Trip to Cuba a possibility from Key West?

I%26#39;m travelling around the florida keys diving for a few weeks with friends, in early June, ending up in key west. we%26#39;re a group of Brits touring the US and we%26#39;d like to take a trip to cuba while we%26#39;re so close to take a look around. Does anyone know if there are flights or boat trips to cuba available from Key West?

Trip to Cuba a possibility from Key West?

Sorry, there are no such trips.

Trip to Cuba a possibility from Key West?

None legally. Cuba is off limits to most Americans right now, and there is no direct air or ship link. Now whether you could get a fishing boat to discretely take you there, is another story altogether.

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You would have to go to Jamaica or Mexico and travel from there.

If you try it from the US and are caught, you will be deported and banned from the US for a minimum of 10 years. You probably also get on one of those TSA lists......

As a Brit, you can travel freely to Cuba. To get there from here, you%26#39;d have to book a flight to Jamaica, Bahamas or Mexico and then to Cuba.

This is likely to change over the next few years. It%26#39;s in the wind. We are waiting to see what happens.

Dang, posted at the exact same time. Go figure! BTW, the U.S. government, in addition to all the things described above may take away your birthday and make you vote in the upcoming presidential election. Too gruesome to comtemplate!

I%26#39;m just curious. Every time I%26#39;m in the Miami airport there are flights on the board to Havana. Who is on those flights??? Relatives? Journalists?

Can the folks who started this thread fly there on those flights?

jeanh - Those flights are charters for relatives of Cubans and expats. They are allowed limited visits. I noticed also that Gulfstream does a lot of those charters from MIA.

Ah! That explains it! I was wondering the same thing as JeanH!

Cuban ex-pats used to be able to return to Cuba to visit relatives with a special Visa (direct flights from the US) every 3 years. I think it was under the Bush admin that it has now been changed to once every 10 years. Those are some of the direct flights you would see on the monitors at Miami International.