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Beat my carribean Quote!

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  • saveapenny
    saveapenny Posts: 6,773 Forumite
    They are off the coast of Africa and not many people have discovered them yet take a look at teh Loney Planet guide http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/africa/cape-verde and the Riu hotels on the islands are top notch. Please dont go for the Bahia in Dom Rep all the hotel is down with a sever bug it was on the news tonight
    If you look anything like your passport photo....Your too ill to travel
  • sare_2
    sare_2 Posts: 303 Forumite
    If you do a search on www.otbeach.com, there are quite a few options that beat your quote.
    You can also book transfers through them too.
  • Snow-Munki
    Snow-Munki Posts: 126 Forumite
    OH MY GOD !!

    just booked St Lucia one just under £1000 for the 2 of us....

    can't believe it was such a last minute thing..... hopefully did the right thing.

    Need to sort out how to get to gatwick now !!
  • peterc2609
    peterc2609 Posts: 622 Forumite
    sare wrote: »
    If you do a search on www.otbeach.com, there are quite a few options that beat your quote.
    You can also book transfers through them too.

    This seems very expensive....

    Just done a search on travelrepublic for Cape Verde and it is coming in for arounf 550 each....

    anywhere cheaper?
  • saveapenny
    saveapenny Posts: 6,773 Forumite
    which hotel is that staying in?
    If you look anything like your passport photo....Your too ill to travel
  • peterc2609
    peterc2609 Posts: 622 Forumite
    saveapenny wrote: »
    which hotel is that staying in?

    Not sure,just took a general view off travelrepublic...

    it wasn't a RIU tho!
  • aimex
    aimex Posts: 423 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    dont think youll be wanting to stay at Bahia Principe after the news today ....?
  • moob_2
    moob_2 Posts: 485 Forumite
    aimex wrote: »
    dont think youll be wanting to stay at Bahia Principe after the news today ....?

    Indeed. It's good to see that the travel companies take food poisoning outbreak so seriously, when they're still sending people to the resort...
  • peterc2609
    peterc2609 Posts: 622 Forumite
    Definitely not...

    I fancy these Verde islands now...

    If I can get em cheap enough!
  • aimex
    aimex Posts: 423 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    hee! this is probably a stupid question but where are the Verde Islands?
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