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Visit colorful Santa Fe this fall and winter with your best friend or significant other and save. The Inn on the Alameda, nestled in the heart of the city, is offering a Best Friends Package – only $83 per night, per person, for two nights. This means you’ll save up to 30% off seasonal rates, and you’ll also get a lavish breakfast each morning, a complimentary wine-and-cheese reception each afternoon, two 50-minute massages, and a gift-certificate to be used at the nearby Kakawa Chocolate House. Plus, all guests receive complimentary WiFi and complimentary parking.

The Inn on the Alameda is an urban oasis located conveniently in the heart of downtown. The Inn’s colorful gardens, adobe walls, peaceful patios and friendly staff will put every visitor at ease. Guests will also enjoy soaking up the culture and welcome spirit of Santa Fe, an eclectic amalgam of Native America, Old Spain, and the Wild West. It boasts distinctive art with its 200-plus galleries, fantastic regional cuisine and boutique shopping.

THE VALUE: Save up to 30% off seasonal rates, plus receive daily breakfast, two massages, and more.

THE CATCH: This deal does not apply during select dates surrounding Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

THE DETAILS: Visit their website to learn more. Call 888-984-2121 to book with the Inn on the Alameda, or email them about the Best Friends Package at info@innonthealameda.com.

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New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has offered a $10,000 bounty on the head of William H. Bonney, or “Billy the Kid,” New Mexico’s most famous historical criminal. The reward is equivalent to the $500 dollar reward offered for Billy the Kid in 1881 (adjusted for inflation), when Governor Lew Wallace worked so desperately to capture him.

The Kid is long dead, of course, but the New Mexico Tourism Department has offered the end reward as a part of its “Catch the Kid” summer travel promotion, an interactive game taking place through September with a website and smartphone app. Participants create their own profiles on the promotion website and then keep record of each Kid-related location they visit by uploading a picture of themselves beside the Tourism Department’s newly erected clue posters.

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Save 30 percent for a two-night stay at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and receive wine and cheese upon arrival. La Posada de Santa Fe Resort offers intimate adobe rooms and suites, many featuring kiva (beehive) fireplaces, wood-beamed ceilings, and private patios. Fountains, ancient elm trees, and gardens dot the resort’s six acres.

THE VALUE April rates start from only $144 a night for a weeknight and $165 for a weekend nights.

THE CATCH This offer requires a two-night minimum stay.

THE DETAILS Call 866-331-7625 or visit laposada.rockresorts.com/smartluxury.

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Drawing on its history as an artist haven, La Posada de Santa Fe is giving guests a new way to get their art fix this summer with its “O’K All Day” special dedicated to one of New Mexico’s most celebrated artists, Georgia O’Keeffe. The package includes two tickets to the new “Abstraction” exhibit at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, which pulls together a broad selection of the artist’s abstract works, as well as 10 percent off at the Georgia O’Keeffe café and breakfast daily at the hotel. An optional guided tour of the artist’s home and studio in nearby Abiquiu, New Mexico is available for $40/person.

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Explore the phenomenal desert scenery of New Mexico by mountain bike with this affordable Guys Just Wanna Have Fun, Too package in sunny Santa Fe. This two-person package includes a 2-night stay at the upscale Inn on the Alameda, free daily continental breakfast, and 24-hour bike rental with free trailhead transportation, nutrition bars, energy drinks, and more. Plus, after a full heart-pumping day of desert riding, give your stiff muscles a break with a free 50-minute massage in the comfort of your guestroom. Package rates start at just $580, and include a $40 gift certificate for dinner at Much Gusto restaurant.

If your hectic schedule has you feeling stressed out and spent, we have just the antidote. Located in scenic Santa Fe, New Mexico, the landmark Eldorado Hotel & Spa is offering the perfect package for travelers in need of some stress-free down time. Starting at just $199/night, guests will enjoy deluxe accommodations plus one free daily spa treatment with each night of their stay. You can choose from a 50-minute massage or facial, treatments normally valued at $130, or opt to apply the spa credit of $130 towards a more expensive alternative treatment. This value offer is available through April, and there is no limit to the number of nights you can book.