51 replies to this topic

[Scuba Donna]

I'm confused. i am on 2nd week, Don, Sharon & I signed up for the tour,
we are arriving late on Dec 4, so need a hotel room. I also sent flt
info and got email from you confirming all this, but we are not on the
list. Do we need to do something else?

[WreckWench]

I'm confused. i am on 2nd week, Don, Sharon & I signed up for the tour,
we are arriving late on Dec 4, so need a hotel room. I also sent flt
info and got email from you confirming all this, but we are not on the
list. Do we need to do something else?

Hey girl...proof positive that the forums work and email does not work as well. I'll get the 3 of you on the list for week 2. Please send in your air booking forms so we can book your local flights!

[lv2dive-run-ski]

Hi kamala, I get in so late on Fri Dec 28(11:59pm) so will I be able to get to hotel and get into hotel room early Sat. am as part of added tour? Also do I send payment for tour pkg thru usual site?
Lv2dive-run-ski(susie)

[WreckWench]

Hi kamala, I get in so late on Fri NOV 28(11:59pm) so will I be able to get to hotel and get into hotel room early Sat. am as part of added tour? Also do I send payment for tour pkg thru usual site?
Lv2dive-run-ski(susie)

Yes whether you check in before midnight or after you will have the room guaranteed as part of the pkg we set up.

And yes you will pay for the pkg via the usual site (see link in my signature line)

PLEASE WAIT until we have the final price on the local flght so you only have to make one payment.

[lv2dive-run-ski]

Any word on final cost of add on trip n galapagos island flights? I'd like to get this payment out of the way.

[AnemoneAmy]

I second the request for final costs.

Also, if we want extra nights at the group hotel prior to the 28th, what is the nightly cost?

[WreckWench]

The consolidator has been working to get me the final flights, pkg and TRANSFERS. I do not have all the int'l flight details so that means we can price out final tansfers, etc.

I am working on this this morning so hope to have as much as possible as well as who is missing flight details so we can get final pricing to everyone.

Once that is done I have to check and recheck what has been set up so its correct. Correcting a mistake now is relatively easy...correcting it in December will not be.

[AnemoneAmy]

Posted our flights again in main trip thread for you.

[WreckWench]

UPDATE ON TOUR OPTIONS NEEDING A GROUP VOTE:

Hey gang due to massive road construction we can no longer make it from the Otavalo Market to the Equator in one day as we had originally planned. So we must decide BY THE END OF THE WEEK SATURDAY which tour we want to do. Option #1 and #2 are the same price as the pkg. Option #3 is $15 more than the pkg price we quoted you. Please let me know which you want to do. I will take as many votes as rec'd and decide on Saturday night what the final tour option will be. I am sorry for the short notice but things have been really crazy trying to fill the last spots and get everyone on the special tour pkgs etc.

Hi Kamala,
OK-here are the 3 options we have available due to all the road construction going on which is severely limiting us.

1. Otavalo- will be a visit to the market, town of Cotacachi (famous for leather goods) and Peguche waterfall– we cannot do the equator as planned due to the construction delays. Please note it is a 3 hr drive each way to the market. Note: Lunch on our own.

2. City tour, visit to the equator and local Quito market. All entry fees will be included. At the end of the tour the guide will leave everyone at the Artesanal Quito market to browse. It is a good market with all the same things you can buy in Otavalo. It is about 4 blocks walk back to the hotel. This tour aims to blend the ancient town with the equatorial line. First we begin with the Middle of the world, we visit the equator monument, here you will have a chance to stand on both hemispheres of the earth at the same time as you visit the Intiñan Museum. Then we return to the city, we visit Plaza de la Independencia, La Compañia Church, as well as several examples representative of the colonial and religious architecture. Finally our transport leaves us in Mercado Artesanal, here we can find many shops for souvenirs. Note: Lunch on our own.


3. Mindo Cloud forest- $15 above the pkg price already quoted. Early in the morning we will start our visit to MINDO, first we will visit Middle of the World City(equator), where the monument that divides the northern and southern hemisphere; then we continue the route to the Cloud Forest. During the visit we start in the village of Mindo. There we will visit the « mariposario», a place where we can observe a big variety of butterflies also the orchids. After this we have the possibility to enjoy the canopy(zip lining $15-$20 extra) before we keep on going to the chocolate factory where we learn a lot about the chocolate processing and the harvest of the cacao bean. After enjoying a delicious brownie or a hot chocolate, we will return to Quito. Note: Lunch on our own.


Let me know what you think. We need to get this figured out by Saturday.

[ItsScubaJen]

I'm with the Dec 8 (arriving Dec 5 group): I vote option #2 for that week.

[WreckWench]

Thanks Jen! That's my personal vote for the first week.

[yogadive]

Hi Kamala,
I would vote for option 2 first and option 3 as a close second. Either would be fine.Dennis / yogadive

[Cajun Diver]

I'm on the 2nd week and like Dennis think #2 sounds good with #3 a close second.

Butch aka Cajun Diver

[AnemoneAmy]

week 1

Peter/Squidly: #3 cloud forest
Amy/Anemone: #3 cloud forest

city tour is our second choice
long detour…no thanks.

[soonerdiver]

I'm on week #1 and am fine with #2 or #3.
Steve