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Travel Deals: Relax into Early Fall Savings BUDGET TRAVEL, FEATURED POSTS, TRAVEL DEALS, TRAVEL DEALS, TRAVEL DETECTIVE BLOG, TRAVEL NEWS — ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 7:15 AM

It’s time to think about autumn travel…but let’s ease into the process. Ignore the Halloween decorations already in the stores. Don’t worry about the first cold snap or the first snowfall. Instead take advantage of early fall deals to help maintain that relaxed summer vibe. Leisure Drives for Less Need a rental car for that weekend sanity-saving trip? Hertz has a great rate for you. Rent an economy or compact car for just $14.99 per day when you rent Friday through Monday at select participating airport and neighborhood locations. You can also save $10 a day on a weekly or weekend rental with the promotional code 135892 (not available with the $14.99 rental). Offers are available through November 15, 2012. Visit their website for further details. Kick off Fall in Miami The air is crisp and clean but if you’re longing for just one more day by the pool, head straight to Miami. Starting September 22—the first day of fall—Miamiʼs chic downtown boutique hotel, Urbano at Brickell is offering a third night $84—in honor of the average fall temperature in Miami (daily high of 84 degrees). This deal boasts more than 50 percent savings for the third night stay and is available for travel through October 31, 2012. Call 877499-5265 or visit their website. Maple Leaves? Yes, Please. Want to really slow it down? Take a 5-day, leaf-peeping bike tour complete with a stop at a Maple Museum? Backroads offers both fall foliage biking tours of Vermont and Quebec. Biking lets you get out in the great outdoors to smell the crisp, dry leaves and enjoy the cool autumn air. The tours take you past covered bridges, red barns, oak canopies, lakes and farms and, of course, through the brightly colored leaves for those avid “leaf peepers.” One of the tours also includes a trip to New Englandʼs Maple Museum and takes you out on the Appalachian Trail. Dates of departure begin September 9th and continue through September 30. Rates start at $700 per person including meals. Book now online. Take it Easy in Texas Rates are lower, crowds are fewer and the weather is cooler than summer with high temperatures in the ’70′s and ’80s.The return of cooler temperatures along with San Antonioʼs 300 days of annual sunshine delights guests of the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa with both indoor and outdoor activities for you and your friends or the whole family. During October The Marriottʼs Lantana Spa will offer treatments benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Fall rates begin at $249 per night, not including taxes. Click here for more details. Football Widows in Orlando