Well this sucks ass...

Discussion in 'Temptation Cancun' started by medicmatto, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. medicmatto

    medicmatto Enthusiast Registered Member

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    So I'm supposed to be going to TTR on the 20th for my honeymoon, all was good and we were beyond excited, and yesterday the travel company we booked with calls and tells us that our flight from Saskatoon has been moved to a 3pm departure and we wont be arriving in Cancun untill 10Pm!! Brutal! Our whole first day is down the drain, any suggestions on what we should do? I asked them if we could extend our trip by a day or two and they said yes but with large fine's involved, sounds kind of bogus to me.

    Anways, kind of a bummer but still stoked for the 20th! On the ground by 10, hopefully at the bar sipping my first beer by 1130!
     
  2. Boy & Girl

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    Did you check to see if there is an earlier departure or a different route that is open? Often the airlines want to get as many people as possible on the early flights so that seats are open in case problems occur. We have found that they will switch flights for you as long as you ask really nicely.

    Otherwise, enjoy it anyways and let me know how your late arrival was. We won't arrive until 10:10 when we get there on January 17 and I am worried about the transfers.
     
  3. Flaca

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    That happened to us this year as well..who is your package with? Ours is Signature. When we first booked we were leaving Victoria at 6:00am and now we leave at 2:00pm...going home it's just as bad, we now leave Cancun at 8:00am...what a waste of a day. In the end though we're just glad to be going again.

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    We're flying out of saskatoon as well.Flights got bumped and Westjet was awesome on letting me change dates.Not sure who your flying with?If a charter,then your likely screwed.See ya on the 23rd
     
  5. medicmatto

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    Well we're booked with Sunwing Vacations, and when the wife called them to politley raise a small fuss, she was told that any changes to our schedule would result in large fines. So now were considering just booking our own flight down with west jet or whoever but keeping the rest of the package and the flight home, I found one for about 500 each canadian, which is a lot of extra expense but I think it would be worth it to arrive 8 hrs earlier. Who knows, they said that things may change short notice in the future, here's hoping! The thought of arriving at the hotel around midnight and checking in just ticks me off for somereason, especially spending 9hrs traveling all day, thats time we could be partying!!
     
  6. scufty

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    just dont sleep that first night and you can drink and party all night :) place was still going pretty good a few nights we were there at 400 AM
    GL just got back and had a blast!
     
  7. LycheeMojito

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    We are kind of in the same predicament as you. Our flight leaves on 12/19 at 4:30 pm from NewYork ... So we are gonna get there pretty late as well. I know it SUCKS, doesn't it? I only booked such a late flight because it was saving us a few hundred bucks, but now I'm kinda regretting it..but it's too late to change it.

    Only thing I can tell you is that sometimes life gives you lemons, so just make lemonade! I'm sure you'll have a blast no matter when your flight gets in.

    See you down there!
     
  8. Chris033

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    We're booked with Signature out of Calgary for Dec 28. We were supposed to be on a Transat plane leaving @ 6AM, now we're on a CanJet leaving at 10AM. Luckily, we're extended out by a few hours on the return departure as things stand now, hopefully there's no further changes (knock on wood).

    Seems they weren't able to fill the plane as much as they had hoped so they're busy shifting all over the place. Such a bummer - these charters get you either way!

    To the OP who mentioned booking a WestJet flight - be careful with that - sometimes if you noshow your departure they'll cancel everything else including the hotel. Don't ask me how they can do that, but we considered the same thing and were cautioned by our travel agent.
     
  9. bullet

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    WARNING!!!

    Just got back yesterday and occupancy has picked up - especially on Saturday's. Since a lot of people that go start on Saturday and a lot leave on Sunday's, they end up overbooking on Saturday's and putting up the late comers at Blue Bay for the night and bringing them back on Sunday. When Marlene told T that yesterday was our last day, she said that about 50% of the people were checking out yesterday. When we were waiting to get picked up at the lobby at 1pm, there was a guy there waiting to get a room that was put up at Blue Bay - He said he and at least 10 others were told they didn't have rooms on Saturday. I can only assume there were more. Heard that same story from someone at the pool earlier who said his friends were sent to Blue Bay. Felt bad for him. If that many people were checking out yesterday, I'm not sure why he was still waiting for a room at 1pm.
     
  10. Kent & Sophie

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    We booked through expedia ca and have 2 different reservations..One for the first 4 days and another 4 the second. We did this as it was half price to what they wanted if you booked all eight days at once. ( Canadian special).....So we have to recheck in on a sat. Hope that doesn't cause a problem as we are changing from jacuzzi to ocean view, again expedia pricing thing.
    As for flights, we booked direct with the airline Westjet as charters have a habit of changing times.

    Cant wait to meet everyone :D

    K
     
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