BUDGET TRAVEL OSCARS
Photos: The Year's Most Inspiring Travel Films
In the spirit of Oscar season, we nominated six 2011 flicks that made us want to pack our bags and book a flight. See stills from the movies and the places where they were filmed.
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In The Descendants, George Clooney plays a Honolulu lawyer who has to decide whether to cash in and sell his family's spread of virgin sand, lush mountains, and waterfalls to developers.
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Kipu Ranch, in Kauai, Hawaii, where part of The Descendants was filmed, features beaches that are accessible only by boat.
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Get there with this deal: Kauai, Air, Car, 5 Nights, From $621. Get to know Kauai like a local with this deal for the independent traveler. Book by April 29.
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Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams stroll the grounds of Versailles in the Woody Allen comedy Midnight in Paris.
(Roger Arpajou
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Versailles was one of the many locations in and around Paris, including Notre-Dame and Sacre-Coeur, that made Midnight in Paris a moveable feast.
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Get there with this deal: Paris, Air, 4 Nights, From $1,162. If Parisian charm is what you're after, look no further than this romantic four-night travel deal. No booking deadline (subject to availability).
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The Hangover Part II finds the bad-luck bunch (Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifinakis, and Ed Helms, from left) headed to a wedding in Thailand's tropical Krabi.
(Melinda Sue Gordon
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The party-hardy crew from The Hangover Part II has an unfortunate encounter with a group of monks at the Ancient City's Phra Kaew Pavilion. It ends ugly, but fortunately the scenery never does.
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Get there with this deal: Bangkok, Air, 5 Nights, From $1,779. This Thailand travel deal gets you five nights in bustling Bangkok, with flights on über-luxe Singapore Airlines and a stay in a four-star hotel. Book by March 31.
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Rio follows all the romantic comedy rules, including an oil-and-water romance (between two mackaws) in the dreamy setting of Rio de Janeiro.
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Rio de Janeiro's twinkling Guanabara Bay plays matchmaker to the two macaws at the center of the love story in Rio.
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Get there with this deal: Rio de Janeiro, Air, 5 Nights, From $1,499. Take off for a family-friendly Rio adventure with this five-night travel deal. No booking deadline (subject to availability).
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In War Horse, a horse and the teenager who owns him leave their farm in Devon, England, to fight in World War I.
(Andrew Cooper, SMPSP
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Ditsworthy Warren House, in Devon, England, where scenes from War Horse were filmed.
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Get there with this deal: Devon, U.K., from $108 a Night. Wake up to a view of sweeping moors with this travel deal in the English countryside. No booking deadline (subject to availability).
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In The Way, Martin Sheen plays a father looking for solace after his son dies while walking the 450-mile Camino de Santiago in northern Spain.
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The Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimate route across the Pyrenees, passes through hamlets like Santa Marina de Valdeon in the film The Way.
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Get there with this deal: Spain Cycling Trip, 7 Nights, From $698. Trace Spain's hallowed Camino de Santiago through mountain passes and quaint villages on this weeklong cycling trip. No booking deadline (subject to availability).
(Courtesy Bike Tours Direct)
