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Caribbean holidays travel agent

  • 15-01-2012 12:02pm
    #1
    irishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,303 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone recommend a good (cheap) travel agent for Caribbean holidays?Mexico/Dominican republic
    I have tried:
    travelmood (Part of TUI)
    Trailfinders (Way overpriced)
    Thomas cook

    Am I missing any that would be reasonable?


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  • #2
    Africa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Africa


    First Choice. Went to dominican republic last year, 5 star all inclusive on a private island for about 1600 for 2 weeks. Best holiday ever.


  • #3
    uli84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭uli84


    wow, that's great, was it last minute? or off season? not sure what should be my strategy? ;)


  • #4
    irishguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,303 ✭✭✭irishguy


    uli84 wrote: »
    wow, that's great, was it last minute? or off season? not sure what should be my strategy? ;)

    We ended up paying €1325 for Now larimar (5*) 14nights all Inc. With tropocalskies travelmood were also quite good most of the rest were quoting over 2k


  • #5
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    We went to Dom Rep in Sept 2010. 2 weeks in Dreams Punta Cana for 1400 each with Twohigs.


  • #6
    gihj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭gihj


    Thomson.co.uk will match the online price if you call them.
    Cheapest price you'll get if you can source a cheap flight to England.
    Depending on The island you may also need to spend the night before in an airport hotel if it's an early morning flight.


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  • #7
    kave2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭kave2


    classicresorts.ie
    tropicalsky.ie
    Used tropical sky last year for Maldives, no probs. 100% recommended.


  • #8
    uponthegad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭uponthegad


    charterflights.co.uk is a nice search engine for seeing whats on offer. the deals are in flights only and to get a cheap flight you will need to leave from the UK. You can also search flights to the Caribbean in general which is handy.

    I would use this site to identify where the offers are and then go direct to the airlines website as it's usually cheaper direct. Then book the resort direct yourself and you should save about 20% on the accommodation alone.

    Best deals on charter flights are always about 3 - 6 weeks in advance. "Book early for the best deals" is nonsense that the travel agents trot out. That said, travelling in July or August means very few offers no matter when you book it.


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