Hot deals: Easter bunny offer for family package

Under $440

Hop into Wellington this Easter for a family weekend away and pay $145 a night for a room, for two adults and two children, at the Novotel Capital.

These rooms usually cost $350 a night. The price is conditional on families staying at least three nights. It includes late checkouts, a $20 hotel food and beverages voucher and daily buffet breakfasts.

The Novotel Capital is in the city. This accommodation-only package is available from March 24.

Contact: Wotif, freephone 0800 441092

Under $1000

Airfares and five nights' accommodation at Fiji's family-friendly Naviti Resort are on sale for $999 a person, twin-share. Airport transfers are included.

Bookings must be made by March 31 for travel between April 1 and November 30. Departures from Wellington or Christchurch are extra. Airport taxes and surcharges are not included.

Contact: Flight Centre, freephone 0800 354 448.

Return airfares from Auckland to Thailand start at $999 a person for four nights, twin-share, at the Classic Place Hotel in Bangkok, breakfast daily, a welcome drink and late check-out until 4pm.

This package is available for travel between April 1 and November 25 this year, and must be booked by April 29. For travel from Wellington, add $135 a person, or from Christchurch, add $195 a person.

There are more extensive travel packages for 11-night holidays in Phuket, with a starting price of $1139 a person, twin-share, or $1645 a person, twin-share. These packages include bonuses such as unlimited use of water sports equipment, complimentary drinks and traditional massage.

Contact: House of Travel, freephone 0800 838 747.

Under $1200

Seven-day round-trip Alaskan cruises from Vancouver are priced from $1195 a person - with four departure dates in May from which to choose.

Passengers on the Glacier Bay Inside Passage cruises in May often witness the migration of whales with their calves through the fiords from Mexico and Hawaii. The cruise visits Alaska's capital city, Juneau, the town of Skagway, Glacier Bay National Park and Ketchikan.

The $1195 price is for an inside cabin. outside cabins are available from $1575 a person. Flights to Vancouver can be arranged separately.

Contact: Destinations Unlimited, (09) 4141 680.