summer vacation

Long Island Hotel Hosts Surf Week

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In the mood for a little East Coast surfing? Surf Week at the Allegria takes place at the Allegria Hotel in Long Beach, New York July 11 through July 16. The event is a week-long series of surf-themed special events, lessons, and more. The beachfront hotel has partnered with Red Bull and Long Island's Skudin Surf School to surf lessons for hotel guests, a surf tow out contest, 'Surf Hour' Red Bull cocktail party, and pro surfer appearances as well as a lobster bake, beach volleyball, barbecue, and beachfront movies on the hotel's boardwalk.

The week begins on Sunday night with a 'Surf Hour' cocktail party followed by Monday's surf competition and beachfront lobster bake. Tuesday brings a beachfront DJ party and tow out contest, followed by an afterparty in L'Onda Lounge. On Wednesday Chef Todd Jacobs will prepare a family barbecue on Wednesday, followed by a beachfront movie under the stars. The week rounds up with a beach barbecue and concert on Thursday featuring Alexa Ray Joel and a meet-and-greet session with pro surfers Ryan Carlson, Keali'i Mamala and Garrett McNamara on Friday, along with a custom surfboard giveaway.

Guests can take advantage of a 'Surf Week at the Allegria' hotel package during the week, priced at $449 per night. The package includes accommodations, a one-hour surf lesson provided by Skudin Surf, breakfast at Atlantica (the property's signature restaurant), valet parking, wifi access, and automatic entry into the surfboard giveaway.

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Summer By The Lake In Maine At Migis Lodge

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Summer is just beginning but if you are planning an end of summer getaway you might want to consider the Migis Lodge, a destination resort on Maine's Sebago Lake. The resort is offering a Lakeside Luxury Getaway package for a romantic Maine vacation that starts at the beginning of August. The Migis Lodge Lakeside Luxury Getaway package is available from August 1st to September 5th at a rate of $1,360 (normally $1,720) and from September 6th to October 10th at a rate of $960 (normally $1,320.) Rates are based on double occupancy for two nights and subject to availability. Stay in a cottage with a king bed covered in handmade quilts and a porch with lake views and enjoy three meals a day, two massages and a bottle of wine chosen by a sommelier each night from the Migis Lodge cellar. Friday nights bring a lakeside lobster bake during June, July and August. For lunch on Wednesdays during the summer season, guests travel by boat to a private island for a steak roast. The lodge is a 40-minute drive northwest of Portland, Maine and sits amid 125 acres of pine forest. Sailing, kayaking and other Maine summer options are at the ready.

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Glamping and Rafting on the Salmon River

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Glamping, the combination of glamour and camping, is really catching on and for good reason: who wouldn't enjoy all the adventure and fun of camping without the 'roughing it' factor?

Far and Away Adventures specializes in high-end luxury wilderness vacations along Idaho's Salmon River and they're offering a customizable glamping and whitewater rafting package called American Safari that includes stand-up tents with interior tent rugs, comfy elevated beds, exterior solar lights, steamed hand towels and showers. Dining is organic, gourmet, and done by candlelight on white tablecloths and fine china by the riverside complete with a personal wine sommelier. Other available amenities include riverside massage therapy, personal concierge service, and your pick of activities and adventures. The American Safari packages run for 6 days and 5 nights and are meant invoke feelings of old-time African safari expeditions, with rates dependent on how you personalize your trip. Get more info/book your adventure here.

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