by CokeMann » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:02 pm
Kim&Don
We are from Toronto and our most recent trip, this August, was our 14th to Desire. In the past we have done both (ie booked direct and also thru agents) there is actually no saving to be had by booking direct so we have used DennyP Travel (in the USA) for our last 10 or more trips.
There are a couple of Canadian travel groups packaging Desire with air ( ie Sunwing is one of them - however what I've found is that what you save on the air part with them you lose out on the cost of the the Desire booking because they never pass on the available promo pricing that Desire usually has available - also they have only limited times of the year that they will actually price out a package for you.
Most of the Canadian Tour operators, Signature, Conquest, Sunwing, etc are looking for repeatable volume business to a given location/property - Desire is just too small and specialized to even get on their radar
Bottom line(from our perspective) is use DennyP for the Desire booking and then shop around on line for the air portion.
- Wayne
If you need some hints on getting good airfare deals - PM me on the forum with where you are located and I'll PM back some suggestions and tips
Please use the forum links to book directly with Desire RM, Desire Pearl or the Desire Cruises.
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