Saturday, September 27, 2008
Update: The Mystery Tour
Further to my post dated 14th September 2008, we had a telephone call on Tuesday from First Choice to say that we cannot go to the Playa Costa Verde in Guardalavaca, Cuba because of the damage caused by Hurricane Ike . This came as no surprise to us as the All about Cuba website reported on the 16th September that the Playa Costa Verde, will reopen on the 15th October.
First Choice have said that our flight will be diverted to Varadero Airport and we can stay at the Iberostar Playa Alameda hotel in the resort of Varadero . This hotel is described as having 391 spacious, elegant rooms in eleven 3-storey buildings surrounded by beautiful gardens. The brochure price for this hotel is around another £100 per person more than we were paying for the Playa Costa Verde. I think we have been offered a good deal, a deal which is as good as or better than what we have paid for. If anything we have been given a slight upgrade on our holiday.
The change of hotel and resort does not bother me. I am glad that we are still going to Cuba as a country rather than somewhere else in the Caribbean. I think that with this type of holiday experience you will have a good holiday wherever your holiday company sends you to. I do not think that there is much to choose between all the hotels on offer, they are all much of the same. I have not stayed in a hotel belonging to the Iberostar chain before but because they are one of the big players in the hotel business, I expect them to mirror their competitors.
We are all packed and eager to enjoy our Cuban experience.
Further to my post dated 14th September 2008, we had a telephone call on Tuesday from First Choice to say that we cannot go to the Playa Costa Verde in Guardalavaca, Cuba because of the damage caused by Hurricane Ike . This came as no surprise to us as the All about Cuba website reported on the 16th September that the Playa Costa Verde, will reopen on the 15th October.
First Choice have said that our flight will be diverted to Varadero Airport and we can stay at the Iberostar Playa Alameda hotel in the resort of Varadero . This hotel is described as having 391 spacious, elegant rooms in eleven 3-storey buildings surrounded by beautiful gardens. The brochure price for this hotel is around another £100 per person more than we were paying for the Playa Costa Verde. I think we have been offered a good deal, a deal which is as good as or better than what we have paid for. If anything we have been given a slight upgrade on our holiday.
The change of hotel and resort does not bother me. I am glad that we are still going to Cuba as a country rather than somewhere else in the Caribbean. I think that with this type of holiday experience you will have a good holiday wherever your holiday company sends you to. I do not think that there is much to choose between all the hotels on offer, they are all much of the same. I have not stayed in a hotel belonging to the Iberostar chain before but because they are one of the big players in the hotel business, I expect them to mirror their competitors.
We are all packed and eager to enjoy our Cuban experience.
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