To­ba­go bands are 80 per cent sold out, just two days be­fore the is­land hosts its third an­nu­al Car­ni­val.

The event is set to kick off to­mor­row, with thou­sands reg­is­tered for J’ou­vert and pret­ty mas on Sat­ur­day and Sun­day.

To­ba­go Oc­to­ber Car­ni­val As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent, Dex­ter Sandy has en­cour­aged last-minute vis­i­tors to take ad­van­tage of the re­main­ing deals.

“There are J’ou­vert pack­ages rang­ing from as low as $400 to $600 or $700. It’s re­al­ly an af­ford­able J’ou­vert ex­pe­ri­ence here in To­ba­go.

When it comes to mas, I’m see­ing cos­tumes from as low as $1200 to as high as $3500.”

He added that, over­all, bands ex­pect more than 11,000 mas­quer­aders to be on the road dur­ing the Car­ni­val pe­ri­od.