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2017
25
May
Calgary to Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras - $293 to $439 CAD roundtrip including taxes!

Central America

Related to their recent price drops to South America, Aeromexico has also dropped the prices of their flights from Calgary to various destinations in Central America.

The following destinations are currently available for $439 CAD roundtrip including taxes...

Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)
Managua, Nicaragua (MGA)
San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP)
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL)

The flights have 1 stop in Mexico City each way,

Dry season dates are available.

Availability for travel

October, November 2017
January, February, March 2018

Dry season is from December to April in most of Central America.

November is usually the transition month from wet to dry.

How to find and book this deal

1. Go to Momondo or Skyscanner or FlightHub

2. Search for a flight from Calgary to...

Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)
Managua, Nicaragua (MGA)
San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO)
San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP)
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL)

3 Try one of the following date combinations:

(For longer trips, you can try mixing and matching the departure and return dates from the lists below)

[2017]
Aug 24 to Sep 5
Aug 31 to Sep 12
Sep 7 to Sep 19
Sep 14 to Sep 26
Sep 21 to Oct 3
Sep 28 to Oct 10
Oct 5 to Oct 17
Oct 12 to Oct 24
Oct 19 to Oct 31
-- (dry season begins) --
Oct 26 to Nov 6, 7, 8
Nov 2 to Nov 14
Nov 9 to Nov 21
Nov 16 to Nov 28

[2018]
Jan 18 to Jan 30
Jan 25 to Feb 6
Feb 1 to Feb 13
Feb 8 to Feb 20
Feb 15 to Feb 27
Feb 22 to Mar 6
Mar 1 to Mar 13
Mar 8 to Mar 20
Mar 15 to Mar 25, 26, 27
Mar 16 to Mar 27



3. Click through from Momondo or Skyscanner or FlightHub to the booking site showing the cheap price.

screenshot from Skyscanner



screenshot from FlightHub



Update 5/27 - After disappearing briefly, these have returned again today, and they're even a little cheaper now. Calgary to various places in Central America (Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) are available for $415 CAD roundtrip including taxes.

1. Follow the instructions above. Most of the dates listed still seem to be working.

screenshot from Momondo



You can also fly into one Central American city, and home from another, for similar prices. For example, fly from Calgary to Managua, Nicaragua and then home from San Jose, Costa Rica to Calgary for $420 CAD roundtrip including taxes. The flight between the two Central American cities is not included.

1. Go to Momondo

2. Change the trip type (under the first input box) from 'Return Trip to 'Multi-City'

3. Now you need to decide which combination of cities and dates to try.

You may want to start by trying dates from the list above.

For example, in the list of dates above, you may see:

Nov 2 to Nov 14
Nov 9 to Nov 21
Nov 16 to Nov 28

So a good Multi-City search to try first would be...

Calgary to Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) on Nov 2
San Jose Costa Rica (SJO) to Calgary on Nov 21

Like this...



And we can see that this works out to $420 CAD roundtrip including taxes...

screenshot from Momondo



Here's another one:

Calgary to Panama City, Panama (PTY)
San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) to Calgary
(Nov 2 to Nov 21 - $415)

[Note: With this multi-city trip involving Panama, you have fast flights both ways. The regular roundtrip flights to Panama City always involve a nearly 24 hour layover in one direction. It also needs to be Panama first, doing the reverse trip re-introduces the long layover.]

screenshot from Momondo



Update 5/28 - Certain date combinations in August, September, October, November, and December 2017 are now showing flights from Calgary to Central America for as low as $294 CAD roundtrip including taxes!

1. Go to Momondo or Skyscanner or FlightHub

2. Search for a flight from Calgary to...

Managua, Nicaragua (MGA) -- $294 CAD roundtrip
Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA) -- $348 CAD roundtrip
San Salvador, El Salvador (SAL) -- $348 CAD roundtrip

3 Try one of the following date combinations:

(For longer trips, you can try mixing and matching the departure and return dates from the lists below)

Aug 17 to Aug 29 -- $353
Aug 23 to Sep 1
Aug 24 to Sep 5
Aug 30 to Sep 8
Aug 31 to Sep 12

Sep 6 to Sep 15
Sep 7 to Sep 19
Sep 14 to Sep 26
Sep 21 to Oct 3
Sep 27 to Oct 6, 7, 8
Sep 28 to Oct 10

Oct 5 to Oct 17
Oct 6 to Oct 16
Oct 11 to Oct 20
Oct 13 to Oct 23
Oct 19 to Oct 30, 31
Oct 20 to Oct 30
Oct 25 to Nov 3
Oct 27 to Nov 6, 7
Oct 28 to Nov 7

-- dry season begins --
Nov 1 to Nov 10
Nov 2 to Nov 14
Nov 8 to Nov 17
Nov 9 to Nov 21
Nov 10 to Nov 20
Nov 15 to Nov 24
Nov 16 to Nov 28
Nov 17 to Nov 27
Nov 22 to Dec 1
Nov 23 to Dec 5
Nov 29 to Dec 8
Nov 30 to Dec 12

screenshot from Momondo



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2 Responses to "Calgary to Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras - $293 to $439 CAD roundtrip including taxes!"


    Has Cory been here?
       Cory on May 27th, 2017

    Hey Chris, wicked find and great information on weather scheduling. Any idea if it's possible to rent a car and return it in another country down there?

    Has Chris Myden been here?
       Chris Myden on May 28th, 2017

    Thanks Cory! Anywhere I've been in the world, I've found that the rule of thumb with one way car rentals is that if you're dropping it off in a different country, the one way charge will be ridiculously high.

    In Central America, most border crossings with a rental car might not even be feasible. You're probably better off looking for other modes of transportation between countries, and renting a car separately in each country.

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