Four Days in Guadeloupe for $944 a Person

I was always planning to visit Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Dominica on a cruise.  My plan changed when Royal Caribbean cancelled the cruise to Cuba I had planned for February.  When the cruise was rescheduled to January, I was left with airfare to Fort Lauderdale.  I researched where I could go from Fort Lauderdale and all I could find was Guadeloupe on Norwegian Air.  So I booked two round trip tickets. Below is what I paid for this trip.

Airfare from Detroit to Fort Lauderdale on American Airlines for two people booked August 11-$363.60 for February 16 departure.

Hotel one night in Fort Lauderdale-Element Hotel-free with Marriott points.

Rental car in Pointe-A-Pitre booked at go.easycar.com $197 booked February 11.  I had reserved a car on Expedia in December and it was $100 more. Luckily, I found it cheaper.

Two tickets from Fort Lauderdale to Guadeloupe on Norwegian Air booked August 25 for February 17 departure-$636 ($318 each).  I met people who only paid $150 per ticket by booking the tickets one year in advance.

One night hotel in Pointe-a-Pitre at Hotel Saint John Perse $103 booked December 10 on Hotels.com.  I don’t recommend this hotel.  Breakfast was ten Euro a piece which brought the cost up to $123 a night and it was kind of a dump.

Three nights hotel at Karibea Beach Hotel $368 booked January 6 breakfast included.

Airfare for two from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit on Delta for February 21 booked August 11 $182.

One quarter tank of gas for rental car $20.

Total spent excluding meals $1889.

I wasn’t too happy about spending almost two thousand dollars on a trip that I was forced to take because of Royal Caribbean’s cancellation, but I got lucky.  American Airlines needed many volunteers on the flight to Fort Lauderdale.  In exchange we went out later that night to Miami (Lyft to Fort Lauderdale was $28) and were each given a voucher for $800.  So I made back $1600 on the trip.  In the end it only cost me $289!

~Bella