To make your trip easier, we give you some tips, this way you may fix better schedules and have maximum benefits in time in your travel.
Prices and schedule we can confirm and arrange in case you ask for it.

Time to spend:
You must spend in a trip to Peru at least 7 days visiting Machu Picchu, Cusco and Lima. You must add the days you need for the MTB Tours.

Transportation prices:
Cost vary depending the destination.
By plain you can pay between 90 and 130 dollars and the flight time is about 1 hour aprox.
By bus is between 25 to 50 dollars and the trip time is about 7 to 25 hours.
It will be better if you buy the ticket 3 days before your departure.

Hotel prices:
They vary depending the category.
We can recommend any at least from US$ 35/night/double room
Luxury between US$ 200 and 400.
Cusco you must book and pay 2 months before and even more if you plan to use 4 or 5 stars.

Train to Machu Picchu:
Don't wait the last time to book the trip, at least 2 weeks before in high season (jul, aug). 220 dollars aprox. depending the quality of train service)

The Inca Trail:
Booking paid 3 or 4 months before (jul, aug). Closed in February (400 dollars aprox. 3 days or add more if you want to stay in Aguas Calientes town)

Payments:
Credit cards are accepted in the most part of regular business and in main cities.

The start and end of tour may depend of distances an arrival time to start point, as the height of the city, as it is located over 3000m may be needed a rest for acclimatize yourself after a physical activity. Consider delays of flights for unexpected natural causes or social events.

Important dates for 2008

In Peru applies Long Holidays, this concept is developed for increase the local tourism adding intermediate days or an extra day to the official holidays, so that way peruvian population can travel to destinations.
You must consider this for traveling decissions on holiday dates and for booking services. Destinations over quota are: Chanchamayo and the central Jungle, Huaraz, Jauja, Tarma and Huancayo in the central Andes, Ayacucho, Paracas and Ica, Tarapoto, Máncora and the northern beaches, Iquitos, Trujillo.
Cusco, Arequipa, Lima and Chiclayo don't suffer this problem because of their lodging capacity.

And in this 2008 we organize the APEC, a meeting series inter governements that may saturate all the4 and 5 star hotels.
See dates on this link :
http://www.apec.org/webapps/events_calendar/events_calendar.php

Holidays appart we have some popular fests in all the country receiving people from many places.
February: Carnivals. The most populars: Rioja in the northern jungle, Puno known as the capital of carnival. Cajamarca.
June 24: San Juan Fest in all the jungle. Fest of the sun or Inti Raymi the best known in Cusco. Chacu de Vicuñas in Ayacucho the most important.