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With spring finally here, spring break waning, and summer still months away, cheap flights, hotels, and travel packages are starting to get heavily discounted. This is one of the year’s shoulder seasons. Now’s the time to hit the last minute deals to ski slopes that might still have some snow, but no skiers. Or you can hit up the Caribbean before the weather turns too oppressive. Flights to Europe and Asia tend to dip around this time as well, as the spring rains set in. What we’re saying is that it’s a really good time to hit the road and gather up some memories.

Below are some of the best deals on cheap flights and travel packages right now. These are the sites and Twitter feeds that you should be following and setting up alerts for. Prices will vary. Sales will pass quickly. You’ve gotta shop hard and act fast. Good luck out there and happy travels!

SECRET FLYING

This week’s Secret Flying deals offer a smattering of flights from all over America to the whole wide world. If you’re in or near Houston, you can score a roundtrip flight to New Delhi for only $681. That may seem steep, but remember how far away that is — you’ll literally be going to the other side of the world.

Alternatively, there’s a great deal from Portland (Oregon) to Trinidad for $353 roundtrip, which is a great price to get from the Left Coast all the way to the Caribbean.

Lastly, there’s a great flight from Phoenix to San Juan, Puerto Rico for only $233 roundtrip. And, if anywhere needs your tourist dollars right now, it’s Puerto Rico.

Momondo.com

Priceline.com

SCOOT

Scoot Airline recently partnered with Southeast Asian budget carrier Tiger Air to make a super budget airline that covers huge routes around the globe. Scoot flies from Honolulu all the way to Singapore (via a short stopover in Osaka) for only $199 each way (!). That’s 15 hours of flying that’ll get you all the way to the wonders of Southeast Asia for less than two C-notes. From there, flights around South, East, and Southeast Asia are dirt cheap, sometimes costing as little as ten bucks.

Scoot.com

NORWEGIAN

On the other side of the planet, Norwegian is your best bet to get to Europe, North Africa, and South America for as little as a 100 bucks each way from the East Coast and closer to 200 bucks each way from the West Coast of America. Flights tend to ebb and flow, so check out their flight deals page to see when the airport nearest you has the best prices around the world. Right now, prices are cheapest in April by far.

Norwegian.com

AIRASIA $8 FlIGHTS

Another great option for getting from America to Asia is AirAsia. You can get from Honolulu all the way to Osaka for as little as $195. From there, AirAsia rules the game with flights as cheap as $8 around the entire region. It may be time to finally start exploring this part of the world.

Airasia.com

SOUTHWEST SPRING SALE

Back home, Southwest is about to wrap up their Spring Sale. You’ll have to book by the 29th of March and you’ll be able to find one way flights for as little as $49 each way. Most flights are going to fall into the $80-$100 range and will get you all over the US, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Southwest.com

CONTIKI LAST MINUTE DEALS

Contiki focuses on rad trips all over the world for the 18-35 year old demographic. The trips are hip, well-planned, expertly led, and as open or scheduled as you want. Right now, they have great last-minute sales on trips all over the world between now and May. You can save up to 30 percent on trips. Check out their site for all the deals and the promo codes.

Contiki.com

HOTEL MAX DISCOUNTS

This week at our hotel corner, we bring you Hotel Max in Seattle, WA. Hotel Max is one of the hippest hotels in Seattle. The whole place is built around Sub Pop’s glory days of Grunge. There’s a whole floor of Sub Pop rooms equipped with turntables and Sub Pop Vinyls. The lobby even has a signature bass from Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic.

Right now you can snag a deal at Hotel Max that’ll give you a 40 percent discount on Sunday night or 15 percent off two-night stays and 20 percent off stays over three nights. And, if you’re still not sold, Hotel Max has a nightly free craft beer happy hour that features a rotating line up of the best craft beer Seattle has to offer. Yes, you read that right, it’s free to drink as much craft beer as you want every night you stay at Hotel Max.