The Hotel Guanahani & Spa's pool is cheaper, but no less amazing in the off-season.

While the economy’s getting better, like last year, luxury for less is going to continue to be a trend in summer travel in 2010.

Enter The Hotel Guanahani & Spa in Saint Barthélemy (St. Barts for those of us concerned with SEO) and one of UpTake’s celebrity hotels of the week. Through Aug. 29, rooms at Hotel Guanahani & Spa are as much as 40 percent off of their regular rate, starting at 370€ a night for a Superior Gardenview Room with a terrace in a garden setting.

Lower rates don’t mean less luxury though. Regardless of season (well, except maybe during hurricane season), the 22-year-old resort still features

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  Knowing you paid as much as 40 percent less, you may even sleep better if you visit Hotel Guanahani & Spa in the summer.

  two private beaches

• 68 rooms in private, sea-facing bungalows
• gourmet restaurants L’Indigo and Le Bartoloméo
• the Guanahani Spa by Clarins

Hotel Guanahani & Spa
Grand Cul de Sac – 97133
Saint-Barthélemy – F.W.I
590-590-27-6660
reservations@leguanahani.com

Photos: Courtesy Hotel Guanahani & Spa