Looking for a 7-10 day trip this winter, from Calgary, but not Mexico... direct flight, that's not an all day travel day... warm, nice beaches - and GO!!!
thank you

Here's a list of every nonstop flight from YYC to somewhere with a beach (other than Mexico), sorted by the number of hours to fly there...
3 - San Diego (westjet) *
3 - Los Angeles (westjet) *
5 - Fort Lauderdale (westjet)
5.5 - Varadero, Cuba (sunwing, westjet)
5.5 - Nassau, Bahamas (westjet)
6 - Belize (westjet)
6 - Montego Bay, Jamaica (sunwing, westjet)
6.5 - Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (air canada, westjet)
6.5 - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (sunwing, westjet)
7 - Maui, Hawaii (air canada, westjet)
7 - Kona, Big Island, Hawaii (westjet)
7 - Liberia, Costa Rica (sunwing, westjet)
* = may not be considered warm enough in winter
UPDATE: I've updated the list to include Mexico and I added the days of the week that nonstop (aka 'direct') flights are available. Here's the spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/c64cnnr3
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Chris ooh can you do this for the YHZ group too? So many directs have been eliminated from there.

Jax Halifax has been added... Google Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/bdctfmxd
^^ you may need to click on Halifax (YHZ) at the bottom
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Chris thank you Chris! Legend

Great list Chris, deserves a post of its own!

I love this list!

Great! Can you post one with Mexico destinations included (where can you fly direct to from calgary and flight times)?

Kelly It’s easy enough to do yourself.
https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/direct-flights
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Direct and Non-Stop Flights

Kelly
Cancun
San Jose del Cabo
Manzanillo
Ziuatanejo
Ixtapa
Puerto Vallarta
And I’m not sure if Mexico City is coming back this year.

Chris that’s just amazing
Any chance you have that for Edmonton in December?

Jo-anne Nugent Sexsmith Edmonton has been added. Google Spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/4e3ck2ud
^^ you may need to click on Edmonton (YEG) at the bottom
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Chris many many thanks
What an amazing bit of info

Chris I’ve looked and looked and can’t find a direct flight from Yyc to Belize

Ali

Ali 23 hours coming home.

Ali looks like they’re on Fridays (see Dec 9-23)

Booked. Thanks so much everyone. Love this page

Ali Look into getting the puddle jumper to San Pedro. It’s amazing!

Chris when did you find direct to FLL??

Elaine I’ve only ever found Orlando with westjet that would be amazing for FLL as we cruise a lot

Bex used to be direct. Then westjet started going through Toronto or Montreal and direct to other destinations.

Elaine last year there was a few, this year they only have direct in the return leg. Also wish they would bring more direct to FLL

Elaine darn! Ya we usually go down through Houston to try and avoid any bad weather

Elaine They are only scheduled for weekends (Saturdays and Sundays). They're available in both directions. Very pricy flights though. This $778 roundtrip flight represents the bottom. Most are priced at $1200 to $2000 ! https://www.google.ca/travel/flights/search...
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✈ Trip from Calgary to Fort Lauderdale

Chris Thank you SO much for doing this. It makes it a lot easier when thinking about where to do. I'm sure that I'm not the only that would like to know if it is possible to do it for other cities as well. Regina, Winnipeg, Edmonton etc. And then maybe if you have time (which I'm sure you don't but doesn't hurt to ask) make a list of Mexico destinations as well?

Shannon I've updated the list to include Mexico and I added the days of the week that nonstop (aka 'direct') flights are available. Here's the spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/c64cnnr3 I'll add Regina, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Halifax next.

Chris Hi Chris……Is it possible to add St. John’s as well? Thanks!

Bill St. John's has been added to the Google Spreadsheet (you may need to click on St. John's at the bottom): https://tinyurl.com/3xvccce3
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Chris Thanks!!!

Kate

Chris did you see anything to Panama?

Debi Unfortunately there are not any nonstop/direct flights scheduled from YYC to Panama. Toronto and Montreal are the only Canadian cities with nonstop flights scheduled to Panama.

Chris thank you

Chris have been looking for 2 weeks for nonstop to a number of your destinations on the list via west jet. Is there a trick or specific site to look on? Thanks

Debbie I've updated the list to include Mexico and I added the days of the week that nonstop (aka 'direct') flights are available (Some destinations only have nonstop flights on certain days of the week) Here's the spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/c64cnnr3
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Chris Thank you! A lot of time spent on looking for direct flights to several destinations...appreciate the time you spend to make it easier!

