For many families, Christmas in the Caribbean is a tradition. It’s just too bad that the holiday season follows the hurricane season. On Oct. 28, Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, smashed Jamaica, shuttering many resorts through the new year. While most of the holiday havens affected are rushing to reopen in time for the … Read more
If safety is at the top of your vacation checklist, one tiny Caribbean island just earned top honors for peace, calm beaches and a world-class food scene. Anguilla, a British overseas territory just north of St. Maarten and east of the Virgin Islands, was named the safest destination in the Caribbean, according to a 2025 ranking from … Read more
A Royal Caribbean cruise vacationer who has championed the sea for most of his retirement isn’t letting his current journey, spoiled by a nasty bout of norovirus running rampant on the ship, deter him from planning a 26th trip. Bob Pettit, 87, is one of nearly 100 passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean International ship Serenade … Read more
It’s not a pirate’s life for Keira Knightley. The English actress revealed if she has any plans to revisit her role as Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise. After Orlando Bloom said he hopes to get everyone back for a new “Pirates” film, Knightley admitted she wasn’t even sure where her character … Read more
If it isn’t literally the world’s chicest spot to downward dog, one suspects the Yoga Shala at Nômade Tulum is damn close. Crafted in rough-hewn timber and surrounded by lush Yucatan jungle, the open-air space features a vaulted ceiling that draws the eyes upward as you breathe in incense, bask in slivers of sunlight and … Read more
America’s elite are increasingly drawn to “golden” visa programs with new opportunities emerging in sunny and desirable locations. The latest countries to be included in the trend are some Caribbean Islands — namely, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia. The islands offer citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programs, also dubbed “golden passports.” The visa … Read more
Florida’s about to get a free shipment of dust — straight from the desert. A mammoth cloud of Saharan dust, roughly the size of the continental U.S., is barreling across the Atlantic and expected to smother parts of the Sunshine State in a rusty haze this week. The gritty gift from North Africa has already … Read more
Cruisers headed to the Caribbean are steering clear. Royal Caribbean is updating its itinerary to drop an award-winning port from upcoming sailings due to safety concerns regarding escalating gang violence and political instability. Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas in the vicinity of Labadee, Haiti. © 2011 Michel Verdure Labadee, a private Royal Caribbean destination … Read more
The U.S. State Department has upped its travel advisory for Trinidad and Tobago, a Caribbean island off the northeast coast of Venezuela, due to a state of emergency. The State Department issued a Level 3 travel advisory to the island, meaning Americans should reconsider travel, amid “heightened risks of terrorism and kidnapping.” “On December 30, … Read more
Planning a sunny getaway? You might want to pack a mosquito net. Health experts are warning about an emerging threat making waves in popular vacation destinations, as cases of the Oropouche virus have been reported in US and Canadian travelers returning from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba and Peru. While much about the tropical disease remains … Read more
Ooh la la Lauren. Bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez flaunted her assets in a priceless pink cut-out mini dress during a St. Barts shopping spree on Thursday with galpal October Gonzalez — leaving billionaire fiancé Jeff Bezos back at his $500 million superyacht. Sanchez took a break from fiance Jeff Bezos’ $500 million superyacht to check out the … Read more
Rich people — they’re just like us! Well, not really — and certainly not when it comes to travel planning. Not only are they unlikely to be booking the next and cheapest flight to the places the rest of the voyaging public like to go — they’re also very unlikely to be doing any of the booking … Read more
And you thought your vacation horror story was bad. The “world’s unluckiest traveler” has been named in a new contest of calamities — put on by a travel insurance provider. The most sordid saga — involving skydiving and a friend being hauled out in a bodybag (but not necessarily in that order) — turns out to … Read more
Whether you spell it St. Barts, St. Barth, or simple $$$, there’s no denying that this tiny French territory anagrams to serious R&R. The island boasts as many spas as white sand beaches. In fact, Cheval Blanc St-Barth — the Caribbean’s only property with “palace distinction” — is celebrating its 10th anniversary by unveiling a … Read more
A last-minute, five-star room in the Caribbean over the Christmas season used to be as elusive (and expensive) as a Birkin bag. But this year, take your pick at the luxe proper ties there — you’ll likely find a room at many resorts, even with mere weeks to go. “Festive space is plentiful, which is … Read more
This isn’t your mother’s beach getaway, but it is intended to be enjoyed with your mother. A new Caribbean resort development, accurately dubbed South Bank, is elevating family travel in Turks and Caicos. Set along 31 acres of pristine shoreline on the island Providenciales — “Provo” among locals — the nation’s latest luxury residential resort … Read more
Strap yourself in! Barely three months after Sandals Resorts International opened up its nifty new 301-room Caribbean resort on the island of St. Vincent, Mother Nature, shrew that she is, welcomed in category 4 Hurricane Beryl — down from a 5, bless her heart — in late June into early July. And Beryl lived up … Read more
A man in Germany is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest time spent living in an underwater fixed habitat. Rüdiger Koch has spent more than 60 days so far in an underwater capsule off the coast of Puerto Lindo, Panama, in the Caribbean Sea. He’s halfway to his goal. Koch using … Read more
Elizabeth Swann has spoken. Keira Knightley has shared that the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, which helped propel her career, were also the reason she was “taken down publicly.” The “Atonement” actress, 39, discussed how the Disney franchise positively and negatively impacted her life during a recent interview with the Times. “It’s a funny thing … Read more
A Royal Caribbean International passenger has launched a class-action lawsuit against the company and its former crew member after as many as 960 people may have been victims of a hidden camera in a bathroom on board. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Symphony of the Seas passenger “Jane Doe” and “all other similarly situated passengers” … Read more