Jun 15, 2007

Travel Bargains and Best Bets

Even though peak travel season is starting for the 'usual suspects', it is off-peak in other areas, where there are great bargains to be had.

Ditto whenever an airline launches a new route somewhere. Here are some last-minute deals for the adventure traveller ready to get goig at a moment's notice. Or two. Including to the Caribbean.

Air Jamaica begins non-stop service between Fort Lauderdale and Barbados on July 22, 2007 with. non-stop service in both directions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Even better, it hooks up with connections the islands of Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica, Martinique, Antigua, St. Kitts and Nevis. .

In celebration of this new non-stop service, Air Jamaica is offering an introductory sale fare on this route of $378 round trip ($189 each way) for travel until December 15th. Tickets at this special rate must be purchased by June 28. Click www.airjamaica.com, call 800-523-5585, or contact your favorite travel agent.

Air Jamaica's Ft. Lauderdale hub avoids connecting through the chaos of Miami's airport, to be avoided whenever possible -- as does American Airlines' $39 and $49 promotional fares for many Caribbean and Latin American connections.

The bargain tickets are good for trarel only on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, for travel though mid-November, but tickets have to be purchased by June 20th. $39 each way betwen Florida and the Bahamas or Dominican Republic? $49 between Florida and Aruba, Costa Rica, Guagemala and Nicaragua? What are we waiting for? Contact www.aa.com for more info.

For more info on June travel bargins, click this Suite 101 Adventure Travel article on June travel deals.