Five Places For a Last-Minute Caribbean Christmas Vacation

By: - December 19th, 2013
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Maybe you feel like trading pine trees for palm trees next week. Even if you do, it’s not always easy to find a room in what is the early stage of peak season in the Caribbean, with many deals and packages blacked out after Dec. 20. But if you’re planning a last-minute Christmas vacation, you can try any of these properties.

A Seaside Christmas in Abaco

The Christmas Holiday Package at the Abaco Beach Resort includes five days and six nights, with a Christmas Day brunch buffet, a beach barbecue, two days of continental breakfast and a last-night Bahamas Island Buffet. You’ll arrive Thursday Dec. 24 and return Sunday, Dec. 29. Click here for more info.

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