ATTN: fellow Canadians..an AI pkg question..

[Myen]

Our group rate from Calgary with Air Canada Vacations for May 2009 was $2249 including tax. We're staying at the Moon Palace.

 

I'm kicking myself now because I had gotten a quote back in February for $1891 (tax included) but hadn't entirely decided on the date for the wedding and procrastinated a bit and the price had gone up significantly.

 

My advice is to book well in advance.

 

Good Luck!

[aeroo]

To save money, part of our group flew out of Seattle. That saved about $600-700 per couple. I don't know if I would do it again though, since the drive back home seemed so long and after a day on the plane, the last thing you want to do is drive back 3 hours from Seattle. But if your group consists of students and are really wanting to save money, this will help.

[Shay2679]

We will all be flying from Edmonton, Alberta, and are paying (including taxes, etc) $2300 each for 7 days All-Inclusive at the Royal in Playa del Carmen.

 

HTH.

[MissyR]

7 nights AI out of Toronto is about 1900 per person taxes in and Calgary about 1980 per person...

[courtney]

We paid $1300 taxes included to Grand sunset princess from Toronto. We're going in January.

[Virg]

We were going to go to Dreamts Tulum, for the end of June, early July 2009.

We got quotes in June this year and they were around 1900$ a person.

 

So we decided to go to Cuba instead, our guests are now paying 1220$

Our TA is itravel2000, with Air Canada Vacations

[thewendyj]

We decided to fly from Minneapolis because we saved over $500 per person over flying from Winnipeg, and for five of us, that amounted to over $2,500 for a 4-star by Playa Del Carmen!! An inconvenience I know, but on a limited budget, $2,500 is ALOT! We also have friends in Minneapolis so can stay there overnight and fly the next morning.

[Geminie]

very informative thread my guests are paying $1574 for 7 nights at the Royal 5* in Playa flying from T.O. we're paying $1200/pp /week ... i guess we get a bit more of a discount since we're staying 1 week longer (having our honeymoon there as well) ... and it's less than a month away.. lol I had to put that in!

[sgbrown]

We are travelling from Ottawa to Cancun (to Dreams Tulum) the first week of May 2009 and are paying $1725/person through Air Canada Vacations. Our guests flying from Vancouver to Cancun are paying approximately $1850. Our east coast guests are also paying a little bit more (maybe $100).

 

Good luck! I would expect to pay between $1600-2200 for a 4-5 star hotel in the Mayan Riviera (unless you're going at off-peak time, say August or September).

[sg1307]

We expect to pay more..

I'm getting to the point where I don't care - I just want to have the wedding where WE WANT to have it...and whoever comes..comes!

 

and thanks everyone for their input..it really helps out!