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Score Some Resort Cred With Mandarin Oriental's Summer Deal

No matter which Mandarin Oriental hotel you want to visit this summer, they're offering you a Summer Break package which could prove worthwhile. (Curious about the summer thing, we double-checked and found they don't have any strictly southern hemisphere hotels yet, so the deal really does fit across their entire hotel group).

Basically, the deal is this: book a minimum of two nights between now and September 7, and you'll get up to $100 credit a day to spend in the hotel during your stay — on anything from restaurant meals to spa treatments or even airport transfers. In fact, the credit varies between $25 and $100 a day depending on which hotel you're headed for, but it increases if you book a suite; you could get between $50 and $150.

If we had to pick a Mandarin Oriental destination to take advantage of this deal, we'd probably dream of choosing between the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong or the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo. But since we still have to pay to get there, the Mandarin Oriental San Francisco might be more do-able. And we're pretty sure we'd be spending that credit money in the spa — or the bar.

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Viva Vegas :: $69 Summer Rates at MGM Grand

Where: 3799 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

Since we've got sex on the brain today and since there's nowhere sexier than Vegas, we're giving you a heads up on cheap-o rates at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.

From now until September 15th, MGM is offering Sunday-Thursday rates of $69 and up (hehe, 69). We checked out the rate calendar for August (see above) and it's looking like the week of the 17th will be your best bet at this point.

To score the $69 rates, make sure to use promo code MGM023 when booking online.

And hey: when you go, make sure to check out the Wet Republic party pool and let us know what the scene is like!

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Raffles Resort Drops the Cost for Summer

Where: Canouan Island, Saint Vincent & Grenadines

A while back we were griping that the luxury Raffles Resort Canouan Island (and its golf course) was a bit pricey at $455 a night during summer (and almost a hundred bucks more in winter). But the Raffles has come through with a summer special that's quite a bit more reasonable.

The promoters claim that the Summer Getaway special rates for this resort are a saving of 56% per cent, although we're not exactly sure where they get that figure. In any case, the rates for summer (through to September 18) are now starting at $360 a night in a double, for a minimum of three nights, plus you get a full buffet breakfast each day, airport transfers and non-alcoholic drinks in the mini-bar all included.

What they don't do is help you out with any tips on surviving the world's most demanding golf course; we can only hope that a satisfying buffet breakfast will at least give you the energy to get around the course, and at least you won't be paying so much.

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South Beach Hotel Rates Head South

Heading to Miami this time of year involves an element of throwing caution to the wind. Wind as in those high gusts associated with a tropical storm or hurricane. Of course historically the big whoppers tend not to whip up until later in the summer. Nonetheless, South Beach hotels are already dropping rates to lure the stormy-weather risk-averse among us. Last week, we looked at The Standard Miami's 'Summer Lovin' deal. This week we got three more hot hotels and their hotter deals after the jump.

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'Summer Lovin' Deal at the Standard Miami

Where: 40 Island Ave [map], Miami, fl, United States, 33139

The Standard Miami is offering a two-night summer stay for $149.99 a night which includes continental breakfast for two each morning, complimentary valet parking and limitless use of indoor and outdoor baths.

We checked the deal for next weekend June 22 and June 23 and lo and behold, the "Summer Lovin" package came up for both nights which is a sweet deal for off-season Miami.

Enter code 'Lovin' (no g) at StandardHotels.com for the promotional rate.