Leisure: Travel discounts - Military MWR, Morale, Welfare, and Recreation - Military Times

Leisure: Travel discounts

In addition to discounts offered through tickets and tour offices, the airline, bus, railroad, hotel and car rental companies sometimes offer military discounts to active-duty members and their families with current military ID cards. Some are as much as 50 percent off regular prices.

When making reservations, individuals should identify themselves as service members or military family members.

Discount fares are offered only to personnel paying for their own transportation. The fares often are unavailable during peak holiday travel. Also, hotel discounts apply only at selected hotels.

Some military-specific Web sites allow you to browse for vacation rentals, resorts, cruises, airline tickets and car rentals at military discount rates:

• Government Vacation Rewards: Focuses more on cruises and resort vacations as well as airline tickets and car rentals, and is available through the military exchange online mall. Search for it on the pull-down menu for retailers. It’s offered through a partnership with the Army’s MWR command, and as always, is open to any authorized shopper, regardless of branch of service.

• Armed Forces Vacation Club: You can search space-available vacation rentals worldwide as low as $369 per week, by location and available dates.

You can book these online.

Contact: Armed Forces Vacation Club, www.AFVClub.com; Government Vacation Rewards, www.aafes.com; www.usmc-mccs.org; www.navy-nex.com