Cuba Trip - December 1st deadline

I was completely wrong about the December 1st deadline. I thought it was for the payment plan. It's not.

If you are going to Cuba, you need to get a deposit in this week.

Please message me if you intend to do this.

We will have a good number, and many more will join us later certainly.

Cross Post Voyageurs
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Ok. I'm going to try to cut out the middle man and jump in. I've been a Voyageur for a while but more importantly I work at Handa Travel (S-Trip!) and have worked with Jamie on this for the past few weeks (actually the conversations started as soon as the draw was made and we saw Cuba potentially in round 2.

Here is how it works.

We go to the various tour operators and say "hey Tour Operator we have xx number of people that want to go to this trip" and we want this tour and this hotel and this included etc etc

they then say sure the price is XXX ..but they won't hold spots until we pay them. They usually give us a grace period of 2-3 weeks to get everything organized but then, we have to tell them the actual number is XX

They are not going to just hold a plane or spots at a hotel that they could be selling to someone else forever.

In this case that deadline is December 1st.

Does this mean we can't get More space or add people after that date? Not necessarily, however we do have to go back and say we need XXX more spots. At which time if we are lucky they say no problem, but usually they say sure, the taxes have now changed to XXX and the price has gone up XX or the new people will have to stay in a different wing of the hotel etc etc etc

In some circumstances the space is just no longer available...

so what I am saying in a nutshell.

If you want to go to Cuba on that trip at that price for those dates with those inclusions you need to sign up and put down a $200 deposit by Dec 1st.

If you don't think you can do a deposit by Dec 1st we can try to add you later, but cannot guarantee that a) we will be able to or 2) it will be the same program/price for new joiners.

After deposits there are 2 options.

1) No additional payments until April 15th
or
2) payment plan autocharge on CC of $200 on Jan 15, Feb 15, Mar 15 and then balance on April 15th

Hope to see you all in Cuba.

This post has been edited by socceronly on Nov 23 2011, 01:40 PM

so it's 1000$$

or did i miss something?

This post has been edited by Scotttay on Nov 23 2011, 02:28 PM

What?

I just misunderstood the dealine.

We need to get deposits in by December 1st to keep this thing alive.

Posting this here might help. :)

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The deadline's been extended by three weeks, and the price has dropped: http://www.cansoc.org/showthread.php?43315...t-Child-Pricing

.... And to clarify something that I misunderstood, the extra cost for reducing triple occupancy to double or single is indeed only $25/week or $50/week respectively.

I'd assumed otherwise so sorry if I accidentally misled anybody.

Looks like Adel is interested in going, and I may be able to manage it as well.

What kind of beverages are we talking about?

Adult beverages...

My deposit is in.

Post if you have done the same. We need to get some momentum going here.

db

In for 2 , looking forward to these beverages too , whatever they may be . :blink:

looks like great deal and opportunity. Varadero is the place to be.

Who's in?? WHO'S IN??

i am in !!!

Just a reminder to all the December 21st is the deadline for deposits to ensure a spot on the trip.

There may be spots available after Dec. 21, but according to the travel agent the only way to be sure that you'll go is to lay down a deposit (or full payment) early.

A little over 24 hours left to get your deposit in.