Custom Made Journeys to Cuba and Puerto Rico
We will customize all travel arrangements for groups of friends, colleagues or family. Selecting from a wide variety of themes and guided by our experts we will create a personalized itinerary for the Journey.
The Journey will include a free Inclusions Package for the group coordinator or a fundraising component for not-for-profit organizations.
Our mission began in 2000 and continues to this very moment. With over 25 years of travel design experiences in Cuba and Puerto Rico, we know we can create a perfect Journey for you.
We will be happy to meet with you and exchange ideas to create a customized. Based on the focus theme of the program decided by the group, and the selection of travel dates, we will present a travel itinerary to include day and evening activities. These activities will be scheduled for mornings (9-12 AM), afternoons (1:30-3 PM) and evenings (7-12 PM).
Some areas of interest in Cuba and Puerto Rico you can consider are:
- Visual Arts
- Dance
- History, Architecture and Restoration
- Gardening and Organic Agriculture
- The Arts in Cuban or Puerto Rican Cultures (architecture, visual, dance)
- African Heritage in Cuba
Decide the focus of your itinerary and follow it at your own pace. Our customized Journeys are for those who prefer to go their way. Just give us your dates and we will take care of the rest.
The Planning Process
We will first listen to your wants and needs to create a vision for your Journey. We will then get into the logistics, options and costs with a holistic approach that includes your vision with safe and fun activities in the context of US Treasury Department regulations for journeys to Cuba. Our mission will be for you to learn about Cuba and PPuerto Rico.
For journeys to Cuba a full day itinerary is required with specific encounters with the Cuban people. The group will travel with one of our Journey Leaders. The Leader will lead day activities and manage the logistics for accommodations, ground transportation, meals and attendance to planned venues while in Cuba.
The Inclusions Package will depend on day and night activities and venues selected by participants through a planning process to decide program focus and interests. It will include an itinerary based on group interests, Travel and Flights Guides, ground transportation and accommodations options, a Meals Plan, an experienced bilingual Journey Leader traveling with the group and Certification of License to Travel to Cuba.
Inclusions Package
- Customized itinerary based on group interests
- Fundraising income for the organization or free package for group coordinator (optional)
- All ground transportation in AC passenger vans
- Airport transfers if group members travel together
- Panoramic tour of Havana and San Juan
- Hotel or B&B accommodations
- All breakfasts included (Cuba)
- Optional meals plan for lunches and dinners
- Admission fess to all day venues
- Private lectures by experts in area of interest
- Optional evening venues to experience, contemporary and classic dance and music
- Experienced professional bilingual Program Leaders traveling with the group
- License to travel to Cuba
- Cuban health insurance and emergency medical evacuation
- Gratuities for museum docents, drivers, servers in included meals and B&B staff
- Travel Guide with tips for a safe and fun trip
- Air Package Guide with instructions to buy airplane tickets and Cuban visa
- Emailed Info Bites with information before the trip to learn about sites to be visited
- Face-to-face and/or online orientation meeting before the trip
What is Not Included
- Round trip airfare to destination airport. Tickets will be acquired after registration and initial deposit by all group members. Air tickets will be individually booked using miles or a credit card; health insurance while in Cuba is included in the airfare. Participants will buy air tickets in flights specified by PuertoRicoCubArtEdu, if traveling together.
- $85 Cuban tourist visa (no visa required to Puerto Rico).
- Airfare for connecting flight to - from departure city, if necessary
- Hotel accommodations (the night before departure) transfers to and from hotel or B&B if traveling on your own.
- Some lunches and dinners, depending on Meal Plan selected
- Trip interruption and cancellation insurance (recommended)
- Tips for meals servers not included in the itinerary
Registration, Payments, Cancellations and Refunds
Registration and Payments Timetable
3 months before departure or earlier Registration and 50% Deposit Payment
45 days before departure Final 50% Payment
Payment Options
Checks or Zelle Payments
Cancellations And Refunds
Programs are subject to the following cancellation charges:
· 50% refund - If notice is received after registration and 45 days before departure
· No refund - If notice is received 45 to 0 days before departure
1. All cancellations must be submitted in writing and dated to Marcos Carvajal.
2. If PueroRicoCubArtEdu decides to cancel a program due to insufficient number of participants, all funds received will be refunded.
3. Refunds for airline tickets are based on individual airline policies.
5. Cuban tourist visa costs are non-refundable.
References Available Upon Request
License to Travel to Cuba
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) General License for People to People (P2P) (515.565 b)
Based on new regulations (2022) for travel to Cuba, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the agency regulating the embargo against Cuba, made the following announcement regarding group travel to Cuba. We only promote group travel to Cuba under the regulations of OFAC's educational people-to-people license.
Group people-to-people travel is educational travel not involving academic study pursuant to a degree program that takes place under the auspices of an organization that is subject to U.S. jurisdiction that sponsors such exchanges to promote people-to-people contact. Travelers utilizing this travel authorization must maintain a full-time schedule of educational exchange activities that are intended to enhance contact with the Cuban people, support civil society in Cuba, or promote the Cuban people’s independence from Cuban authorities, and that will result in meaningful interaction between the traveler and individuals in Cuba. An employee, consultant, or agent of the group must accompany each group to ensure that each traveler maintains a full-time schedule of educational exchange activities.
Based on this announcement, our programs are authorized and will be delivered in compliance with the new regulations.
