Canada's low-cost airlines are in a neck-and-neck race to offer the lowest prices to Mexico out of the Lower Mainland this week.
Just as WestJet's discount carrier, Swoop, finished a Canada-wide sale on all of its flights to the U.S.A. or any of its international destinations, another discount airline is offering a significant promotion for residents of the Great White North looking to flee from the cold.
Flair Airlines has launched a "non-stop fiesta" sale on all of its flights to Mexico, which includes ones flying directly out of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to popular destinations like Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos.
The sale runs from Feb. 22 to Feb. 24 and is valid for travel between March 1 and June 15. Travellers can get 35 per cent off base fares on flights using the promotion code "mexico35" during the checkout process.
Travellers headed to Cancun can also take advantage of the sale but they will have to buy a flight to Toronto or another city in eastern Canada to make a stopover on the way. However, booking tickets in two segments with Flair sometimes provides significant savings over booking an entire ticket with a different airline.
Vancouver flights to Mexico at a steal with Flair Airlines
One-way tickets from Vancouver to Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta cost as little as $149 including all taxes and fees.
The United States is warning travellers to completely avoid travel to six Mexican states due to increasing violent crime and kidnapping; Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta are not located within any of them.
While the Canadian government hasn't instated a "do not travel" warning, it advises tourists to avoid "all non-essential travel" to 13 areas across the country due to violence and organized crime.
Find out more information about the Mexico travel advisory.
Travellers who smoke should also be aware Mexico recently introduced a law that affects them. The Mexico smoking ban forbids smoking in any public area and the penalties for breaking the law may be more strictly enforced than in Canada.
