mostly involve more pavement. And we’ve seen how the “solution” of more pavement has worked out for Los Angeles.

My advice to those who ski Colorado and those who run the ski resorts is to settle for nothing less than a long-term solution.

And, for anyone who has landed in Zurich or any other Swiss airport and then seamlessly transferred from the plane to the train to a ski area, the long-term solution is expensively evident. Given that Colorado’s ridiculously cheap season passes aren’t going away soon, the only way to ensure the state continues to be a destination for out of state skiers is to develop rail links from Denver International Airport through the mountains. Yes, it will be expensive. Yes, it will take years. But ultimately, the entire state will benefit. Until then I’ll be doing my skiing on weekdays, and I suggest you to do the same.

I completely agree. More roads are merely a bandaid, what is needed is a long term solution and that solution appears to be high speed rail. Or in the mean time ski Winter Park Resort on a Tuesday.

Winter Park, CO, Airfare Deal Alert – October

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Chris

October is one of the busiest months for us at Winter Park Lodging Company. It seems everyone has figured out their winter travel plans and are starting to book. Is it because the flights are so low? ALL of these flights are $118 round trip or less!

There are nearly 100 more flight deals for Denver listed on www.airfarewatchdog.com, plenty of which are $130 to $200 round trip, from Seattle to Wilmington. Like Portland for $158 and El Paso for$140, for example.

We hope you can take advantage of some of these flights from your home city and visit us for a ski holiday in Winter Park this year. Already have plans to ski Winter Park this winter? Great! Search for your lodging today and get your fourth night free with Winter Park Lodging Company.

$98 RT	Austin, TX
$78 RT	Albuquerque, NM
$118 RT	Boise, ID
$118 RT	Chicago, IL
$118 RT	Des Moines, IA
$118 RT	Houston, TX
$118 RT	Kansas City, MO
$118 RT	Las Vegas, NV
$118 RT	Los Angelos, CA
$98 RT	Omaha, NE
$118 RT	Oklahoma City, OK
$98 RT	Phoenix, AZ
$118 RT	Sacramento, CA
$78 RT	Salt Lake City, UT
$118 RT	San Antonio, TX
$118 RT	San Diego, CA
$118 RT	Santa Ana, CA
$118 RT	St. Louis, MO
$78 RT	Tucson, AZ
$118 RT	Wichita, KS

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.

Winter Park, CO Airfare Deal Alert for June

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Valarie

Just weeks before the official start to summer, now’s the time to start your summer vacation planning in earnest. Compared to last month, fares have definitely gone up. Here is our list of thirty-five flight deals to Denver for June, now with arrows showing whether the flights are going up or down compared to May.

Going Fast!

Check this out, if you live in Albuquerque or Salt Lake City, you can get to Denver on Southwest Airlines for $50 each way if you book by June 3rd. Act fast!

Also, Midwest Airlines has flights to Denver from Kansas City or Omaha for as low as $59 each way and from New York La Guardia for $139 each way. You must travel on a Tues/Weds and book by this Friday, June 4th to grab these deals.

More Flight Deals

$198 RT	Akron, OH (CAK) ↑
$218 RT	Atlanta, GA (ATL) – new
$188 RT	Bismarck, ND (BIS) – new
$238 RT	Buffalo, NY (BUF) ↑
$188 RT	Boston, MA (BOS) – new
$158 RT	Bozeman, MT (BZN) – new
$158 RT	Cheyenne, WY (CYS) – new
$198 RT	Chicago, IL (ORD) ↑
$218 RT	Columbus, OH (CMH) ↑
$218 RT	Dallas, TX (DFW) ↑
$258 RT	Daytona Beach, FL (DAB) – new
$250 RT	Greenville, NC (PGV) – new
$218 RT	Hartford, CT (BDL) - new
$538 RT	Honolulu, HI (HNL) ↑
$124 RT	Houston, TX (IAH) ↓
$178 RT	Indianapolis, IN (IND) – new
$132 RT	Jackson Hole, WY (JAC) – new
$118 RT	Kansas City, MO (MCI) ↔
$158 RT	Laramie, WY (LAR) ↔
$130 RT	Las Vegas, NV (LAS) ↔
$136 RT	Los Angeles, CA (LAX) ↑
$168 RT	Milwaukee, WI (MKE) – new
$178 RT	New Orleans, LA (MSY) ↓
$148 RT	Oakland, CA (OAK) – new
$192 RT	Oklahoma City, OK (OKC) – new
$218 RT	Norfolk, VA (ORF) ↑
$208 RT	Orlando, FL (MCO) – new
$224 RT	Philadelphia, PA (PHL) ↓
$118 RT	Phoenix, AZ (PHX) ↔
$158 RT	Portland, OR (PDX) ↑
$98 RT	Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) ↔
$148 RT	San Diego, CA (SAN) - new
$206 RT	St. Louis, MO (STL) – new
$208 RT	Washington, DC (DCA) ↑
$428 RT	Winnipeg, MB, Canada (YWG) – new

Let us know where you’re flying from and we’ll keep our eyes peeled for deals for next month’s report. Just email valarie@wplbo.com. You can also check online at www.airfarewatchdog.com, and while you’re there, set up monthly, weekly or even daily alerts for flights to or from the airports of your choice.

Remember to check with us for availability at a vacation rental in Winter Park for your dates first, then book your flights! Search Winter Park Lodging Company now to see what options await you.