7DaysinParadise
Cuba => Cuba => Topic started by: FredTracie on August 11, 2005, 07:26:00 PM
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Thought it was time to start a new thread,and invitation to everyone who might be able to get together in Guardalavaca in November!
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The Canadian Departure Date is November 12/13/05
Cheers..........F&T
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I'm still planning on being there, hopefully sometime during the week before you guys.
I'm monitoring prices every day but they are, unfortunately, going in the wrong direction at the moment.
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I hope I hope I hope I hope ... lets hope for an amazing Last Minute deal and I think we could be there (Mom and I) already been talking about it.
Anyone a card-oholic??? Mom loves Cards !!!!
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Cards as in Euchre or Poker?
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Tell Mom, I'm up for a game of either Euchre or Poker (playing for centavos?)
Bring on the Mojitos :moj: :moj:
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Cribbage.
Buck a point, double on the skunk.
I financed a vacation with this, many years ago.
Bigjohn.
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:rof: :rof:
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That's okay Heather, I'll get your money back easy, once the Texas Hold'em starts!
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:rof: :rof:
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If I can control myself and not cave to the demons of September pricing...Holguin it is.
Depending on price - Sol Lunas y Mares is on the top of my list.
PS.. Shine.... tell MOM I love Euchre.
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For the life of me I don't know why but current UK pricing (Eclipse) puts the Sol Rio de Luna y Mares exactly £100 more expensive than the PCV for a single flying out on Nov 4th from Manchester.
The price for two people works out at just £24 more per couple than the PCV.
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She will love you guys !!!! Any kind/game of cards, I find her sometimes sitting on the deck playing some kind of solitaire ... I used to love euchre (thanks to her) ... so we could have some amazing evenings, without having to be at the mercy of nightly shows (which I could give or take) ... much prefer a lovely game of cards around a piano/lobby bar. Looking better and better ... and I think I'd prefer to go where everyone is going (Club Amigo??)
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I doubt I'll be staying at Club Amigo as they do charge extra for singles. I have yet to witness a no single fee. They do have a public beach ....could meet up there perhaps for a card game or :1:
Playa Pesquero looks like choice #2 for me.
Bellagio - I guess that's in pounds & means double in canadian?? That is quite a bit.
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Just started checking flights out of Toronto on Nov.12/13 to Holguin and here it is, starting with the wholesaler.
Conquest vacations- Skyservice' departing YYZ Sat. Nov. 12th at 520pm....Returning YYZ @155am!
Transat/WOV- Westjet:Nov.12th times have not been posted!
Signature Vacations- Skyservice:Nov13th via Cayo Coco.. Depart YYZ at 610am Return YYZ @ 440pm
Sunwing- Cubana: Nov 13th Depart YYZ @ 715am Return YYZ @ 545pm
Sunquest- Skyservice: Nov 13th Depart YYZ @ 620am Return YYZ @255pm
Just starting to look at flight times etc.
Cheers....F&T
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Fred, I think Sunwing may be changing either the carrier or the flight times, because today (on their site anyway), they don't show you the flight details anymore, not even the carrier.
Yesterday (or sat. can't remember which), they showed Cubana
Now the Skyservice ones truly puzzle me. All their flights via Cayo Coco are a total of 7 hours :)
Edit to this post: it was on the return flight that we stopped in Cayo Coco not the trip down, but still it was a total of something like 5 hours return, not 7. The flight down was accomplished in less than 4.
Oh and Sunwing is definitely using Cubana again. The flight times and carrier are posted again. Just checked :)
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I wonder if they are including a stop in Varadero? That would add a couple of hours to the trip.
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bmnichol, usually they show the stops, and it is showing via cayo coco. Couldn't imagine doing 2 stops :OMG:
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We just received confirmation that (Boy Wonder#2) "Sean" will be getting his passport thus clearing the way for him to accompany us to Guardalavaca. (Boy Wonder#1) Scott has sent his passport app. in but still doesn't want to join us ! Maybe when he meets Kristen and Bonnie they can help change his mind??? :6:
Cheers.....F&T
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F&T:
That's good news about Boy Wonder #2.
Just hope that Bonnie and Kristen can change Boy Wonder #1's mind.
It would be great to have the whole family in Holguin. I'm sure they would have a real blast.
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Bellagio
Hopefully he can be persuaded!! Guess we'll find out how good Wendy's "training" has been?? ;) BIT!!
:rof:F&T
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Originally posted by FredTracie:
Guess we'll find out how good Wendy's "training" has been?? ;) BIT!!
There's none better than Wendy.
She ISIT!!!
ie:- Industry Standard In Training
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Originally posted by bellagio:
Originally posted by FredTracie:
Guess we'll find out how good Wendy's "training" has been?? :)
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Sorry Wendy, I didn't phrase it very well. I should have said
She's the ISIT.
Glad you got the meaning anyway.
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Club Amigo Holguin is down to $695 now. The decline in price has started.
Now we just watch and wait.
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Heather, better check those same prices again today. They've all increased! Club Amigo 782+ on the saturday and 807+ on the sunday.
Freddie: the prices are going in the wrong direction :OMG:
I had these prices memorized yesterday and everyone of the resorts in Holguin has increased in price between yesterday and today. Some of the october prices have pretty much stayed the same and some have gone up around 100.00
I haven't seen any increases in the taxes though, so I think the tour operators are just increasing prices to account for the higher fuel costs
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:OMG: :OMG: :OMG:
Looks like we need a summit meeting!!!
