Travel to Cuba is About to Get Much, Much Cheaper
Travel to Cuba is About to Get Much, Much Cheaper
We’re in a Cuba travel bubble right now and with the opening of commercial flights prices will be driven down, says AS/COA's Alana Tummino.
On Tuesday morning, the US and Cuba are expected to sign a civil aviation agreement in Havana, marking the first time since the Cuba embargo was put in place half a century ago that Americans will be able to fly to the island on commercial airlines.
It’s a huge breakthrough in President Barack Obama’s push to normalize diplomatic relations between the two countries, but it’s also an enormous opportunity for Americans who are now thinking of making Cuba their next vacation spot.
It is still technically illegal to travel to Cuba as a tourist, and will remain so until the embargo is lifted....
"We’re in a Cuba travel bubble right now, where prices are very high, and there are limited flights available," said Alana Tummino, head of the Cuba Working Group at the Americas Society and Council of the Americas. "With the opening of commercial flights, it means you’re going to have a huge increase in daily flights to Cuba, which can only mean prices will become competitive and be driven down…."
