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Before You Look for Your Ticket, Make Sure You Know the Following: 

  • Your name as it appears on your passport 

  • Departure city (in many cases it is a good idea to have a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice) 

  • Date to arrive in Belize

  • Date to fly out of Belize 

  • Credit card number to charge ticket to 

  • Name on credit card 


Flying to Belize
 How to Get to Slickrock Adventures' Private Island Retreats

Click to see current Belize flight rates from selected cities.
Airlines departing Belize City and airline travel to Belize.

We do not sell air tickets to Belize, but provide regularly updated Belize flight and fare information to help you find a good deal to Belize. If you provide us with your email address, we'll send you a message when air fares drop in price.

Belize airfare: This web page is designed to help you educate yourself on the options available for travel to Belize. We no longer recommend any travel agent because after 32 years in the travel business we have yet to find an agent that gives consistently good service. So, if you have an agent you like, use them. If not, the internet is the way to go. Read this page to get an idea of the parameters and then visit the various travel sites to find the best deal possible. Our theory is the more strategies you try the better deal you will find. Try the travel section in your paper, your travel agent, and the internet. Here are Recommendations to the travel sites we use when we are trying to find an air ticket:

Booking Buddy - This site is great, it allows you to compare multiple suppliers while only entering your dates and cities once!
 Best Fares - A travel club you have to pay to join, but they do get good rates.
 Travelocity - Online booking service.
 Orbitz - Online booking service.
 Cheap Fares - Online booking service.

Cabana on Long Caye at Glover's Reef.

Airlines That Fly to Belize:

American Airlines
Continental Airlines
US Airways
Delta

 


Choosing an Airline
Although it is not required, we strongly recommend you fly in a day early if you have the time. By adding an extra day to your itinerary, almost any SNAFU can be dealt with and you can still arrive on time for your trip. Please visit our Other Things to Do in Belize page and our Belize page for activities and lodging we recommend that you may add to either end of your trip with us. When you begin planning to join us, if you find a good deal on a flight, don’t hesitate! We have heard many horror stories about a fantastic deal missed due to procrastination. Also, before you make the final purchase, make sure you have the days correct. We have also seen those who don’t fully read our material and book themselves flying in too late to meet us, or back to the U.S. before the trip is over.

There are several options for flying to Belize. The technique to get the best rates is to book as early as possible. You may fly to Belize on one of five carriers: Continental, American, U.S. Airways, Delta, or Grupo Taca (El Salvador). We no longer recommend Grupo Taca because of problems with their non-existent customer service. There is enough variety between flights to warrant comparison-shopping; please see the chart below for all of your options. Last season we saw an increase in cancelled and delayed flights, which meant that many of our guests were very glad they purchased a travel insurance policy. A large percentage of our guests are able to take our advice and fly in a day early, which accounts for the small percentage of our guests who experience problems.

 

When you make your reservations, try to arrange for as few connecting flights as possible. If you have several connections, small delays can add up to missing your final flight from your gateway city to Belize. If at all possible, do not accept reservations with less than two hours between connections; very tight connections increase the possibility that you will miss one of your connecting flights. If you are flying in a day early you don’t have to be as concerned about multiple and tight connections.

 

What do we do? From Utah we fly to Houston or Dallas on whichever airline gives us the best deal, or with which we have frequent flyer points, and we often overnight in that US city if the connections would be too tight to get to Belize in one day. We then switch to Continental or American to fly to Belize. This way we get the best price, and if staying in the US overnight, our luggage can catch up (it may be still behind).

 

When staying overnight in Houston, we recommend three hotels that are near the airport: Country Inn & Suites (281) 987-2400; Comfort Suites (281) 442-0600; Sleep Inn (281)442-7770; all on JFK Blvd. You want to stay on JFK because this cluster of motels is located near restaurants you can walk to. There is another cluster near the airport where you will starve without a vehicle. If you stay at one of these (all in the $120/night range) but eat at the Double Tree Inn you get the best of both worlds... the Double Tree is about $225/night. The airport shuttles runs 18 hours/day; if you arrive after 11:00 p.m. you will probably have to catch a cab. We don't have recommendations like this for any other city because we don't use any other route.

 

The following is provided to help you make your plans, but all information could change without notice (it changes often). Please check with the airline for up-to-date information.
 
Airline Flights to Belize
Updated: 9May08
 
Airline Gateway City USA Departure Time BC Arrival Time BC Departure Time USA Arrival Time
Continental-daily Houston 9:00 a.m. 10:23 a.m. 11:16 a.m. 2:53 p.m.
Continental-daily Houston 1:28 p.m. 3:01 p.m. 3:51 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Continental-Saturday only Houston 11:10 a.m. 12:33 p.m. 1:23 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
American-daily Miami 10:20 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:35 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
American-daily Miami 2:05 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 7:15 p.m.
American-daily Dallas/Ft Worth 1:05 p.m. 3:55 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 7:25 p.m.
US Airways-Sat and Sun only Charlotte 9:35 a.m. 11:56 a.m. 12:55 p.m. 5:08 p.m.
Delta - Sat and Sun plus other days Atlanta 11:30 a.m. 1:31 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 6:27 p.m.
When scuba diving we often see eels at The Wall at Glover's Reef.


Reconfirm Your Flights
You should reconfirm your flights the week prior to departure for international flights on any airline. This may save you from unexpected problems at the airport on the days you are flying. Airline phone numbers: American: (800) 433-7300; Continental: (800) 231-0856; U.S. Airways: (800) 622-1015; Delta: (800) 241-4141. No matter how you purchase your ticket, be sure to scrutinize the dates and arrival times as soon as your ticket arrives. Occasionally mistakes are made due to miscommunication. If your ticket is not correct, you need to discover the mistake immediately rather than in line at the airport on the day of your departure!

 

 
Rafting on the Macal River, Belize.


Packing
It is a good idea to carry-on one bag that has everything that you cannot do without (i.e. change of clothes, medications, and necessary toiletries). Occasionally, airlines will mark one of your two bags "Priority," so that if unavoidable, they will bump only one of your bags. This is yet another reason to purchase trip insurance; with trip insurance replacement cost for items may be recovered. (Please call TravelEx for a travel insurance policy or visit their website (800) 228-9792, Slickrock’s location number is 44-0013.) Some items lost or delayed can be replaced in Belize City, but if arriving right before your trip meeting, many stores are already closed.

 

 

 
Let us take you caving in Belize!


Once You Arrive in Belize
Visas are handed out to U.S., British, and Canadian citizens on the plane; citizens of other countries should check with their consulate about acquiring visas. At the airport you pass through immigration and customs. Take a cab to the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. Cab drivers at Belize International are sometimes guilty of overcharging even though prices are posted on the wall in the arrival area (currently $35 U.S. per cab, but prices are in flux due to rising gasoline costs). By wearing your Slickrock T-shirt to the airport, it is easy to identify other guests to share a cab with. Please remember that we meet at the published time on Day 1 of our itinerary. If for any reason you cannot make the meeting it is important that you let us know by calling the Utah office. See "If Late or Delayed" in the itinerary sheet for your trip. (You can request this document.)  If you are only a half hour late and your guide knows this in advance, he/she will wait for you as long as possible.

 

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TOP IMAGE:  PAMELA GOATS.

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