Guests staying at The Sands at Grace Bay this summer and fall can spend less on room rates and more on fun under the sun by taking advantage of the resort’s incredible excursion selection and affordable low-season rates starting from $185 per night.

Through a special relationship with local water sports provider Ocean Vibes Scuba & Watersports, The Sands at Grace Bay is able to offer guests numerous ways to stay active outdoors and explore the Turks & Caicos Islands with a long list of exciting adventures.

In addition, the resort is offering a 4th Night Free promotion valid for new bookings on all room categories, for guests who purchase stays of three or more consecutive nights now through December 21, 2011.

The Sands at Grace Bay provides free use of bikes, kayaks, windsurfing equipment, snorkel gear and Hobie Cats. For those seeking off-site adventure, Ocean Vibes offers a selection of excursions for an additional charge that include day trips, night dives and customized Scuba/Snuba charters to the islands’ best dive sites. There’s sailing aboard a custom-made catamaran with scuba/snorkeling stops at Providenciales, Iguana Island and uninhabited desert cays, and even single or tandem parasailing for breathtaking views of the islands from high in the sky. Other activities include spelunking; a Champagne Sunset Cruise; many kinds of fishing; sunning, swimming, shelling and snorkeling on glass bottom boat and snorkeling trips, an outback adventure cruise on a 40’ glass-bottom catamaran; and horseback riding. In addition to this sampling, guests can also design their own out-island excursions, ATV along the beach and partake in a Glow Worm Cruise, Kayak Tour and more.

The Sands at Grace Bay’s 4th Night Free promotion cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion, and the complimentary fourth night will be applied to the resort bill the end of the stay. Guests can book it online using promo code 4NF. The Sands at Grace Bay has received the inaugural Travelocity Excellence Award. An elite group of 500 hotels were recognized by Travelocity from the more than 70,000 that are offered on their site. The resort will receive a special award designation with an icon adjacent to its property card on all of Travelocity’s global websites.

The Sands at Grace Bay, 877-777-2637, www.thesandstc.com