You have to do the math for your specific visit with your specific dates. I've never found a package deal to be better than what I could find on my own, especially since I never book airfare with a package. Recently the sales from my area on Alaska, Jet Blue, Southwest, and Virgin America have been TOO GOOD to even *think* about using a package, especially since all but VA will give you a credit if the price goes down on your flights (with Alaska, they have a time-since-booking limit).
Do the math for your specific trip, see if it works or doesn't work out better.
Thanks for the reply. Is it possible to get the Ent card price of a hotel without actually having one? In other words, in order to do the math, I'd need to know what the different prices are.
By the way I'm in Vancouver, WA. Flying out of PDX May 4 returning May 9th.