Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Washington Post
MEXICO MOVES ON
Post-Flu Bargains
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionlifted its H1N1 flu-related warning against travel toMexico, travel deals designed to bring U.S. tourists back to its beach resorts are flooding the market. Buoyed by the Mexican government’s announcement last week that it would invest $92 million in a “Vive Mexico” tourism campaign, tour operators, cruise lines and resorts are offering airfare credits, half-price rooms and reduced all-inclusive packages. Here’s a sampling of what CoGo found:
Bookit.com has a Half-Price Flights to Mexico sale, with air credits of up to $600 per couple. For example, a week at the all-inclusive Oasis Cancun in mid-July, including round-trip air, was priced starting at $1,152 per couple, including a $400 air credit. Deadline to buy is June 1.
– Apple Vacations announced its Biggest Mexico Vacation Sale Ever, with free nights and reduced airfares on specific departure dates through October. For example, a four-night package in early July including nonstop flights from BWI Marshall and all-inclusive lodging at the Grand Palladium Kantenah Resort & Spa in Playa del Carmen, near Cancun, starts at $1,400 per couple including taxes.
– Sandos Hotels & Resorts, with two properties in Playa del Carmen, said it will offer all-inclusive rates starting at $61 per person per night, including taxes, through July 10, a savings of $36.
– Several resorts in Riviera Nayarit, a 192-mile-long stretch along the Pacific Coast, announced they would reduce rates by as much as 50 percentthrough the summer. For example, rates at the Ayia Punta Mita condominium complex will be $250 per night, including taxes, through Oct. 31 for the best available unit, a savings of as much as $383 a night.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/05/29/ST2009052901276.html
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