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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, October 31, 2013 | 26 Travel "Connected to your Community" BEAVER TRAILS TO CHINA: Thomas A. Blakelock students travelled to China and took the Oakville Beaver with them. Here they are pictured in front of the Gate to the Forbidden City in Bejing. BEAVER TRAILS TO ASIA: Oakville's Patricia Cleary toured southeast Asia. Here, Cleary holds the Oakville Beaver in Ho Che Minh City in Vietnam at Independence Palace. Cleary also visited Thailand and Cambodia. Take along a copy of the Oakville Beaver on your next vacation and send it in for publication to Beaver Trails, Oakville Beaver, 447 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4 or email to ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com. McTavish Travel Signature Vacations has announced the addition of a second Sunwing Airlines flight between Toronto and Liberia, Costa Rica over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. The seven-night programs feature the popular 5-star, all-inclusive RIU Guanacaste, located on Matapalo Beach on the Pacific Coast, available exclusively from Signature Vacations and offering guests RIU-Topia inclusions such as a welcome cocktail, unlimited international drinks, in-room liquor dispenser, complimentary WiFi in the lobby area, a spa credit and more. Rates for Standard hotel rooms, per person double are 21-28DEC13 CAD1,925; 28DEC-04JAN14 CAD2,625 plus taxes and fees of CAD330. Upgraded rooms are offered at a surcharge. The RIU Palace Costa Rica is offered for 21-28DEC13 only with a Standard room rate of CAD2,175 plus taxes and fees of CAD330, upgraded rooms at a surcharge. Space is limited ­ call us for Christmas or New Year's reservations. www.signaturevacations.com Travellers booking an Air, Hotel and Transfer package to select Hard Rock Hotels in Mexico and the Dominican Republic can now get a Limitless Resort Credit of up to USD1,800 per room. The all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotels already include in-room double CHRISTMAS IN COSTA RICA HARD ROCK CREDIT Jacuzzis, fine dining, top-shelf drinks, 24-hour room service, authentic music memorabilia, live entertainment, expansive pools with swim up bars and much more. Now, these star-quality resort credits can be applied to an array of special offerings ­ with no limits on any one service. Guests can choose from various off-site tours and on-property activities including Rock Spa treatments, beauty salon services at POSH, Rock Shots photography, romantic private beachfront dinners, upgraded wine selection, lessons at the Nicklaus Golf Academy, swim with the dolphins experience, snorkelling and much more. Participating resorts include: Hard Rock Hotel Cancun, Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana and Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta. The amount of the Limitless Resort Credit is based on the length of stay and the room category. For example, the USD1,800 Limitless Resort Credit is based on a seven-night stay. The Limitless Resort Credits apply to reservations made by 15DEC14 for travel through 23DEC14. We have air-inclusive packages to Hard Rock Hotels in Mexico and the Dominican Republic from Toronto with Air Canada Vacations and Transat Holidays. Call us for details. www.hardrockhotel.com BEAVER TRAILS TO HAWAII: Oakville residents Norm and Eleanor Racine took the Oakville Beaver to Hawaii on a seven-day cruise through the islands. Suite 300, South Oakville Centre · 1515 Rebecca Street, Oakville 905.827.1100 travel@mctavish.com www.mctavishtravel.com Ont Reg No 1437985 BEAVER TRAILS TO CUBA: With the Oakville Beaver at the Tryp Cayo Coco in Cayo Coco, Cuba are, from left, Ashley Belluomini, Evann Kremer and Ginny Lee.