Deals For December

Make the holidays a true holiday—as in vacation, too—with one of these 10 Up North getaways.

- Kim Schneider

Give a toy, get a deal at the Chateau Chantal winery and inn in Traverse City. All December, art-filled rooms with Tuscan-like vineyard and lake views run $125 a night (Tuesday–Thursday) if you bring $25 worth of gifts for the local Toys for Tots charity. Bonus: gourmet breakfast, cellar tour and tasting of seasonally apt wines like Naughty and Nice. CHATEAUCHANTAL.COM.

Gather the gang for conversation, board games and communal cooking by the massive fireplace, under soaring beams, in the 1,500-square-foot log Seney Wilderness Lodge. It’s nature’s carols you’ll hear here along the Manistique River, bordering the Seney National Wildlife Refuge and its network of ski trails. Weeklong and long-weekend options. SENEYLODGE.COM.