Manitoban Travellers in Mexico Feel Abandoned by WestJet

Canadians stranded in Puerto Vallarta after violence disrupts flights home to Edmonton

After cartel-related violence shut down travel in Puerto Vallarta, Edmonton families say they’ve been stuck for days trying to get home.

Manitoban travellers in Mexico feel abandoned by WestJet

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Kamloops man out nearly $5,000 after being stranded in Mexico amid violence

A Kamloops man is sharing his story after being stranded in Mexico during a wave of violence that disrupted travel plans, saying the ordeal to get home cost him and his partner thousands of dollars. Jonathan McIntyre had been vacationing in Puerto Vallarta when the violence escalated, leaving thousands of travellers scrambling to find flights home. What was supposed to be a scheduled return turned into several extra days in Mexico — and a race t…

‘Ghosted’: Canadians stranded in Puerto Vallarta say they are abandoned by WestJet

British Columbians stuck in Mexico are expressing frustrations with the lack of communication and support from travel companies and airlines. Lillian Alexus, a Qualicum Beach, B.C., resident, arrived in Puerto Vallarta on Feb. 8 and was due to fly home on Feb. 22. “We had checked out of our resort on the 22nd and we were waiting in the lobby for the bus to take us to the airport when everything was shut down,” she told Global News. “So then we h…