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Arthur Frommer: Cuba heads list of top 15 bargain vacations

Travel prices to the tropics drop dramatically in September, as do trans-Atlantic airfares. I list examples to both Europe and the tropics in this latest version of my 15 best bargain vacations.

(1) Budget-priced Cuba: From Toronto, $515 to $615 (in September) per person, including round-trip airfare from Toronto (and all fees and taxes) to either Manzanillo (on Sept. 28) or Camaguey, Cuba (on Sept. 14), and seven nights of all-inclusive arrangements (room, meals, drinks) at either the three-star, 283-room Club Amigo Marea del Portillo in Manzanillo, with its five restaurants (total, including air, fees and taxes, of $515 per person) or at the three-star, 150-room Club Amigo Caracol in Camaguey, with its three restaurants (total, including air, fees and taxes, of $615 per person). The $515 package to Manzanillo is a special value. Air transportation is by Sunwing Airlines (sunwing.ca or phone 416-620-5999 or 800-668-4224).

(2) Varadero, Cuba: From Toronto, $695 (in September), a package consisting of round-trip airfare accommodations, three meals daily and unlimited drinks, for seven nights at the 233-room, beachfront Tuxpan Hotel, a four-star property with three restaurants. Flights from Toronto to the popular Varadero area in Cuba are scheduled daily, but the price cited above is for Saturday departures. Contact Sunwing Vacations for information. Alternatively, and for a three-star resort on Varadero beach (the Allegro Varadero), Air Canada Vacations will fly you on Sept. 24 for an all-inclusive seven-night stay at the Allegro property for only $625, including all taxes and fees. Either access www.aircanadavacations.com or phone 866-529-2079.

(3) Cancun (the Riviera Maya) in September: $832 per person, including round-trip air (and all government fees and taxes) to Cancun, departing Monday, Sept. 26, from Toronto. Participants, in addition to air, also receive seven all-inclusive nights (with three meals daily and unlimited drinks) at the large, 480-room Viva Wyndham Maya Resort in the popular Playacar area south of Cancun.The tour operator Sunwing is Canada's Sunwing Airlines flight. In addition to all the amenities, the Viva Wyndham Maya is a particularly remarkable white sandy beach.

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A tour operator such as Air Transat, is a company which specializes in the planning and operation of pre-planned vacations, which are usually sold to the public through Canada travel agents.

The cost of these tour and vacation packages may include air and/or land transportation, ground arrangements such as accommodations, meals, local guides and other related services. Since there is such a variety and each vacation package may be different, it is important to verify what in included in your vacation package at time of booking.

There are many Canada tour operators which offer diverse vacations and destinations and this list includes companies such Air Transat, Sunquest Vacations, Signature Vacations, Conquest Vacations, Air Canada Vacations.

There are many more, some specializing in specific destinations or regions or some specialize in certain types of travel such as cycling tours, train travel or adventure travel.

These tour operators , used to only exclusively sell their vacations packages through Canada travel agents. With travel planning now on the Internet, all that has changed.

Although some companies still do only sell through Canada travel agents, most of them now have their own web sites and travelers can now book directly with them.

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