Booking it all through TTR

[snapperheads]

Has anyone booked both hotel and airfare through the hotel before?

We're just pricing out options and they are competitive.

If yes, did you have any problems with itinerary?

Thanks.

[Lenni & Jodie]

Everytime we tried that option the resort was double what we found online, althought the resort tries to say the opposite. Mind you we are in Canada, we use selloffvacations.com, redtag.ca, itravel2000.ca to compare prices and a few others, they all are the exact same price for the days we look at.

Example our trip is average $145 / night and the hotel email us back saying their "Deal" was $312 / night. We spent just under $850.00 Cdn each for a week at the end of Jan 2012, we just rebook to go back end Feb 24 to March 2 and paid $1111.16 Each which both prices are Trip All Inclusive, Taxes, & Basic Medical coverage.

[snapperheads]

Ahhh...the old' bait-n-switch...

[Redrum]

we have used both the hotels travel as well as outside. Depends which 1 is cheapest. Right now Expedia.ca is the cheapest i can find and they will get you a flight from anywhere in canada or us

[CurlsAndSmiley]

We booked through TTR this time and it was great. A few bucks cheaper than Expedia and WAY cheaper than everywhere else including redtag.ca, selloffvacations.com, etc.
The best part was we were able to select from many available flights and were very glad we went with US Airways -- every flight was early and overall they were all perfect.

FYI, the resort one is booked through "WWTE" which is the underlying engine/company behind Expedia.

[isittimeyet]

we have always booked with the resort....never had any problems! we always book for ten days and they seem to be the best.....its about 2300 for both taxes in! tues or wed always seem to be the best price...just have to check prices for different days...it is so up and down depending on the day!

[FLHX_HOG]

I did last year, no issues and at the time it was cheaper. This year I did not, booked flight and hotel separate mostly because I was using miles and vouchers for the flight.

[isittimeyet]

what dates are you going?

[shawn&steph]

Originally Posted by Lenni & Jodie

Everytime we tried that option the resort was double what we found online, althought the resort tries to say the opposite. Mind you we are in Canada, we use selloffvacations.com, redtag.ca, itravel2000.ca to compare prices and a few others, they all are the exact same price for the days we look at.

Example our trip is average $145 / night and the hotel email us back saying their "Deal" was $312 / night. We spent just under $850.00 Cdn each for a week at the end of Jan 2012, we just rebook to go back end Feb 24 to March 2 and paid $1111.16 Each which both prices are Trip All Inclusive, Taxes, & Basic Medical coverage.

We booked through Redtag and got it for $950.00 for a week....they were the cheapest i have found. Cant wait leave in 2 days!!!

[snapperheads]

Originally Posted by isittimeyet

what dates are you going?

Trying to fit the last couple puzzle pieces into lace for a 4/12-16 trip.

[reddog68]

try alpharooms.com through the link Steve has on here. I know I got a room for one person Apr 27th to may 15th for only about 90.00 a night then booked my flight separate. The last I checked during that time it was 113.00 for 2 people for one room. Again if you go through alpharooms use Steves link in the hotel deal section. He does this forum for us and keeps the Boobs cruise going the least we can do is help him out by using his links.

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by isittimeyet

we have always booked with the resort....never had any problems! we always book for ten days and they seem to be the best.....its about 2300 for both taxes in! tues or wed always seem to be the best price...just have to check prices for different days...it is so up and down depending on the day!

Was that for room and airfare?

Jamie

[RobnKim]

We've usually booked Expedia, cheaper than the resort and others most years, but this year Travelocity was cheaper- we are flying out of Midwest like you- not sure if that makes a difference.

[jessned]

My husband researched & compared prices through just about everywhere. We just booked yesterday through Alpharooms it was about 1485.00 for the 2 of us for 12 nts including taxes for the room. Then we booked airfair separate. This was about a 450.00 savings from thenext cheapest we found which was Travelocity who we normally book through.

[curiouscouple]

We booked direct through ttr hotel and flight and it when you do you will see they use expedia. Everything looks just like Expedia and here is the note on the bottom of our itinerary.

"If you have questions about your reservation, fill out our itinerary assistance form. We'll respond within 24 hours: For immediate assistance call Temptation Resort Spa Cancun at 1-888-673-2059. For international calls, contact 001-702-944-6405 or after hours at 1-800-EXPEDIA and have the itinerary number ready. "

[40thBirthday]

Originally Posted by reddog68

try alpharooms.com through the link Steve has on here. I know I got a room for one person Apr 27th to may 15th for only about 90.00 a night then booked my flight separate. The last I checked during that time it was 113.00 for 2 people for one room. Again if you go through alpharooms use Steves link in the hotel deal section. He does this forum for us and keeps the Boobs cruise going the least we can do is help him out by using his links.

Reddog is RIGHT... alpharooms has the best hotel rates, by far! I paid $113/night for 2 people for may 2012. You cannot beat that price - use the link here on cancuncare.

[isittimeyet]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Was that for room and airfare?

Jamie

Yep, we are coming out of calgary....its abit more this year then last but still cheaper then we have seen!

[Jamie]

K.. so that worked out to be $230 a day for 10 days traveling mid-week.

Using Alpha rooms and United we averaged $220 a day for 15 days traveling on the weekends out of Denver and Denver usually has much higher airfare than anywhere else to Cancun for some reason.

So the hotel is close or more expensive but not cheaper.

Good that we're able to compare prices for future booking information.

Jamie

[snapperheads]

Will check alpha tonight. Thanks all. Let us by you a round in appreciation.

[isittimeyet]

for us to fly is about 1200 on sale for both and alpha room is 1111 for ten days....so it same as we pay going through resort ...if we find seat sales. i like having everything together and hate waiting for those dang seat sales!! lol

[Jamie]

Originally Posted by isittimeyet

for us to fly is about 1200 on sale for both and alpha room is 1111 for ten days....so it same as we pay going through resort ...if we find seat sales. i like having everything together and hate waiting for those dang seat sales!! lol

Oh absolutely! Each of us is has to decide what we want to spend our time on worrying about and what we want to get worked up over.

In the end its all about being on vacation with friends!

Jamie

[snapperheads]

Booked and now counting down.