You’re a legend! Is there anything like this from YVR?

Hi Aaron - Vancouver (YVR) has been added.

Chris there are direct flights to Orlando via delta as well.

Courtney Thanks Courtney! Good catch. Just to note those are actually westjet operated flights (but codeshared with delta). I debated over whether to include Orlando or not, since it was supposed to be a list of destinations with a beach. I probably should, it's close enough.

Chris oh yeah, good point. I really appreciate this list. Helps so much when it comes to deciding my next escape!

Many of them are only available on certain days of the week. I'll post something that includes the days of the week that they're available.

This is an awesome list!! Thanks Chris.

Chris For today you are the 2nd most awesome person I know after my husband. This is so very helpful to many of us. So glad I found you on fb and decided to follow you!!!! I wish there was a special emoji for "the most special travel/trip helper person ever!" I think it would like a person sitting at a computer, with multiple planes flying overhead and a lineup of people waiting with gifts and multiple bottles of wine to say thank you!.

Donna Wow, thanks, that is appreciated! Is there a gewurztraminer emoji ?

Chris thanks for the list you are getting me to dream

Carla

Katrina noted and saved

Chris is the hero the people didn't know they needed

Chris Rosa BuiKathy Bui love the organization!!!

Chris you are awesome! Thank you for everything you do for all of us

Chris is there a list like this for YVR??

Hi Jane Vancouver has been added.

Chris I screenshot this and will print this for all my future vacation planning!!

Thank you for doing this. Just saw ywg has been updated. Now to pick a spot and see where to fly out of. When you’re in the middle of the county, you can choose YEG, YWG, YQR, YYC !!

Chris amazing!!!

Chris
Mandy Peterson

Hawaii if you have deep pockets!

Tiffany no kidding!! Our CDN$ is in the tank and doesn’t go very far in Hawaii, which is $$$$ to begin with!!

Carole so beautiful.. soooo expensive

Find a direct flight to Hawaii, we loved Kona!

Hawaii is awesome!

Second Hawaii! If you can get a reasonable flight and don’t mind figuring out meals. We went a couple years ago for 11 days and had a great time. Stayed right on Waikiki beach. Flights were $400pp, hotel was $350usd/night right on the beach.

Julie-An hahaha! I’m at the Surfrider right now! Enjoying a morning coffee in the rocking chairs, listening to the surf.

Lorrie Emin that’s where we stayed too!

Julie-An it seem so hard to find somewhere to stay in Hawaii that’s less the $800 a night

I could tell from your pic. You stayed in the historic wing, ocean front!

Lorrie Emin not the historic wing. The tower, but we were upgraded to ocean view!

Hawaii or Costa Rica hands down

I like Hawaii a lot, but from this list I'd go to the Bahamas. The water and sand there is amazing!!

westjet may be adding more direct flights since they are establishing YYC as an international base now.
I think there are direct flights to the Dominican as well.

Maria not from calgary. Always have a stop over in Toronto

Maria I couldn’t find any direct

The nonstops from YYC to Punta Cana are scheduled for Saturdays only which makes them trickier to find.
https://www.google.ca/travel/flights/search...
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✈ Trip from Calgary to Punta Cana

Chris I could not find even on Saturdays.

Irina Did you start with the link above? If you do, you can click on the departure date box to browse for available dates. The nonstop flights to Punta Cana don't start until December 17th.

Chris i needed mid Nov, 12-26.

Best price is cuba
for the win

Lee to bad you can’t eat! and pretty sure they are having some power grid issues.

Brad so is PEI I guess east coast is out too.

Brad I was there last week only a couple of days due to the hurricane
all good now

Lee food still sucked I bet

Brad yup but I had mgm grand buffet in Vegas free for a week and it sucked after two days. Find me any buffet that's great. I challenge you.

Brad it all depends on what you like. I am picky and ate a lot of delicious pizza. My husband loves seafood and ate lobster almost every day. Said the seafood was amazing! Also the best pina coladas I ever had in my life in Cuba! My husband said the same about the mojitos. Fresh mint from a plant growing beside the bar.

Christin what resort did you stay at in Cuba?

