Transatlantic

Last winter (2002-03), tour operator Sceptre Ireland (800/221-0924) stunned us all with its price of only $399 for round-trip air on Aer Lingus to Shannon or Dublin (from Boston, Baltimore, or New York), a car (stick shift) with unlimited mileage for a week, and six nights of B&Bs throughout the Emerald Isle.

This coming winter, as revealed exclusively to Budget Travel (we're scooping all other travel publications!), Sceptre Ireland will guarantee the same sensational price-$399 per person-for departures occurring November 1 to December 15, 2003. And since those seats will sell out quickly once the word gets out, our readers have an advantage over all others. Sceptre Ireland will accept your booking now and guarantee you the awesome $399 tab, provided you call prior to July 15 and identify yourself as a reader of BT. Price from Chicago $489; from Los Angeles or San Francisco, $599. Leap to the phone! ...