Pretty much concur with this assessment. April 2016 Westjet air only from Vancouver was $1450 to MBJ, the least we have ever paid from Vancouver. We had booked with a US travel agent (H2 only) in April 2015, but dumped that reservation when the beaver buck went south, and lost our $200.00 deposit. But, we saved $600.00 (net savings of $400.00 ) by booking thru a Canadian TA.
Westjet had the best price for a vac., package at that time, but they refused to delay our return to Canada by three days, without charging us much more money, even though the return flight was the same price, three days later. We normally go for the 14/3 package. Air Canada was willing to delay our return, at not extra cost, but there initial cost for their vacation package was much higher. In the end we booked Westjet air only, and the resort thru a Canada company, and paid in beaver bucks, saving $600.00. For what it's worth, flying from Seattle, which we have done in the past, is usually cheaper than WS or AC, but with the bad beaver buck, it's not worth it. The Canadian TA that we used was quite good at ensuring we got our three free days at the resort (and free transfers to boot).
We have booked through TripCentral before, and I love their vacation grid, but I stop using it when I discovered, that they were favouring one airline, and not showing results for AC or WS, even when I specifically requested those airlines on their site. When I called them in person the TA said the flights didn't show because there weren't any from AC or WS. Yet I could find them on their respective web sites. When I pointed this out, the TA checked on his Internet connection, and agreed with me that they were not showing all flights. He couldn't explain why, but said he'd refer it to the IT department, 2 weeks later nothing had changed. I suspect they were trying to fill seats on a specific airline, perhaps for kickbacks.
Bottom line, check with multiple sources, including the above airlines, then go visit your local bricks and mortor TA (if for no other reason than they have insurance).
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