MILLENNIUM COUNTDOWN

A 10-day trip to Ireland has you celebrating New Year’s Eve in Tralee on the Dingle Peninsula. “The Millennium in Tralee” package, priced at $1,995 per person, double occupancy, leaves LAX Dec. 29. It includes round-trip air fare on Aer Lingus, eight nights’ lodging, all breakfasts and dinners, service charges and motor coach and guide. For reservations, see a travel agent or call (800) 237-9376.

DEAL OF THE WEEK

One golfs, the other doesn’t? The Miramonte Resort in Indian Wells, Calif., has a deal for you, if you can take the heat. From July 5 to Sept. 6, you can get a room plus unlimited golf for one person for $79 per room per night Monday to Thursday and $99 on weekends. The catch is that summer highs reach triple digits. However, you can tee off as early as 5:45 a.m., when the mercury typically dips into the 70s, at the two Ted Robinson-designed courses at the Golf Resort at Indian Wells. Published room rates are about $250 in high season, when greens fees start at $130. Ask for Golf Package HB when reserving; tel. (800) 237-2926.

FREE FOR THE ASKING

The 84-page “Santa Barbara County Destination Guide 1999-2000” has facts on the Santa Ynez, Lompoc and Santa Maria valleys, plus Santa Barbara itself, with an events calendar and hotel listings. Call (800) 676-1266.

THIS WEEK’S HOLIDAYS

Banking and government offices will be closed or services curtailed in the following countries and their dependencies this week because of national and religious holidays:

Monday: Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Malawi

Tuesday: Anguilla, Fiji

Wednesday: Libya, South Africa

Thursday: Iceland, Jordan

Friday: Egypt, Hong Kong

Saturday: Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay

Source: Thomson Financial Publishing