Hi all,

I am supposed to be getting married in Polignano a Mare, Italy next June and have been having a horrendous time with getting it planned due to air prices. Bari is the closest airport to this location. Prices are sitting right around $1800 from Charlotte to Bari, Italy. I know that there aren't any direct flights into Bari... only CLT to Rome (with or without stop) and then Rome to Bari. I have talked to fiance about flying to Rome and driving to Bari, but he's put off by the idea because we will spend the next two weeks after our wedding training all around Italy and I guess that's putting him over the edge with amount of travel toleration.

I'm just perplexed on what to do. Might the prices drop down? Two months ago I saw tickets from CLT to Bari at $900 but we couldn't book because his family asked us to wait a few days and book with them. The prices jumped to $1700-1800 the next day. Oh, and then they decided they might not go! Don't get me started on that.. Lesson learned. But needless to say, we are ready to pull the trigger whenever, if ever the prices fall again.

Does anyone have any knowledge of airfares to this area? Is $1800 pretty standard for June (from US)? Will we have a shot at lower tickets in the coming months? Any and all advice is so greatly appreciated.