Punta Cana to Puerto Plata

You can try flying into Toronto and then direct to puerto plata or punta cana for probably much less

check out www.yourtraveltickets.com for pricing from toronto

usually around 700-800 incl tax CAD$$

if its summer time like may or june you can probably even get something for around 500 incl tax per person

flight from toronto is just under 4 hours

hope that helps
LTB

Why not fly into Punta Cana and either Hire a Taxi or rent a car..Im sure it wont be cheap...
but probally cheaper and way less stressy than a 18 hour trip..
Another option is to fly to Santiago..which is under 2 hours away from Puerto Plata
Delta,AA,Continental all can get you there
Go through PC or Santiago
and enjoy ur trip to DR

check Continental Airlines. I wouldn't fly into Punta Cana if I were staying in Puerto Plata. I would rather take the lay-over in Miami or JFK, than drive from Punta Cana to Puerto Plata. Santiago (STI) with AA, DL, or CO would be a much better option if nothing else is offered directly into POP. If anything Santo Domingo (SDQ) would be my absolute last resort.

We have used skyauctions.com. Like ebay but for travel. It's remarkable some of the deals you can get. Or you can try Vacation express.com. They fly thru Orlando and the Flight was of the best we ever had.

Air Santo Domingo flies this route and last time we checked it was USD$160 roundtrip.(between POP and PUJ).

Did I read that correctly, summer 2006??? I can pretty much guarantee much will change between now and then!!! Don't stress too much this far in advance. Watch the airlines and see what developes.

As for flying into Punta Cana, taking a taxi to puerto plata as "less stressful". I don't think so! It will take you 7 or more hours to drive from Punta Cana to Puerto Plata, depending on the time of arrival will include being driven on these highways at night! NOw that IS stressful! Not a good plan at all.

I found a few commuter flight companies, but none fly out of Santiago! I wonder why...with Santiago becoming such a big destination for flights from the US, you would think connector flights would serve a purpose there...everyone that wants to fly into the santiago area, will have to drive to POP to get a short flight to SD or PC...or even Samana...if you rent a car in santiago, you are leaving it parked at an airport 1.5 hours away,for $75 a day while you fly to another place and rent another car.....if I could get the flight out of santiago, I wouldnt rent the car there until I came back... and just taxi around for one or two days....anyone know of a santiago-santo Domingo express flight service?....I thought I saw one at one point, but cant find it again.....bob