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Wendy is correct, I just checked the prices again and they have gone up since last night. They usually update their pricing on Tuesdays, this time it looks like they went higher instead of lower. :(
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Girls...Girls...Girls
Relax!!!! Heck A/T haven't even posted flight times yet! I would doubt they have even sold a seat yet! Sell off vacations prices didn't move at all, so maybe it was a glitch on the site? Give it a few more weeks. I don't think prices will be quite as low as October but I am quite sure that (as a guide) Club Amigo will sell for about $550 plus tax!!
Just my humble opinion!!
Fred
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Actually Freddie, Sell off Vacations did increase as well today and are higher than the Yourtraveltickets prices I quoted earlier.
So it's not a glitch on the site unfortunately, it's this weeks reality :(
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Wendy
Next week will be a whole new reality!!! Sorry Gambitt, I'm playing with Realities!! Oh My God...
:1: :1:
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Fred, I agree it's Mojito Time
:)
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Relax and chill everyone...where are you all going and when?
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rayd8me, the plan is holguin week of Nov. 12
If you change your mind on BJ, you know where to find everyone :)
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Rayd8me
Holguin...November 12/13 Departure from TO.
Want to join us?
:1: ......F&T
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I checked prices again this morning, and Travel Sensations seems to be cheaper than Your Travel Tickets.
Club Amigo is $711 this morning on Travel Sensations.
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Travel Sensations Saturday prices are currently better than your travel tics (sunday prices are still better on YTT)
but I will be watching this site very closely because the price of the PCV on YTT through WOV has increased another 100+ dollars again today. Yesterday on YTT it was approx 850 through WOV and today it's 977
WOV prices on Travel Sensations are currently better than YTT
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Wendy, are you still planning on the PCV or are you open to anything?
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heather I'm looking at all of the hotel prices. I think I have all of them memorized for 5 different weeks :)
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Are we looking at just the Holguin area or all of Cuba?
The Cayo's seem a bit cheaper than Holguin.
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well I have been looking at both locations as well. I think that at one time, Fred told me that Ken was open to CCC as well as Holguin, but I don't think he has looked at Cayo prices because all talk has been about Holguin
I'm looking at alternatives in case BIT's school schedule prohibits the week of Nov.12
Naturally she left her agenda at school yesterday and I gave her right royal s**t. Told her I've been waiting for that information all summer what's she doing leaving it at school grrr kids
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I'm not sure if Bonnie's schedule will allow her to take a week off or not. I'm hoping she can come.
I'm willing to go anywhere, as long as it's cheap. This will be our third vacation this year so I don't want to spend a lot on it, just before Christmas.
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Have to go out for the day, but just checked Thomas Cook website and find El Senador at £739 for two weeks departing Manchester on 13th November - and that is for a single traveller. Very tempting indeed.
That is an excellent price and with the close proximity of the hotels on Cayo Coco, meeting up would be easy if we were at different resorts.
I'm not really bothered where we go to be honest, but it would be great if we were closeby as I'm sure it would be a 'riot'.
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How many are interested in joining us in November?
Wossa, how about you? John needs a dive buddy, and he's planning on doing a lot of diving.
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I've said that I'd be interested, probably with my mom.
I think I would prefer Holguin only because I've been to the Cayos, but would be open I guess ... I've heard first hand nasties about El Senador (by different family members) and warned to not spend valuable saved money on it JMHO.
Hey, Cienfuegos is going cheap ;)
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We would love you all to go to Holguin area ,as we have already booked to go to PP on 3/11, so we were hoping to meet you all in our second week, plus my tan will be nice by then and I won't look like a pasty Brit.
Doesn't matter where we all go really - as long as we are on holiday and Cuba to that.
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Well now I'm totally depressed. Prices are rising rapidly.
The El Senador option at £739 yesterday is now £909. The PCV holiday has increased by £25 per person, that's if I can get someone to go with me.
I can now book the PP with Thomas Cook but not at £1037 I'm afraid.
Even the Holiday Place have removed their prices from the internet, now just saying 'Please Contact Us'.
All very frustrating I have to say.
Thank goodness I have the comfort of a month in Canada in a week's time to take my mind off it.
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The prices have finally started down for Nov. 12/14 departures....$457 for Santa Lucia!!!!
Cheers......F&T
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Club Amigo Holguin, Nov 12 $597. Nolitours.
Your Travel Tickets (http://www.yourtraveltickets.com//)
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Darn! I'm now stuck with a big case on Nov 16th. :( Even if there's a great deal to be had, I'd have quite the battle trying to sucker a colleague into taking this case for me.
Hmmm....when do you guys plan on making a final decision?
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Well, if we go true to form, we'll be booking the week before. :D
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Playa Pesquero
oct 23rd out of Toronto for one week all inclusive
$676 plus taxes
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Ooooooooh don't do this to me Heather!
That's a fabulous deal!
Are you booking it?
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October? no NOvember? not sure if I can just get home (on October 17th) and jet off again quite so soon ... but wouldn't I love to be there for a girls week.
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Haven't booked anything yet.
Club Amigo Nov 12th $497, the prices are getting better for November.