Spend a Week on the Maya Riviera for as Little as $729 Including Air, Meals and Drinks

Stone broke? Got less than a thousand dollars to spend on an all-inclusive tropical vacation? CheapCaribbean.com ( www.cheapcaribbean.com ) has announced a deal with the five-star, 1,000-room, beachside, Gran Bahia Principe Coba along Mexico's Maya Riviera (its Caribbean coast) for stays taking place from July 1 to August 25. You receive round-trip air transportation there from Ft. Lauderdale (with flights from Newark only $200 more round-trip, from Los Angeles $320 more, from numerous other cities for just a few dollars more than from Ft. Lauderdale), you get excellent accommodations, all three meals daily, unlimited drinks -- as many Margaritas, for instance, as you can imbibe -- and unlimited sea sports and entertainment.

And the price for all this is $579 for five all-inclusive nights at the hotel, including airfare, with extra nights costing about $75 per night (bringing a seven-night air-and-land package to about $729). You've got to book by April 26, and you do so by phoning tel. 800/915-2322. Considering the quality of that hotel, which is one of the Caribbean's best, this is a top deal from a company that prides itself on its bargains.