From Fyre Fest failure to secret billionaire escape, can this sun-soaked island chain challenge the Maldives?

From Fyre Fest failure to secret billionaire escape, can this sun-soaked island chain challenge the Maldives?

The last time the world heard about Exuma, it was because of Fyre Festival, 2017’s infamous non-event that turned this Bahamian island chain into a meme-a-palooza. But what Fyre Festival got right was the real estate: This pristine archipelago, just a 45-minute flight from Miami, offers white sand beaches and shockingly clear waters on par with … Read more

Super fly: New routes out of NYC deliver you nonstop to no-snow zones

Super fly: New routes out of NYC deliver you nonstop to no-snow zones

You’re over the snow, the slush and this whole blizzard thing — it’s time to get out of here. Right now, the No. 1 destination for NYC-based escape artists is the Dominican Republic, said Sully Montero of New Jersey-based Teach Travel Discover. But along with the perennially popular DR, she’s seeing a boom in interest … Read more

Travel warning issued for Bahamas over crime concerns, sharks

Travel warning issued for Bahamas over crime concerns, sharks

The U.S. State Department recently issued a Level 2 travel advisory, warning travelers to “exercise increased caution” due to crime and possibly shark attacks in The Bahamas. Violent crime — including armed robberies, burglaries and sexual assaults — can occur anywhere in the Bahamas, according to a statement from the State Department. However, most crime … Read more

Want to book a summer vacation? This is the cheapest week to travel, experts say

Want to book a summer vacation? This is the cheapest week to travel, experts say

It’s a plane bargain. New analytical data has found the best week of the summer to travel for the cheapest cost. As airlines prepare for a massive volume of flyers in the months to come, researchers at Skyscanner.com report that families of four can save up to $1,064 simply by traveling during that seven day … Read more

This is the most popular spring break destination — it’s also the least safe

This is the most popular spring break destination — it’s also the least safe

It’s good to be king? A new report has found New Orleans to be the top spring break destination of 2024 — and the most dangerous. The Saints-loving Who Dat Louisiana city — known for raucous Mardi Gras parties and frisky Bourbon Street — saw 931,680 spring break-related searches from February to May 2023, according … Read more

2 Kentucky moms say they were drugged and raped by resort staffers in the Bahamas amid travel warning

2 Kentucky moms say they were drugged and raped by resort staffers in the Bahamas amid travel warning

Two moms from Kentucky are speaking out after they were allegedly drugged and raped in the Bahamas Sunday after the US issued a travel warning for the vacation hotspot. Longtime friends Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson said their first kid-free vacation ended with a traumatic, broad-daylight assault when they decided to go to the beach after … Read more

Bahamas travel warning issued in wake of 18 murders so far this year

Bahamas travel warning issued in wake of 18 murders so far this year

Think twice about a tropical getaway to the Caribbean this winter. The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — “primarily” motivated by gang violence — in January alone. Safety concerns have reached a point of severity … Read more

Developer’s Bahamas proposal plan ruined after official assumes girlfriend is sex worker

Developer’s Bahamas proposal plan ruined after official assumes girlfriend is sex worker

These European bombshells weren’t cleared for takeoff in the Caribbean. A Miami-based real estate developer’s extravagant proposal plan was ruined when an immigration official in the Bahamas erroneously assumed his Moldovan model girlfriend, 25, and her sister, 36, were sex workers, The Post has learned. Developer Hal “Nuby” Sears had intended to pop the question … Read more