The booking window is now open for the May 5-12 Ynot's/Hot Tamales Desire group trip ! The group has virtually all of the resort's Garden view rooms (60 of 64) reserved for the week plus several Ocean view rooms and suites. The 2011 trip ended up with 84 couples- a virtual takeover- and we expect the same for 2012.
The rates for 2012 are a little higher (remember the rates are set by Desire ) at $360 per couple/per night GV with the early booking special and $480 per couple for ocean view. That's about a 4% increase over the price for the past 3 years. Char Travel includes free transfers airport/Desire and Desire/airport.
A huge number of the 2011 group people have already booked for the 2012 trip. Of course there are always a few who simply can't make it back so there will be room for some new folks. Even with the economic troubles the past couple years Desire's occupancy has remained high. With the Hedo III closing and general economic improvement they are already seeing a big jump in future bookings and it looks like we are back to the days when it is really hard to get into Desire at many times of the year.
The 2011 trip was sold out before Jan 1st, although there were some cancellations that opened up a few rooms later. We expect the 2012 trip to sell out much earlier- and you can't count on cancellations. We know it is very difficult for many to plan a vacation that far in advance but, if you can and you want to join the party, you need to book soon. Because of high demand and the special rates the garden view rooms are only available for full 7 night bookings. The OV rooms and suites can be booked for fewer days. There is a large group at Desire the week before ours so the availability of adding days ahead of the group dates will be very limited. There should be some availability- early- for adding days at the end of the trip.
Booking, as always, is through Char Travel:
Char@chartravel.com or 215-321-4451. There are some additional early booking incentives available till June 30th.
If you aren't familiar with the Ynots /Hot Tamales group check out this trip report from the recent 2011 trip:
http://desireresorts.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1956
Barbara and I invite you to join us for a great week enjoying Desire at it's very best ! [/b]