Mojitos agreed, everything else

Maryanne we went to Cayo Santa Maria and stayed at the melia las Dunas the first time. The the melia Buena Vista. The second one was amazing!!! Butler service and good food. 

Brad sure but you don’t go to Cuba because of food

Lee go to 5 star resort. I’m not that picky, but I know good food. I usually go for Atleast 2 weeks and rarely get bored.

Radek nicest part of the ocean I have ever been too!

Christin we stayed at melia las dunas too!! So you liked the other one better then I take it. Unfortunately where I live, sunwing doesn’t give that option to go to any of those areas anymore just varadero. And west jet and air canada are way more expensive.

Jamacia... or belize

Jennifer Willoughby-Banning

Jamaica always

Nicaragua is also gorgeous. Not sure if they have direct flights so it would be a flight to Costa Rica plus drive. But the Islets of Granada are gorgeous and there are rentals on several.
https://www.airbnb.com/islets-of-granada-nicaragua/stays

Lorrie Emin for to Liberia, costs Rica. Then get in the local chicken bus to the Nicaraguan border. Walk across and grab a cab to San Juan del sur

Barb yup. And many checkpoints to pass boarder. But once you’re in, what a stunning country.

Costa Rica- direct flights from yyc to Liberia!

Lisa it’s crazy expensive this year

Maui

Panama!!!

Sharon how do you get to Panama?

Radek we had a layover in Houston from Calgary. I think you can fly directly from Toronto.

Balize all the way

sunwing flies direct to Veradero

Janet So does westjet!

Kimberley Deakin-Bourque good to know! when I booked sunwing was the only airline that did

Janet westjet has always had a direct on Saturdays but I noticed this year they are also doing Tuesday too!
sunwing in the past was always way more competitive so we have used them mainly

Maui!

I’d consider Palm Springs to

Maui all the way

Have you ever done a cruise? They are so fun filled. Look up Royal carribbean. Usually direct flight to Florida. Let me know if I can help you

Belize!!!

Love this post!!
Thank you

What's the budget?

Kanan not sure… we can look at many options though

Gina ok. Look up for Cuba

Belize! westjet flies direct once a week!

Kayla can you please link me to this? Every flight from Yyc I can find has a connection

Ali there’s a direct flight Friday Nov 25th! Maybe they all leave fridays?

Kayla thanks. I’ve been looking forever. Although it’s $2,000 more.

Ali I flew thru Toronto when I went really wasn’t that bad… but that was a few years ago.

Kayla thanks. I had flights with american airlines and they cancelled our connection, so I cancelled. I looked at different days and found dates that are cheap!!! Thanks so much. Saved me a 24hr travel day and $400

Yep, Friday's only. They start on November 18th. Jan 20-27 and Mar 10-17 are currently the cheapest weeks ($700s roundtrip). https://www.google.ca/travel/flights/search...
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✈ Trip from Calgary to Belize City

Kayla do you know if Belize does any all inclusive hotels?

Crista I don’t think so? We stayed in airbnbs when we went. There aren’t man “big” hotels San Pedro would likely have the most.

Kayla thank you.

Crista
Belize does not do all inclusives

So is it expensive to eat and drink there? I don’t know anyone who has gone there

Crista nooooo it’s so amazing!!! The people are so nice. A different kind of trip though from all inclusive but highly recommend!

Crista food can be comparable to Calgary prices drinks can be less. Depends where you go there’s a range street food/vendors (which are amazing) to high end dinning. Loved the food there so much. Would recommend Belize for sure, a different vacation from Mexico even tho they are close.

Belizean Dreams Resort has an all inclusive option - highly recommend!

Thank you Chris

You could do Cuba with sunwing

I just got back from Maui yesterday… bring your wallet! Lol

Just got back from Maui and it’s even more expensive than before the pandemic. Think $30-$40 for lunch, tacos or burger with iced tea.

Millie I agree. Very high prices and not good value for money. I’ve been to Hawaii tons of time, but I think this month was my last. Better value in other beautiful locations

Lorrie Emin Yes, I figure it was my last time. I really prefer Mexico now.

Maui Maui Maui!!

Not a full travel day? That’s optimistic. But following this post.

Medicine Hat is a nice place.

