ONE TO HOLA ABOUT

Now's the time to secure flights for a South American adventure in 2015. LAN Airlines has launched its early bird sale with return economy flights starting from $1399 including taxes to Santiago. The sale also offers flights from Sydney through to Lima, Peru, via Santiago from $1499 or to Argentina's Buenos Aires or Brazil's Sao Paulo from $1499.

LAN Airlines offers seven flights per week from Sydney to Santiago. The prices are all ex Sydney. Fares from other Australian cities are available. Valid for sale till November 19 and for departures May 1 – June 19, 2015 or July 6 –  August 31, 2015.

See lan.com.

ISLAND HOPPING

Tempo is offering early bird savings on its most popular Greece and Turkey holidays.

Among the offers is 20 per cent off Tempo's Iconic Aegean cruise which includes six Greek islands and Turkey in its itinerary. This eight-day cruise with Louis Cruise Lines includes calls to Mykonos, Rhodes, Crete, Santorini and Istanbul. The price covers onboard meals and accommodation. With the discount, it costs from $1349 a person twin share (this price based on an inside cabin category IA). Valid for departures May 1 - Jun 26, 2015. Bookings must be made and paid in full by January 31. A non-refundable deposit of 25 per cent a person is required within 10 days of booking.

Phone 1300 558 987. See tempoholidays.com.

AIR APPARENT

Creative Holidays, Malaysia Airlines and Tourism Malaysia have partnered to offer flight and accommodation packages for holidays in Europe, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. An example of what's on offer: Fly to Phuket, Thailand, with Malaysia Airlines and stay eight nights at the 3.5 star Horizon Patong Beach Resort & Spa with daily breakfast and wi-fi included. The price is $1269 a person twin share ex Sydney. This deal, and the others included in the collaboration, is also eligible for  a stopover offer: two nights for the price of one at Berjaya Time Square Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

The offer is valid for sale November 21 and for travel April 27 – June 19, 2015.

Phone 1300 301 711. See creativeholidays.com.

ROCKIES, ROLLING, RIDING

Save $500 on this Canada Rail Tour with a four-night Via Rail trip from Toronto to Vancouver, at its heart. The Via Rail Canadian crosses the Rocky Mountains, prairies and northern Ontario, with stops in Winnipeg, Edmonton and Jasper and Vancouver. Also included: return economy airfares between Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane or Adelaide and Canada, two nights at the Bond Place Hotel in Toronto, four nights on Via Rail in economy seats (upgradeable to a sleeper from $600 a person for the four nights) and three nights at the Landmark Empire Hotel in Vancouver.

The price is $2999 a person twin share, if booked by November 19. Valid for travel May 1-31 and August 1-31, 2015. Phone 1300 813 391. See ditravel.com.au.

BEIJING STYLE

Visitors to Beijing can save up to 32 per cent on stays at the Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong before the end of the year. The modern 460-guestroom, five-star CBD hotel is a five-minute walk from the Jianguomen railway station and three kilometres from Tiananmen Square. It features four restaurants offering Chinese, Japanese and Western food, a bar, swimming pool and fitness centre. Wi-fi is free. Many staff speak English. The price is from $156 a night, valid for sale and stays till December 31.  See hotels.com.

JULIETTA JAMESON