Take short trips - save money

It may sound counterintuitive, but you can actually save money by taking two or three shorter, well-timed trips instead of one grand vacation. The best deals are often still resident in the nooks and crannies that comprise the elongated weekend. Continental Airlines is a prime player in this red-hot extended weekend market, and now the carrier is selling round-trip discount airfares for as little as $119.

Book and buy no later than Friday, June 13. Then, fly out on Saturday, June 14, and return on Monday, June 16, or Tuesday, June 17.

Neither taxes nor fees are included in the prices quoted here, and these discount airfares are neither refundable nor changeable. Buy them at www.continental.com.

Here's a sampling of some of the savings Continental is offering this coming weekend. Enjoy:

- Asheville, NC (AVL) to New York/Newark (EWR) $139

- Cleveland (CLE) to Montreal (YUL) $128

- Cleveland to Toronto (YYZ) $128

- Greensboro, NC (GSO) to New York/Newark $119

- Hartford (BDL) to New York/Newark $119

- Bush Houston Intercontinental (IAH) to Alexandria, LA (AEX) $119

- Wichita (ICT) to Bush Houston Intercontinental $139

- Cleveland to Indianapolis (IND) $119

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