They way I organize flights will dictate what dates the trip will be held. I'm trying to get the lowest cost possible so I tell the travel agent to work in a range of about a month to find the lowest price for what our group number will be (30ish?). Some of the feedback I got from the last meeting was to try and move it a bit earlier, so I asked the agent to look from 7/20/15 - 8/20/15 for 9 days and here is what she found:
7/20 - 7/29 (Note: there are no direct flights to Nicaragua from our area)
1.)
From Hartford, through Atlanta, to Managua. Return to Hartford. Don't have times yet.
$743
2.)
From Boston, late in the day (not ideal) through Miami, to Managua. Return leaves Managua very early in the morning (not ideal) to Boston.
$591 plus $20 fee (plus we would have to organize a separate transport to get us to and from Boston which could be close to $100 per person)
3.)
I asked her to keep looking for dates in August but I haven't heard back yet. It is hard to find travel for ~30 people to a place like Nicaragua 8-9 months in advance. Hopefully I'll have something by 12/12.
These are a little more expensive than I thought they would be, but they are on par with what we've paid the past two years.
I'd really like to lock in a block of seats for our trips as soon as possible so I'm going to definitely need a more accurate number. Please consider whether these earlier July dates will work for you or not and contact me if you have an issue.
When I lock the flights in with Pioneer Valley Travel, the payments for the flight will be made out to "Pioneer Valley Travel" and not to Amped.
Don't forget to bring your $350 deposit to our meeting on 12/12 at Frontier in my room at 7pm! I've already collected 1! We are on our way!
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