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The travel industry loves the GG trend—hotels and tour operators are creating package deals that bundle together everything you and your friends might want (and more!).

the fine print
Prices are either per person or per room and may be based on single, double, or quadruple occupancy (look for details under "When"). Packages are subject to availability and may be blacked out on holidays. Ask when booking whether gratuities and taxes are covered in the listed price. Where airfare is included, rates are generally based on midweek travel.

gourmet getaways
Vancouver, B.C.
One night at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, in the downtown Pacific Centre mall, and a full-day Urban Bites food tour with visits to cheese and sausage shops, Southeast Asian food stores, the Granville Island brewery (with a tasting), and the Thomas Haas chocolate factory. The tour also includes a visit to the city's Chinatown with dim sum and a tea tasting, a cocktail in the Yaletown neighborhood, and dinner at the hotel's Yew restaurant featuring ingredients sampled that day. When May 1-Oct. 31 (from $378 per room, single or double; $219 per person for the tour alone). Contact Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, 604/689-9333, fourseasons.com.

Elkhart Lake, Wis.
The Osthoff Resort, 60 miles north of Milwaukee on Elkhart Lake, combines two nights in a two-bedroom suite, welcome champagne and chocolates, a $125 spa credit, breakfasts, and a three-hour cooking class on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. When May 1-Oct. 31 (from $494 per person, double); Nov. 1-Apr. 30 (from $398). Contact The Osthoff Resort, 800/876-3399, osthoff.com.

 
Note: This story was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
 

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Magnolia gardens Mother-Daughter Getaways, From $179
These girlfriend getaway packages—available over Mother's Day (May 11) weekend—include spa retreats in Charleston and Scottsdale, a lavish brunch in New Orleans, and a tour and picnic in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park.

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