Weekend Package Trips

Short vacations, such as weekend package trips, can be more affordable than long vacations. Hotels, airlines and travel agencies offer specials to travelers looking to take short trips with minimal planning. Whether you want to lay on the beach or ski, there's likely a weekend package vacation available to suit your needs.

Lazy Cloud Bed and Breakfast, Wisconsin

Midwesterners looking for a quick weekend getaway can book a short vacation at the Lazy Cloud Bed and Breakfast in Fontana. The bed and breakfast offers romantic weekend getaway packages on the western side of Lake Geneva in southeastern Wisconsin. Fontana visitors can spend weekends getting spa treatments or attending local entertainment events. The Lazy Cloud Bed and Breakfast provides guests with in-room soaking tubs, fireplaces and complimentary champagne. Special weekend package deals include meals, treats, flowers and gifts in your room to highlight milestones and holidays. As of December 2010, room rates range in price from $165 to $235 per night. Weekend add-on packages range in price from $69 to $270, depending on the items included.

Interlaken Resort, located in Lakeville, offers weekend package trips for different tastes, seasons and occasions. Interlaken's weekend packages cover the cost of local entertainment, meals and lodging. The "Girlfriends Getaway" provides a three-day, two-night stay in townhouse-style lodging and social activities for small groups of friends. The package also provides breakfast, a three-course dinner, wine and tea tastings, discounts at the resort spa and tickets to the Norman Rockwell Museum. As of December 2010, the Girlfriends Getaway costs approximately $359 per person.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a world class golf destination, provides miles of beaches and activities for the whole family. Vacations Made Easy sells weekend package trips that include a three-night hotel stay for two adults and tickets to dining and entertainment events such as Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede and dinner at Planet Hollywood. As of December 2010, Myrtle Beach family weekend packages can be purchased throughout the year starting at approximately $500, depending on the hotel you select.