Guest Author - Michelle Snow

It's a thrill to get a good deal on a luxury travel package. But what if you not only get a good deal, but you get to help out the survivors of Hurricane Katrina? It's a win-win situation, right?

Luxury Link, a leading provider of luxury travel packages on the web, is currently offering seven travel packages for auction on its website at www.luxurylink.com. All proceeds from these auctions will go to America's Second Harvest (www.secondharvest.org) and Habitat for Humanity (www.habitat.org) to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

"It is a great honor for us to be able to raise funds for the organizations that are doing so much to repair people's lives," said Diane McDavitt, President & COO of Luxury Link, which has offered luxury travel packages on the web, both discounted and auctioned, since 1997.

Participating hotels and resorts in the charity auction include Channings (Edinburgh, Scotland), the Blue Palace Resort and Spa (Crete, Greece), Lichtfield Plantation (Pawley's Island, South Carolina), Hotel Nelligan (Montreal, Quebec), the Fairmont (San Francisco, California), The Inn at the Round Barn Farm (Waitsfield, Vermont), and Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge (Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica). Most packages offer two to three nights accommodations, as well as other perks, with current bids ranging from 1/3 to 1/2 off the normal price. Talk about a deal!

The auctions, which began September 12, end next Monday, September 19, so get your bids in.