We went to Honolulu in December and it was AMAZING. It rained at night but the days were usually sunny and it was mid 20-30 degrees. I love Maui too

Following

Has anyone found a good all inclusive in Mexico.
The US dollar is 1.42 today

I've updated the list to include Mexico and I added the days of the week that nonstop (aka 'direct') flights are available. Here's the spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/c64cnnr3
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Chris thank you!!

Chris Dhana Petitclerc
Debbie Petitclerc

Jean-Paul Berrel

Chris wow this is amazing!

Chris great list

Chris thank you! This is fantastic.

Chris Fantastic list! Thanks Chris!

Chris I don’t see a direst flight to punte Cana from westjet

Hi Shenaz - they're scheduled for Saturday's with westjet. https://www.google.ca/travel/flights/search...
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✈ Trip from Calgary to Punta Cana

Chris thank you. I will check it out

Cuba Varadero

This won’t give you the length of the flights, but you can see westjet’s direct flights here: https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/direct-flights.
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Direct and Non-Stop Flights

*following

Chris can you post difference between direct and nonstop as most people think they are the same

Jenn Petitclerc Oh that's a pretty uphill battle.
I've tried to do my part and use the correct term, nonstop, in my blog posts for well over a decade now. But the word 'direct' has always been used by the general public to mean '0 stops'. I find that mainly only people related to the travel industry use 'nonstop' and 'direct' the way they are intended. To the point where I think it might be better if the travel industry just let the world have the word 'direct' and have it mean 0 stops, and come up with a new term for what it's supposed to represent.

Chris Thank you for using the correct terminology. We're Canadian, with a decent educational system. We should be able to grasp the difference.

You can even see that kayak recognizes most people prefer the word 'direct' to mean what they think it means (I seem to recall them changing it to 'direct' at one point). google flights on the other hand, has not given up the fight.

Chris this list is amazing. Any chance you have a list from YXE? I’ve been having a heck of a time trying to easily see what the options are on westjet’s site.

Jennifer Saskatoon has been added to the Google Spreadsheet (you may need to click on Saskatoon at the bottom): https://tinyurl.com/2hvfvbsn
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Chris thank you very, very much!

Cuba rules

California

Dan Diego

Belize

Cuba. Not too expensive, direct 5hflights from Calgary, beaches, tropical weather, rich cultural history, great architecture.

Why are no swoop flights shown on this?

Judith swoop doesn't have any routes from Calgary but I added flights from Edmonton to the spreadsheet (swoop does have flights from there).

Fyi none of the American pacific or Atlantic beaches are really warm in February!

DexandNikki

Look into camper rentals in Maui. Cheaper than a hotel + car rental.

Dominican

A Caribbean cruise... Out of Florida... Direct flight with WestJet... Norwegian Cruise...worth a look

Cato Santa Maria, Cuba! Much nicer than Veradero!

Costa Rica

Maui

Following

Amazing

Nicaragua, Costa Rica, columbia

Calgary to New Zealand direct

Vancouver is the only Canadian city with nonstop flights to New Zealand.

Dave it’s the best way to fly to NZ

Costa Rica. westjet direct to Liberia

Great sale prices for Hawaii

Hawaii but it's gotten super expensive. Maybe the Bahamas or Jamaica

The behemoth that is Toronto (YYZ) has been added to the spreadsheet. Can be useful for browsing destinations that may not be available from Western Canada, but may be possible to reach as a 1-stop flight. https://docs.google.com/.../1kqbyedfzqdKxfs.../edit...
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Thank you

Costa Rica - westjet has a non stop flight from Calgary. Same time zone as Calgary so no jet lag. About 7 hour flight. Lots to do and see

Jennifer do u have a resort you would suggest? We are travelling with kiddos

Tamara great question

Tamara We are staying in Manuel Antonio (Tulemar Resort) to start within the Sloth Institute of Costa Rica. tulemar.com Then off to La Fortuna, Arenal Volcano in an AirB&B. Last stay is Playa Longosta booked with "Tropical Vacations" rpmvacationrentals.com (through vrbo but you can go direct). All 3 have been great to deal with.
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Tulemar Resort & Vacation Rentals – Tulemar Resort offers unique accommodations near Costa Rica's beloved Manuel Antonio National Park

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Coronado is lovely with easy access to San Diego.

Tracy Eriksen

Yvette Kind

Theo Mazur

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