Here are a few preliminary travel options I've gotten from the travel agent, for those of you’re considering flying down to Mexico for me and Sofi's wedding in the spring:

Regina-Puerto Vallarta / 28Mar05 - 04apr05Palladium Hotel All Inclusive-Double - $1439.00 per personTriple - $1379.00 per personQuad - $1349.00 per personTAXES- $202.70 per person**All prices are in Canadian dollars and include flights**********************************************************Calgary-Puerto Vallarta / 27mar05-03apr05AS  698    27mar05    YYC/LAX    0720A/0932AAS  278    27mar05    LAX/PVR    1100A/0352PAS  239    03apr05    PVR/LAX    0508P/0616PAS  699    03apr05    LAX/YYC    0743P/1153PQualton Club and Spa All Inclusive-Single- $1539.00 per personDouble- $1179.00 per personTriple- $1109.00 per personTAXES- $126.05 per person**All prices are in Canadian dollars and include flights**********************************************************Calgary-Manzanillo / 27mar05-03apr05AS  698    27mar05    YYC/LAX    0720A/0932AAS  256    27mar05    LAX/ZLO    1048A/0357PAS  245    03apr05    ZLO/LAX    0446P/0611PAS  699    03apr05    LAX/YYC    0743P/1153PQualton Club and Gran Bahia Resort and Spa All Inclusive-Single- $1869.00 per personDouble- $1399.00 per personTriple- $1339.00 per personTAXES- $108.32 per person**All prices are in Canadian dollars and include flights**********************************************************Calgary-Guadalajara / 27mar05-03apr05CO  1983    27mar05    YYC/IAH    0656A/1205PCO  2599    27mar05    IAH/GDL    0220P/0439PCO  2684    03apr05    GDL/IAH    0524P/0740PCO  1980    03apr05    IAH/YYC    0850P/1156PFiesta Americana Guadalajara (Not all inclusive)Single- $2129.00 per personDouble- $1529.00 per personTriple- $1379.00 per personTAXES- $108.32 per person**All prices are in Canadian dollars and include flights

A flight to Guadalajara (about one hour north of Guzman, where the wedding will be), is generally around $1100/person. We were thinking that it would be better to get an all-inclusive package at a resort somewhere because as you can see above, it's probably not going to be much more than what a flight alone would cost. Our thoughts were that people could fly down as part of an all-inclusive package to Manzanillo or Puerto Vallarta (where there are direct flights from Regina, which is a big bonus), stay at the resort for a few days, and then just hop on a bus to come and stay in Guzman for the three days around the wedding. Other than being a bit long (5 hours), the bus trip would be cheap (i.e. less than $100) and staying in a hotel in Guzman is super cheap as well (like $40 to $50 per night).

As you can see, the packages above are for a one-week stay. I know that some folks (i.e. Brad and Steff and probably a lot of my family) want to stay longer than that, but the travel packages for April are not yet available. I will keep you all posted as I learn more. The good news is that the wedding is on the last weekend of busy season, so the prices should hopefully drop off a lot after that.

What do you think, folks? Do any of you have any particular preferences or ideas for what the plan should be?