Bonaire

Trying to figure out if we should go to Bonaire for a family/ dive vacation.
Just started researching it.

I have found that most places have pkgs. with the diving and rental car
included. During their "value season" the rates seem real good. Two
questions:

Are the packages worth it or should I reserve everything separately?

Why is their "value season" so long (seems like April to December)?

Thanks!

Natalie

1. Yes, it's worth it, go there.

2. We rented a car for the last day only, to use during the 24 hour "before
flying" period. The hotels are all close to the airport, so taxi fares are
low, and the hotels are within walking distance to town.
(and as it turns out, you can see the whole island on that last day--there's
only one main road, and the island is very small.)

We've stayed at the Divi Flamingo and the Plaza Resort. Of those two, I
recommend the Plaza Resort without hesitation.

Great dive staff, and the resort is very nice also.

jt


>Trying to figure out if we should go to Bonaire for a family/ dive vacation.
>Just started researching it.
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>I have found that most places have pkgs. with the diving and rental car
>included. During their "value season" the rates seem real good. Two
>questions:
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>Are the packages worth it or should I reserve everything separately?
>
>Why is their "value season" so long (seems like April to December)?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Natalie
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Just got back from a week in Bonaire on Sat. From what I saw,
it appears that a lot of the smaller (less expensive) have
some kind of tie-ins with the rental car outfits and the
dive/windsurf shops. We got our car and windsurfing package
through the 'resort' (KonTiki) for a lower price than we could
have gotten by going direct to the 'supplier' (by probably
about 10%).
High season is winter, when it's cold up north.. the rest of the
time is 'value season'.

Mike

Natalie wrote:

> Trying to figure out if we should go to Bonaire for a family/ dive vacation.
> Just started researching it.
>
> I have found that most places have pkgs. with the diving and rental car
> included. During their "value season" the rates seem real good. Two
> questions:
>
> Are the packages worth it or should I reserve everything separately?
>
> Why is their "value season" so long (seems like April to December)?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Natalie
>
>

Re diving, Bonaire is fine but my wife and I found Anthonys Key in
Roatan the best we have ever had. All inclusive great staff and world
class diving.
Granted we havent been to the south pacific