Minimum often short
Patagonia Vacation Package: Twelve Nights
This departure needs eight travelers and gets them roughly half the seasons it is offered. That is on this page, in the first paragraph, because finding it out at the decision date is the worst experience this trade produces.
| The moment | What is certain then | What can still change | What it costs you if it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| At enquiry | A date, a minimum of eight, and an honest record: roughly half of these depart | Whether eight arrive, which on this trip is a real question rather than a formality | Nothing |
| At deposit | Your place held and your deposit taken by the operator. The departure remains conditional and is more likely than any other on this site to fall short | Everything about whether it happens | Nothing to the operator; a shortfall refunds in full |
| At the operator's decision date | Ninety days out, because the internal flights have to be ticketed. Declared yes or no, and forwarded to you the same day | Nothing after | A shortfall refunds the operator's money and nothing else. On a trip at this price the exposure is an international airfare, which is why this office will not let you buy one early without saying this twice |
| After confirmation | The route, the lodges, the internal flights, the walking grades | Weather, which here is the itinerary rather than a footnote | The operator's schedule, which after ninety days is severe |
Why we still sell it
Because when it runs it is the best trip on this list, and because the alternative to selling it honestly is selling it quietly. If the record matters more to you than the destination, the tiers above exist and this page will point you at them without argument.
What to do about the flight
Wait for the decision. If your dates cannot wait, buy a changeable fare and accept the premium, or choose a guaranteed departure instead. Those are the only two honest answers and this office gives no third.
from$4,240per person, two sharing, land only
Certainty: Minimum often short. The flight is quoted beside this figure and never folded inside it, because on a conditional departure an early ticket is the one thing a shortfall does not return. What the figure contains.