Purchasing Airfare to Colombia

As promised, we've been checking into the possibility of getting some kind of group discount for airfares for guests who will join us in Colombia this December. After some searching, it turns out good group rates only kick in if we get at least 16 people on the same flight--and even then, the discounts aren't that large.

However, we've also been monitoring flights online, and prices are indeed starting to climb. We recommend that you seriously consider purchasing your tickets now. As mentioned previously, you should probably consider flying through Miami--that's the only city in the US that has direct flights to Cali, Colombia. Other flight options may work better for you in terms of schedule or price, but would require you to connect through another city in Colombia or Panama.

Specifically, we'd recommend the following flights:

• Avianca Airlines, Flight number 39, leaving Miami (MIA) at 4:30pm on Sunday, December 27th. Returning on Flight number 38, leaving Cali, Colombia (CLO) at 10:15am on Wednesday, December 30th.

This round trip ticket is currently available for $464 through a variety of websites (Orbitz, Cheaptickets, Priceline, Vayama, Expedia, and Avianca itself all have the same price, plus or minus $10). The same set of flights on the surrounding days have quite similar prices, until you get to returns on or after January 1, when the prices go up.

Again, we recommend that you consider purchasing your tickets right away--the prices are much more likely to go up in the future than they are to go down or stay the same.

Note: We also updated our Wedding FAQ with this information, as well as a few new answers about currency, attire, and transportation to and from the airport.