Flying with several others between the U.S. and Mexico before March 31st? If you purchase three Aeromexico adult fare tickets, you can get an additional ticket for free (you still have to pay fees and taxes totaling about $100). You can also get five tickets for the price of four.

The deal is called the Friends and Family Plan. I searched on the web site and didn’t see any information about it, but you can read details in the story linked below. My advice would be to call the airline directly if you are interested in booking this deal.

Aeromexico brings back five-for-four fare discount

If you like your travel advice with a healthy dose of news and business-minded tips, then you shouldn’t miss The Economist’s City Guides. In addition to current events happening in your destination city, you’ll find extras like Cheat Sheets, which offer insider tips on basics like hotels and restaurants, as well as topics like taxis and bank holidays. In Dubai, for example, you don’t want to schedule meetings on Fridays, the country’s day of rest. In Hong Kong, business cards are a must for meetings. When you get to Mexico City, you don’t need to tip your taxi driver, but you should tip 10 percent or more at a good restaurant.

At what Cancun, Mexico resort would you find this beachfront bar with its own undulating mini pool attached? You can swim up, sip fruity beverages and then toddle down the beach and swim in the ocean. Thanks to a camera-toting TravelPoster who uploaded this shot after her recent trip to Cancun, you can click the pic to find out how you can sip and swim on your next visit to this tropical vacation destination.

Confused about the new passport rules taking effect later this month? Here’s the bottom line, excerpted from MSNBC.com columnist Rob Lovitt’s Passport Rules Get More Confusing:

Barring additional changes, it breaks down like this: If you’re planning on visiting Mexico or the Caribbean and traveling by air, you will need a passport to get back into the U.S. beginning January 23. If you’re traveling by land or sea, however, you can go without until at least 2008. In other words, if you’re cruising to Cozumel, bon voyage; if you’re flying to Barbados without a passport, you may experience a few bumps on the flight back home.

Travelers can find lots of meaty “best of” picks in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2007 Gold List, its definitive guide to the best hotels and cruise accommodations the world has to offer. Search by location or categories like rooms, service, design, food and activities. If, for example, you wanted to know which hotels have the most impressive rooms on each continent, you’d find these results:

United States

Four Seasons Resort Hualalai (Hawaii)

Inn at Palmetto Bluff (Bluffton, SC)

Rancho Valencia Resort (Rancho Santa Fe, CA)

Africa

Bateleur Camp (Kenya)

Chobe Chilwero (Botswana)

Singita Private Game Reserve (South Africa)

Asia

Amandari (Indonesia)

Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan (Indonesia)

JW Marriott Seoul (South Korea)

Australia and Pacific Nations

Rialto Hotel on Collins (Melbourne, Australia)

Park Hyatt Sydney (Australia)

Huka Lodge (Taupo, New Zealand)

Canada

Auberge du Vieux-Port (Montreal)

Pan Pacific WHistler Mountainside (Whistler)

Auberge Saint-Antoine (Quebec)

Caribbean and Atlantic Islands

Hotel St. Barth Isle de France (Guadeloupe)

Sandy Lane (St. James, Barbados)

Malliouhana Hotel & Spa (Anguilla)

Central America and South America

Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo (Costa Rica)

Swisshotel Quito (Ecuador)

Ritz Carlton Santiago (Chile)

Europe

Buckland Manor (Gloucestershire, UK)

Chateau Les Crayeres (Reims, Frances)

Four Seasons Gresham Palace (Budapest, Hungary)

Mexico

Las Casa Que Canta (Zihuatanejo)

Four Seasons Resort (Punta Mita)

JW Marriott Mexico City

Middle East

Four Seasons Cairo Nile Plaza (Cairo, Egypt)

Four Seasons Cairo at the First Residence (Cairo, Egypt)

Burj Al Arab (Dubai)

The complete guide is too exhaustive to publish here, but this is definitely a good resource to browse if you’re planning a luxury getaway, honeymoon or world adventure for the coming year.

Hilton has opened its first Embassy Suites in Mexico with the Embassy Suites Hotel Mexico City - Reforma. The location? The Reforma district, um, obviously. The hotel is advertising itself as the first upscale, all suite property in the area and offers guests 24-hour room service, daily complimentary breakfast, high-speed wireless Internet access in each room, flat screen TVs, Rivolta Carmignani bedding, swimming pool, fitness center and business center.

Denver-based airline Frontier has added flights between several California airports (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego,) and, in corresponding order, several fun vacation destinations (Cabo, Las Vegas, Cancun). This is good news for Californians and those wishing to visit.

But Frontier has added many new flights recently in U.S. cities and beyond. Like Denver to Hartford, Kansas City to Cabo and Denver to Guadalajara.

Frontier Airlines - New Cities and Routes

Instead of kicking off your holiday shopping with a visit to the local mall, you might want to head to the nearest post office instead and start filling out your passport application. On January 23, 2007, the Department of Homeland Security will begin requiring all people enterting the U.S. to show passports - even U.S. citizens and those visiting from Canada, Bermuda and Mexico.

Want more info on how to get your passport? Check out the TravelPost.com Insider’s How to Get a Passport.

First Jamaica, now hotels and resorts across the Caribbean and Mexico are offering to pay passport fees for U.S. guests who buy vacation packages and hotel stays of 5 or more days through Bookit.com. Kind of cool when you consider that U.S. passports cost $97 for anyone 16 and over and $82 for kids under 16. Two adults + two kids under 16 = $358. The offer is good for travel between Jan. 1, 2007 and April 30, 2007.

Bookit.com Free Pass Passport Sale

Access Trips makes me really wish I had $2446. The adventure travel company’s Hike & Ride Boat Cruise combines riding the slopes in pristine Norwegian backcountry with nightly accommodations on a ship that ferries passengers to various destinations in the Arctic Circle. The 8-day program promises lots of powder and scenic views in a remote part of the world most of us couldn’t explore on our own, but also teaches backcountry safety skills and avalanche rescue techniques.

The trips aren’t cheap, but they will leave you with more than memories. All Access Trips programs combine outdoor adventure with new skills for beginners to advanced levels. Among the offerings are sea-kayaking trips along Mexico’s Baja coast, mountain biking through Cappadocia, surfing in Morocco and rock climbing Italy’s Dolomites mountain range.

Access Trips official site