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hi i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i have it on good authority that first choice have cancelled all holidays upto mid july so you ought to check with them.
sorry. :(
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They haven't informed us and their web site still states that it is their winter bookings up till end of April which have been cancelled. Phoned first choice last week and they were following foreign office advice and were still going ahead for the summer season. Perhaps you could let me know where you gleamed the information so I can check.
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hi they canncelled mine for jan and we ended up in cuba..
heres where i get lots of info from.hope its ok to put this link in mods
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294210-i9512-k1740433-May_Holiday_Cancelled_by_FC_today-Mombasa.html
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Yes, you were right. I phoned first choice first thing this morning and all holidays cancellations have now been extended from end of April until 8th July. They had only just had they're notification in the post this morning so your source was spot on. As I said I'd only phoned them a week ago to double check and it was still going ahead then. Funilly enough Cubas our second choice - well after Sri Lanka, and thats in just as much trouble with the Tamil Tigers at the moment. We fancied either Varedero or Guadalavaca. Looking on line at mo - not fussed about going with first choice as we'll probably take our deposit back, it'll give us more scope. Did you enjoy Cuba?
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hi we have done cuba twice now first time was in guadalavac which was very good the hotel was playa turqusa. it was beach front and out the back of the hotel was a large wooded area.we used to have bicicles and ride down to the local village to meet the locals who are very nice..

this time round we ended up in cayo coco and although the beach was better this area is an island just off the coast where no locals are allowed over the causeway bridge unless they worked at the hotels and you could only realy go to the mainland on trips as it cost to much by private taxi.

in my opinion i whould choose guadalavac as this is real cuba and not a man made resort designed for tourists.
good luck any info you need just ask.
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Hi there, have now booked to guardalavaca - to the Brisas for 10 nights and transferring to Havana for three nights so any tips on what to do in guardalavaca would go down a treat. Shame about Kenya, but it was beyond our control so we'll try again another time. Thanks for your input. X
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