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Originally Posted by cmyden
To the Caribbean it's common to find charter flights in the winter that drop in price significantly. In the summer, there are less charters, so I would say around $450-$500ish roundtrip after taxes would be a good price, but it really depends on the destination. 'Caribbean' refers to quite a few airports and different countries! A decent price to Hawaii would also be in this ballpark ($500 to $500ish).
The South Pacific is a completely different ballpark, I can't think of any destinations that I would refer to as being in the South Pacific that were less than $1000 roundtrip after taxes for flight alone. More likely $1200-$1400ish. You can basically lump all South Pacific destinations in with Australia or New Zealand in terms of the usual pricing.
Belize is a great country, I went there for the first time this February. There were some crazy price drops this year to Belize, which has never occurred before. It always used to bottom out at around $900ish roundtrip after taxes.
That deal you just found does look like a pretty good one!
Belizean Dreams hotel
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...ann_Creek.html
Awesome reviews, and looks to go for $300/night normally! (There are definitely far cheaper places to stay in Hopkins, but this place could be worth the extra cost).
Hopkins is a tiny laid back place with plenty of nice, cheap, basic accommodations right on the water. I spent my last 2 nights in Belize there. 2 nights felt about right to me, I'm not sure what one could do for 14 nights in Hopkins, but that's just me.
Note that the Expedia package has it bundled with AA flights that are 24 hours in duration each way 
I know there's a lot of people that hear 'Belize' and might think it would be filled with beautiful, sandy beaches. I think it might be because it's also associated with some of the best diving and snorkeling in the world. But Belize actually doesn't have many beautiful beaches, it's mostly mangroves that come up right near the water. There are a few decent ones around the Hopkins/Placencia area, and some other nice ones that require a boat to get to. Belize has a lot of awesome things going for it, but as far as purely beautiful beaches go I wouldn't say that's one of it's strengths. |
I just came back from Belize last night and stayed in the exact same area (Hopkins - The Family Villa) The weather was great for all but two days. Usually about 30C with a Breeze off the ocean.
My advice for Belize is to get a flight on tropic air and fly to Caye Cauker for a couple days. Great island to just get lost on. We also stayed 3 nights for about 60 american.
There are Canadians on the island that own a sports bar (and play every game if you ask nice) Managed to meet up with about 6 fellow travellers and watch the Flames and Jets Game.
Another place is Pizza Cauker. His name is Greg and he makes a good pizza and will buy you a beer if he knows your Canadian. (Trust me you will be sick of beans and rice and habenero after a week)
Avoid San Pedro unless you want to see a busy tourist trap.
Other things to see and do in Belize: Zip-Lining, Cave Tubing, snorkel, visit the blue hole.
Couple little points. Cops are corrupt for the most part, get out of Belize city and never flash lots of money. Taking money out there is easy (found a scotia bank in placencia and a Cibc in dangrega.
Great place, hope you go!