Why is airfare to Cancun so outrageous? Could a TA help?

Some of my guests and I were originally looking for cheaper options to fly. We were considering driving to Texas because flights were sig cheaper from the charters...RYAN air was one of them and there is one leaving from Austin I think....VivaAerobus (175.00 per person) Also my TA said that she believes that tickets will be this high for a while and may even go up.

I just thought of a few more to check: vayama.com and Aeromexico. ***I just checked on vayama and put in the dates of Nov 14 - 21 and the price is $388 from Houston to Cancun on Aeromexico. This includes all taxes and fees.

Our guests booked ryan air out of houston & aeromexico. It was still around $400. We went through a TA that uses funjet.

Last summer there were $200 flights on suncountry. Sadly, it looks like those days are over Since we started watching prices in August, they have only gone up. We booked in september & it hasn't been lower since then.

Ryan air has really strict luggage rules (up to 44 lbs total) so it might not be a good airline for you to fly. It's fine for guests who won't have a lot of luggage, but if you are taking OOT bags or any decorations it would be hard.

Airfare is totally ridiculous right now and you ladies are right about the discrepancy with airfare to Cancun vs. Cabo.

FI, my daughter and I are making a "plan the wedding" trip to the Riviera Maya in June and got tix from LAX to Cancun (direct flight) for $414 - which actually isn't too bad compared to what we paid before. But we got really lucky finding that one on hotwire.

And then, we just booked tix for a family vacation in Cabo in July and those tix from LAX to SJD (direct flight) were $458. WTF? A direct flight to Cabo is only 2 hours from L.A. In the past we've paid $300 roundtrip.

The plane fare price hike, is really killing the budget. I hope it gets better or my wedding in 2009 may have a poor turnout.

Yikes, I was just about to book flights for my brother from Denver to Cancun on Frontier. I didnt realize they are cancelling flights and going bankrupt. Cr*p!!! The next cheapest flight is not so cheap! Thanks for this thread!