March 4, 2009

How to get around expensive Cuba Holidays.

by R. Maurette

I will uncover in this article one way around getting cheap Cuba holidays. In last few years Cuba has become more and more expensive but there are some ways around it to cut down prices

When you contact a tour operator for a quote and your itinerary is including various locations they will simply use taxis to move you from A to B simply because there are no other options available that they can book make money from it.

There is a way to safe hundreds of dollars. Allow me to introduce you to Viazul. Viazul is a coach company that has terminal in most of the Cuban locations that are worth seeing in your holidays to Cuba.

So let?s put some examples here so that you can appreciate the difference in price. Let?s say you ask your tour operator for a package including Havana and Trinidad. That simple request will add around 150 GBP to your package. Instead what I recommend is to ask for flights and accommodation only and then book separately a ticket from Havana to Trinidad which will cost you 20 GBP.

The difference in price is ridiculous as you can appreciate and that was just one transfer. Now imagine how expensive it can get when a tour operator puts together an itinerary visiting Havana, Vi?ales, Cienfuegos, Trinidad or any other location you might be interested in staying

Viazul service is very punctual and the coaches are very restful. The only problem is that you will have to book it locally in Cuba and also that you will have to be at the station 1 hour prior to departure.

One common mistake most people do is not to read about the destinations they are thinking of visiting before hands. Distances in Cuba are quite long. I could take you up to 6 hours from Havana to Trinidad by Taxi.

While it is true that a Taxi will be the most comfortable way. Viazul is the next best thing. But in terms of prices nothing beats Viazul.

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