(MONEY Magazine) – CARIBBEAN High-season savings. It's peak season in the Caribbean--with prices to match. But some destinations in the region are relative bargains. The Dominican Republic and Margarita Island, which is off the coast of Venezuela, have historically attracted mostly European tourists, but they're working to attract Americans with reasonable rates. Moment's Notice (718-234-6295), a New York City travel club, offers an all-inclusive package to Margarita Island, including meals, air fare from New York and seven nights at the beachfront Isla Bonita Hotel, for $1,199 per person, double occupancy, plus a $25 per-family annual membership fee. (It's $1,449 per person from Chicago and $1,504 from L.A.) Travel agent TourScan (800-962-2080), meanwhile, has an all-inclusive seven-night package at the Gran Ventana beach resort in Puerto Plata, on the Dominican Republic's northern coast. It costs $1,098 per person, double occupancy, from New York and $1,128 from Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

AMERICANA Rockwell exhibit packages. The blockbuster Norman Rockwell exhibit--a re-evaluation of this beloved but tragically unhip artist--is traveling the country until 2002, but Jan. 30 is your last chance to catch it at Atlanta's High Museum of Art. The Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta (404-881-9898), just steps from the museum, is offering Visa cardholders a two-night package, including breakfasts and tickets for two to the show, for $320--only $10 more than the hotel's single-night rack rate. On Feb. 26, the exhibit will reopen at the Chicago Historical Society. The Essex Inn on Grant Park (800-621-6909) is offering passes for two to the show, parking and accommodations for one or two nights for $138 and $199, respectively. Check www.rockwelltour.org for more exhibit and hotel information.

IRELAND Summer vacations. Act fast for high-season discounts to Ireland. If you book by Jan. 31, Aer Lingus (800-474-7424) is offering groups of four traveling together 20% to 30% off round-trip tickets to Dublin or Shannon. Depart on a weekday between June 1 and Sept. 30 and pay $1,799 (or $450 a person) from Boston or New York and $1,999 (or $500 a person) from Chicago or L.A.

FREQUENT FLIERS Loyalty-program alerts. Several popular offers are set to expire later this month. Hyatt's Nights After Nights deal (800-544-9288), which awards extra miles to members of 21 airline frequent-flier programs, ends Feb. 29. Until then, you get 2,000 bonus miles for a four-night stay, 4,000 for six nights and 6,000 for eight nights. Northwest's RuleBuster program (800-447-3757), which lets you pay extra miles to bypass blackout dates and other travel restrictions, is temporarily discounting its award structure. Until Feb. 15, an unrestricted flight in the U.S. is 35,000 miles instead of 40,000. Round-trip flights to Europe are 80,000 miles instead of 100,000. And until Jan. 31, two stays at any Holiday Inn (888-560-5660) in the U.S. or Canada earn you 2,000 bonus points, transferable to most airline programs.

SKIING Drive to the slopes. Rental-car companies are offering package deals to win your ski-trip business. On rentals of three days or more until April 15, Budget will give you a free ski rack and a one-day lift ticket usable at 11 resorts nationwide. Call 800-527-0700 for details (and ask for rate code L9). And until Feb. 15, Hertz will rent AmEx cardholders a ski-rack-equipped SUV for a week--and throw in a one-day lift ticket valid at 36 resorts nationwide--for $299. Call 800-654-3131 for more information.

PRICE ALERT If you travel before March 31, Central Holidays' (800-935-5000) package to Florence, Italy, including air fare from New York or Boston and five nights' accommodations, is $599 per person, double occupancy. It's $741 from Chicago, $843 from L.A.

Reported by Natasha Rafi