Hot deals: Shop at the night market in Chiang Mai

By VICTORIA BARTLE


UNDER $1500

Check out the bargain-basement prices at the night bazaar markets in the Thai city of Chiang Mai. Deals for getting there (valid for travel until October 31) include return airfares from Auckland to Bangkok and on to Chiang Mai, four nights' accommodation in Bangkok and three in Chiang Mai, from $1464 a person, share twin (plus taxes, etc).

Contact: Flight Centre, freephone 0800 354 448.


UNDER $700

Springtime specials to New Caledonia are on sale for those needing a pre-Christmas break. Air fares, airport transfers in Noumea and four nights' accommodation in a twin-share poolview room at Le Pacifique Hotel cost from $699 a person, or $859 for seven nights, twin-share (plus taxes, etc). This package is on sale until October 31 and applies to set departures.

Contact: Travel Smart, freephone 0800 622 000.


UNDER $900

Travel on a guided safari vehicle and camp to a chorus of African wildlife on a 19-day journey from Victoria Falls to Cape Town, via Namibia.

Reduced from $1320 to $880 a person (plus a local payment) it applies to selected departure dates from now until the end of December. Flights from New Zealand to Africa not included.

Contact: House of Travel, freephone 0800 838 747.


UNDER $1870

A return Qantas flight to Los Angeles and five nights' accommodation at the Comfort Inn Maingate costs from $1869 a person, share twin (plus taxes). Book by October 7 and travel before the end of November.

Contact: Holiday Shoppe, freephone 0800 808 480.


UNDER $2000

Paris celebrates its delicious annual Tasting Week in the second week of October. Book by September 30 and you can get return airfares (two-night stopover in Kuala Lumpur), from $1999 a person, share twin.

Contact: Flight Centre, freephone 0800 354 448.