John: This week we Trip On A Deal, at the New York Times Travel Show.

Luz: Here we uncover some of the best travel bargains available today.

John: Adventures to Croatia.

Luz: Turkey.

John: Prague.

Luz: And the south of France.

John: Plus a travel site that finds your perfect travel buddy.

Luz: And how do you make the deadly delicious Peruvian Pisco Salad?

John: That and so much more on this week’s Trip On A Deal. Today, Trip On A Deal is brought to you by And Now Productions. Contact them for your webcast and online video needs at AndNow.com. Hello and welcome to a special edition of Trip On A Deal.

Luz: We’re here at the New York Times Travel Show. I’m Luz.

John: And I’m John, we’ve got Mariachi music playing. It’s a party going on, on this colossal floor. It’s almost 500 exhibitors from over a hundred countries that are desperate for your recession dollar.

Luz: We have scoured this floor to find you the best possible vacation ideas and travel deals and there are some amazing deals to be found. One of our favorite deals in Central Europe, Prague. Eight days, six nights in the Czech Republic from CzechVacations.com, $699.00 includes round trip airfare from JFK and a fabulously gorgeous hotel stay. How do you say high in Czech?

Female:

Luz: What she said
John: Now here’s another amazing deal that we found on the floor of the—it’s from Key Tours at KeyTours.com. It is fourteen days, the best of Turkey that goes to literally 15 cities all around Turkey in all five star hotels but in a lot of very small communities, an amazing tour; and here’s the kicker, $1499 that is for all hotels, round trip from the United States plus most of your meals; breakfast, lunch and dinner; best of Turkey at KeyTours.com.
Luz: Okay this is one of my favorite picks of the entire day. It is the VikingRiverCruises.com; wonderful highlight cruise down the Rhone River, eight days, seven lovely guided tours in the south of France. From Shalogne to Avignon, you visit all of the towns that inspired Vincent Van Gogh. You have Burgundy wine tours and it all happens on this beautiful vessel behind me which carries only about a hundred and fifty people. Price tag, about $1200.00. It doesn’t get any better that that.

John: We’re here with Pupe The Mime who represents Canada and Pupe is a mime so I guess I’m going to have to do too much of the talking right?

The Mime: No buddy I’m the first world only talking mime.

John: Pupe the talking mime, you’ve heard it here first.

The Mime: Only here, well in—anyone else who hires me to go anywhere.

John: And here’s a really unique vacation. How about a cruise on a very small boat ten to twenty people through the beaches of Croatia? This is from Katarina-Line.com; I’ve got Daniel here with the line and this is just three hundred and thirty Euros which is about four hundred bucks, add another six hundred to thousand dollars, you got yourself an amazing vacation to some small villagers right?

Interviewee: Yes you’re in Croatia for seven days, in small ships, twenty to forty people on the cruise, including half board in that price.

Luz: So you planned your trip, you get the best possible airfare, a great place to go you’re all set, but the one thing that’s missing is the perfect person to go with. And that’s where TravelDaddy.com comes in. so you pair us all up and we have, we find a common interest.

Supinder: You can identify the right kind of passenger that you might want to go with.

Luz: So if I’m on a long, desert trip and I’m with the right person and could turn to kind of like match.com.

Supinder: That is the idea.

John: We’re here at the booth of the Peru Tourism Board and Carissa Silva is here with a very unique demonstration of—
Carissa Silva: Pisco Soup.

John: Alright and Pisco is actually a city in Peru that makes this great brandy and so what is in a Pisco Sour?

Carissa Silva: The recipe for the perfect Pisco Sour is three ounces of Pisco, two ounces of lime juice, one and a half ounce of sugar, a little bit of egg white and blended with ice; ready and put a dash of angostura bitter.

John: We have a little sampling here courtesy of Rafael, cheers!

Carissa Silva: Salute in Peru

John: Salute sir, that’s right; salute that’s delicious. It’s really good.

Luz: Want more information on today’s stories? Log on to our website at TripOnADeal.com.

John: There you’re going to get great information on all the deals and destinations we featured on today’s show.

Luz: And make you come back and join us next week. So you can Trip On A Deal.