28 Aug 2015 – Sunwing Press Release – Special, limited-time offer by Sunwing: Whether it’s seeking out the perfect Caribbean beach escape, visiting friends and family across the country for the holiday season or making a trip to Florida’s theme parks, winter travel planning just got easier with the announcement of Sunwing’s BOGO seat sale.

Available from now until Thursday, September 3, 2015, customers who book a flight on Sunwing Airlines, for travel between December 17, 2015 and March 31, 2016 inclusive, will receive a second seat at 50% off the normal selling price1. This limited time offer applies to all Sunwing flight bookings from over 30 different Canadian gateways, as well as Buffalo in New York.

There’s a great selection of routes to choose from. Along with direct flight services to some of Canadians’ favourite vacation hotspots across the Caribbean, Mexico, Cuba and Central America, customers can also take advantage of savings on the airline’s domestic and U.S. routes including Florida and Las Vegas.

This winter, new flight services include: Quebec City to St. Martin; Val D’Or to Holguin and Varadero; Fredericton to Holguin; Windsor to Cancun; Kitchener-Waterloo to Cayo Santa Maria and Kelowna to Varadero.

Once on board, passengers can sit back and relax with the airline’s award-winning Champagne Service on the way to their holiday destination; they’ll also benefit from a generous 20 kg checked baggage allowance.

1 Excludes taxes; terms and conditions apply. Sunwing makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein and cannot be held responsible for changes, errors or omissions. Please note that all pricing listed is subject to change with or without notice.

Sunwing’s Costa Rica Travel Guide

Costa Rica means “rich coast” and a more suitable title would be hard to find, particularly as it relates to the country’s excessive wealth and abundance in natural beauty. Bordered on its eastern coast by the sparkling sapphire seas and natural coral reefs of the Caribbean and on the west by the vast, calm waters of the Pacific, the entire country is blessed with vast network of beaches and coves.

The new international airport in Liberia has opened up the huge province of Guanacaste, with its 300 km of warm Pacific shoreline and 70 beaches, to a wider audience.

The Gulf of Papagayo is home to many of the province’s finest beaches including Playas del Coco; this was one of the first tourist areas of Guanacaste province and as a result, many bars, cafes and restaurants maintain a true Costa Rican feel to them. This area also remains a relatively busy fishing port, which contributes to its authentic feel.

Other beaches are Playa Hermosa, “beautiful beach”, stretching 1.5 km and well shaded, it’s sheltered by a bay and the water is quite calm; Playa Panama, is a secluded cove surrounded by shade-giving trees; Playa Flamingo is a long ribbon of white sand beach; Playa Tamarindo is a perennial mecca for surfers.

It would be impossible to list all of the many natural riches that bless this country. Most noteworthy is the Parque Nacional Arenal, anchored by a superb, classic-looking cone shaped volcano which remains active. From the Mirador observation point you can experience the powerful strength of this mighty crater as the earth rumbles under foot and you observe great surges of lava flowing from its peak.

The Monteverde Nature Reserve is unique in that it allows tourists to hike its trails and experience the splendor of this thick tropical rainforest, but retains its ecological integrity by strictly limiting the number of visitors each day.

Some hotels have smoking restrictions and designated areas have been assigned at some hotels.