Important Details on Flights for Machu Picchu Trip:

1. We do not recommend purchasing an international
plane ticket until you get the word the trip is full enough
to meet the minimum number of participants.  Purchasing
before this will likely leave you with re-booking charges
from the airlines.

2. Hurrying to book plane tickets, often creates
unnecessary worrying.  Though prices seem to fluctuate,
best pricing seems to occur 3 or 4 months before the trip.
 Nearly all trips are a go (meeting minimum participation)
at this point in time.

3. We recommend you use www.kayak.com to purchase
your plane ticket.  We make no fees off these referrals,
we just like this website.  We are more than happy to
book international flights for you, but this will cost you
another $50 fee from us.  The Kayak website is most
user friendly, and most of our customers book their flights
here (and with no fees or minimal fees).

4.  Please fly in on the arrival day for your trip.  
a. Many folks doing this extension in 2011 will be doing it
after they have completed the Manu Biosphere Trip.  
They will already be in Cuzco on August 21.
b. Folks enjoying Machu Picchu before the Manu
Biosphere Trip (and/or as a solo trip), must be in Cuzco
on August 21, arriving most anytime.  Most people will
choose to arrive in Lima on August 20, paying lodging
and sometimes transfer/taxi charges there.
c. Your international flight will be flying into Lima in Peru
and out of Lima in Peru.  However, everyone must be in
Cuzco on August 21.

5A: If you are enjoying the Machu Picchu extension trip
(after the Manu Biosphere trip), you should fly out of
Lima on the 19th day of the trip (18 days after your
arrival day).  You start the day out in Ollantaytambo and
should make 2 PM flight Cuzco to Lima that day.  Maybe
allow 3 or 4 hours before making plans to board your
international flight after 6 PM and maybe later that day.  
Because we cannot guarantee passage Cuzco to Lima
(until that flight is booked), it is important to book the
international flight after this local flight is booked (to avoid
flight rescheduling charges with airlines).  This should be
August 26 in 2011.  

5A -Alternative 2:  Some folks may choose to spend the
night in Lima at the end of day 19 (August 26), and then
fly home on day 20 (August 27).  Extra lodging and
transfer charges in Lima are likely here.

5B - If you are doing Machu Picchu as a pre-trip, then
you will stay in Cuzco and start main trip on August 27.

Please email us at info@pibird.com (or use your other
customer service contact at the PIB).  Also, feel free to
call our toll free number at 1-888-203-7464 (extension
912 and Charles).  Charles is the best person to confirm
flight details with.  We really do enjoy taking care of your
concerns and addressing any issues you may have.
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