Travel Tip! Travel from the US to Port of Spain, Trinidad (POS) at present is less than 1/2 the price of flying to Caracas (CCS) and Trinidad is about the same distance to Margarita Island as Caracas is. There are far fewer flights from Trinidad to Margarita, but it is certainly an option worth considering.

Important! To get the best fare to Margarita it usually makes a big difference if you book your flight to Caracas (CCS) first and then book the flight from Caracas to Porlamar, Margarita (PMV) separately. Trying to book directly to Margarita can result in a price as much as 3 times higher than booking separately. Try the Caracas hotel info page for hotels near the airport if you have to spend a night in Caracas. Recently Air Canada and Continental (use the discount sites below) have begun offering overnight flights which get into Caracas in the morning so you can connect directly to Margarita and save you the cost of a hotel room.

US airlines that fly to Caracas are American, Continental, and Delta but I have always found better prices at the following websites. I try to keep this list up to date;

Here is a list of sites that offer the best fares

Ultimatefares.com

Intratours.com

FlyCheapAbroad.com

CheapSeats.com

AllCheapFares.com

AirGorilla.com

BookingBuddy.com is a site that lets you check many different

companies without having to enter all of your data each time

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I always check all of these sites and play around with different dates to find the best fare before I buy my ticket. If you want to use a travel agent, I have found that Hobbitt Travel (800-916-0000) works at getting the best price. It would be worth asking them to check the fare from CCS-PMV separately from the trip to CCS.

There are direct charter flights to Margarita from Toronto and Montreal on Air Transat. Exitravel.com is a good place to find deep discount last minute deals on flights from Canada.

I recently found a new website called Air Ninja that offers discount fares from a number of European cities direct to Porlamar. There are flights from Amsterdam on Arkefly and from Frankfurt on Condor. For cheap flights from the U.K. try Westernair Charters, First Choice and Charter Flight Centre.  For a list of all international airlines that serve Caracas airport and info on airport taxes go to CCS Airport Info.

Here are a couple of Venezuelan travel agents that give online quotes for flights to Margarita.

L & L Tours and Agencia de Viajes Mazzocchi.

Be sure to use the dd/mm/yyyy format (not the US format) or you will book the wrong date. For online ticketing from Caracas to Margarita, you can also try Aeropostal, Ascerca, Laser, Avior, Conviasa, Rutaca and Avensa however their online fares are often higher than buying at the ticket counter and some of these sites have glitches. I recommend that you go by air but there is also a ferry that goes directly to Margarita that leaves from a terminal near the Caracas airport on Mondays and Fridays. They have a webpage in Spanish for ferry info at Conferry.com There are several ferries a day leaving from Puerto la Cruz but you can often find airfares that are comparable to the combined price of the ferry and bus and save a lot of complications.

If you need to spend a night in Caracas before continuing on to Margarita try this link for Caracas hotel info

High season-Flights to Margarita are more expensive and selection is limited during the Christmas/New Year season, Semana Santa (Easter week), and the month of August.

There are direct flights to Margarita Island from Trinidad, Grenada, St Vincent and Dominica on the following Venezuelan airlines:

Conviasa, Trinidad (daily except Tues & Sat), Grenada (Fri & Sun), St Vincent (Tue), and Dominica (Tue)

Avior, Trinidad, (daily)