Deals Under $200

Make Like A Local

If you're jonesing for a trip to Hana, Maui, but can't stomach the price tag of a stay at the Hotel Hana-Maui, where rooms start at $395, try a vacation rental. Many go for less than $200 a night.

Use the money you save for dinner at the hotel's Ka'uiki restaurant, then go for drinks and live music at its Paniolo Lounge.

Check Out A Famous Hotel

No need to stay at San Diego's sublime but pricey Hotel del Coronado (aka the Del) to enjoy all that it has to offer. Instead, stay nearby at one of a handful of less-expensive, non-waterfront hotels and visit the Del for playtime on the beach, drinks at Eno Wine Tasting Room, a massage at the spa, or a bike ride along the beach with a cruiser from the on-site rental shop. For lodging, try Glorietta Bay Inn, across the street from the Del. Standard rooms start at $185.

Have A Ski Resort To Yourself

With Snowbird's Cliff Spa Getaway package you get to ride the Utah resort's aerial tram, indulge in a 50-minute massage, have unlimited access to Cliff Spa facilities, including its rooftop pool, and, of course, stay at the Cliff Lodge. From $175 per person (800-232-9542; Snowbird.com). Extra freebie: Stay Tuesday night so you can take part in the spa's free Wednesday morning yoga class (reservations required; 801-933-2225).

Embrace Desert Heat

You can't know Tucson until you've stayed at the Arizona Inn. With its low-season rates through the month, here's your chance to get inside this oasis in the heart of the city. Within its pink walls, you'll find a village-like arrangement of casitas and gardens, and exceptional service. From $169.

Bed Down By The Seashore

The Sylvia Hotel on English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, gives you a million-dollar location for less than $200 a night. The vine-covered, 1912 historic landmark is a few steps from both the beach and the 5.5-mile seawall path that encircles Stanley Park, and it's five minutes from downtown. From $115 U.S (604-681-9321; SylviaHotel.com). Slight splurge: A burger with everything ($11 U.S.), a block away at Vera's Burger Shack (604-681-5450).

Under $100

Get Massaged Mountainside

A spectacular front-row view of Idaho's Sawtooth Range is one of the extras you get along with your massage or facial -- and glass of wine -- at the Meadow Creek Inn & Spa in Stanley, three hours north of Boise. Oh, and did we mention that the rate covers all that and your room, too? From $89 per person; valid Sun. to Thu. (800-811-5745; MeadowCreekInn.com)

Chauffeured Wine-Country Tour

Grape Escape Winery Tours picks up thirsty visitors in downtown Portland in one of its cushy vans and drives backroads through the rolling Chehalem Mountains while a guide explains the birth of Oregon winemaking. The bonus: You'll have plenty of cash left for wine to take home. Friday through early fall; $95 including tasting fees (503-283-3380; GrapeEscapeTours.com)

Pay For An Hour, Stay For A Day

At Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort near San Luis Obispo, Calif., the indulgence doesn't have to stop when your massage is over. With any 60-minute treatment, you also get a 30-minute soak under the oaks in a private mineral hot springs tub, as well as access to the resort's tai chi, yoga, and pilates classes, plus guided hikes. Treatments from $95 (800-234-5831; SycamoreSprings.com)

Mini Cruise

Where can you get a hotel room, dinner, dancing, and a pool with an ever-changing view for less than $75 a day? On an international cruise in Seattle's backyard!

In September, one of Celebrity Cruises' Alaska ships has a brief shoulder season in the Puget Sound before it heads to warm-winter spots like Hawaii. Three- and four-night cruises on the Celebrity Mercury, which can cost half as much per day as an Alaska voyage, tootle around from Seattle to British Columbia's Nanaimo and Victoria, then back to Seattle. Get the best deal by leaving on a Monday for a four-night cruise: base fare from $289 per person for an inside stateroom (877-202-4345; CelebrityCruises.com).

Taste Tequillas Sign up to be a Border Grill VIP (just ask to be put on the list), and your next Vegas splurge comes at a Baja price. For $65 you can indulge in a Tequila Tasting Dinner -- a $125 value -- at the mod-Mex cantina in Mandalay Bay. Try high-end agave spirits in cocktails dreamed up by Border Grill's mixologists and paired with south-of-the-border fusion cuisine. In a recent tasting, the chocolate truffle cake with a snifter of Partida Elegante (usually $60 a shot) was itself worth the price of admission (702-632-7403; BorderGrill.com)