Dedicated Vacation Flights Now At Berman Travel

Dedicated Vacation Flights are now available through Berman Travel 

DVF are a product of Travel Impressions, Berman Travel's preferred travel partner.

Travel Impressions answers questions about Dedicated Vacation Flights.

Berman Travel has access to all Dedicated Vacation Flights

Q: What are Dedicated Vacation Flights?
A: To craft the best product possible, our routes, airline partners and schedules are carefully selected to provide the best options for your customers. Our Dedicated Vacation Flights are comprised of both seats pre-purchased from airlines on their scheduled departures, and wholly chartered planes on well-known, reliable scheduled carriers, including: Frontier, JetBlue, AeroMexico, AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines and Sun Country Airlines.

Q: What is the deposit policy for a Dedicated Vacation Flight?
A: To offer our customers the best values, we're proud to offer lower deposits of only $150 per person when the itinerary is applicable for a deposit payment, plus the optional cost of the Cancel for Any Reason Waiver and Travel Protection. Final payment is not due until 45 days prior to travel. Please contact our Groups Department for group deposit requirements.

Q: Can the Cancel for Any Reason Waiver and Travel Protection be purchased with a Dedicated Vacation Flight?
A: Absolutely, and we encourage it! Our excellent Cancel for Any Reason Waiver and Travel Protection program fully covers Dedicated Vacation Flights, leaving your travelers completely protected … no matter the reason!

For additional information about groups, fees, baggage and so much more and to book your Dedicated vacation Flight call Susan Berman 866-934-6292 or click here

RIU Hotels celebrates five years in Costa Rica

RIU Hotels celebrates five years in Costa Rica

Palma de Majorca, 31 October, 2014

• In 2009, the chain opened its first hotel on the country’s Pacific coast: the Riu Guanacaste. Three years later, this was followed by the luxurious Riu Palace Costa Rica

RIU Hotels & Resorts celebrates its fifth anniversary in Costa Rica. In 2009, the Spanish hotel company opened its first hotel on Costa Rica's Pacific coast: the Riu Guanacaste. Three years later, after seeing how much RIU guests loved Costa Rica and given the support from the chain’s main international partners, RIU inaugurated its second hotel, the elegant Riu Palace Costa Rica.

This country was a destination that RIU Hotels & Resorts were dreaming of well before it located here. This was made clear by siblings Carmen and Luis Riu at the opening ceremony held on the 30th of October, 2009: "Finally we have a hotel in this wonderful country, a world-class example of sustainability and nature conservation. This, together with the friendliness and kindness of the country's people, opens up an excellent opportunity in terms of tourism." And this is exactly what has happened. Five years after they were opened, both hotels are among those most liked by RIU guests. Proof of this are the various Crystal Apple Awards for Best Staff and Service in Central America won by both hotels. This is an internationally prestigious award granted by the main US tour operator, Apple Vacations.

Since it started working in Costa Rica back in 2009, one of RIU's main goals in this country, a destination popular among nature lovers, has been to contribute to the economic and social development of Guanacaste province as well as to maintain a firm commitment to the environment. For this, a private National Wildlife Refuge was created at the beginning of this year in the coastal hills of Matapalo; it is a protected space of 200 hectares, with great environmental, economic and social importance.

The Matapalo Beach, where both resorts are located, has also been awarded a Blue Flag with five stars, making it one of the three finest beaches in the country and showing once again RIU's efforts to keep the coast clean and protect the natural resources of this marvellous beach.

Costa Rica is one of the world’s most popular ecological tourism destinations, known for its vast biodiversity, its volcanoes, tropical rainforest and extensive tree cover. The Guanacaste province offers exotic beaches such as the Matapalo Beach, location of both hotels, which is a unique combination of sand, sea and greenery. These natural surroundings offer guests a range of ecotourism activities, while enjoying all the peace, luxury and comfort guaranteed by RIU hotels. The Riu Guanacaste and the Riu Palace Costa Rica have 5 stars each and offer RIU's renowned all-inclusive program, which includes a wide range of food and drink, a full entertainment program and carefully designed, top-quality facilities, offering the perfect holiday complement to this destination, with some of the most beautiful landscapes on the Pacific Coast of Central America. 

About RIU Hotels & Resorts:

The international RIU chain was founded in Mallorca by the Riu family in 1953 as a small holiday firm and is still owned by the family's third generation. The company specialises in holiday resorts and nearly 70% of its establishments offer its acclaimed All Inclusive by RIU service. With the inauguration of its first city hotel in 2010, RIU is expanding its range of products with its own line of city hotels called Riu Plaza. RIU Hotels & Resorts now has more than 100 hotels in 16 countries which welcome over 3,5 million guests a year and provide jobs for a total of 27,107 employees. RIU is currently the world's 29th ranked chain, one of the Caribbean's most popular, the largest in Spain in terms of revenue and the third largest in number of rooms.

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RIU Hoteles and Resorts are Berman Travel Preferred

Travelife has awarded their prestigious Gold Award for sustainability to 24 RIU hotels

RIU Hotels is pleased to announce that Travelife has awarded their prestigious Gold Award for sustainability to 24 RIU hotels located throughout Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

Travelife is an international certification system helping hotels and accommodations develop and maintain best practices in sustainability. These important awards signify that each RIU property listed below has met the strict Travelife sustainability criteria.

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