Karen Udler, Author at Caribbean Journal

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A New Kind of Caribbean All-Inclusive Just Opened With Three Resorts, Swim-Up Rooms, and an Adults-Only Hotel

Flights

Belize Is Getting 5 New Nonstop U.S. Routes, Including Boston, Raleigh-Durham, and 3 Florida Gateways

Belize already gives you an unusually wide choice for a single trip. You can spend a few nights walking among Maya temples in the Cayo District, head east for a beachfront resort on Ambergris Caye, take a small boat to Caye Caulker, or go south to Placencia for restaurants, diving, and long stretches of white […]

News

This Caribbean Beach Resort Is Adding 22 "Jungle Chic" Rooms, a Magnesium Pool, and a New Kind of Island Escape

The palms form a canopy over winding saltwater pools. Stone pathways disappear into thick tropical gardens. Just beyond the trees, the sand and beach clubs of Curaçao’s Mambo Beach bring a completely different kind of energy. It has always been the formula at The Kontiki Beach Resort Curaçao: part secluded tropical retreat, part beachfront playground, […]

All-Inclusive

This New Curaçao All-Inclusive Has a Private Beach, Swim-Up Rooms, and an Opening Date

Curaçao has quietly become one of the Caribbean’s most compelling all-inclusive destinations. Over the last several years, the Dutch Caribbean island has added a growing collection of resorts built around the all-inclusive experience, from Sandals Royal Curaçao and Dreams Curaçao (and its Il Mare enclave) to Zoëtry Curaçao, Sunscape Curaçao, and Mangrove Beach Corendon Curaçao. […]

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Travelers Are Flocking to the Cayman Islands, With Record Arrivals, More Flights, and a Surging Canadian Market

Seven Mile Beach stretching along Grand Cayman. The quiet roads and open beaches of Cayman Brac. The clear water and unhurried pace of Little Cayman. Across all three islands, the Cayman Islands’ tourism year is gaining strength. The Cayman Islands welcomed 40,460 stayover visitors in June, extending its run of year-over-year growth to eight consecutive […]

This New Curaçao All-Inclusive Has a Private Beach, Swim-Up Rooms, and an Opening Date

The cottages climb gently over the hillside, each with its own verandah and a path leading toward the water. One beach curves into a protected bay. The second opens toward a broader sweep of Caribbean blue. Between them are gardens, pools, restaurants, pickleball courts, and the kind of small lanes that make the resort feel […]

This 56-Room Old San Juan Hotel Just Joined Marriott’s Autograph Collection, With a Rooftop Pool, a Wine Bar, and a Walk-Everywhere Location

The blue-grey stones of Calle de San Francisco lead past iron balconies, centuries-old façades and the plazas of Old San Juan. Calle San Sebastián is a few blocks away. The harbor and cruise piers are close enough to reach on foot. Above the surrounding rooftops, a plunge pool looks across the historic city toward San […]

6 Great Places to Stay in St. Kitts Right Now, From a Hillside Sanctuary to a Private Boutique Retreat

The green slope of Mount Liamuiga rises over the northern end of the island. The road around Basseterre leads toward Frigate Bay, where restaurants, golf, beaches, and several of the island’s larger hotels occupy the narrow land between the Caribbean and Atlantic. Farther south, the peninsula reaches toward Nevis, its volcanic peak visible across the Narrows. St. Kitts packs several […]

This Historic St. Croix Resort Has Three Beaches and One of the Caribbean’s Best-Kept Golf Secrets

The pink Great House rises above the hills of Estate Shoys. An 18th-century sugar mill stands nearby, its stone walls remaining from a very different St. Croix. Below, green fairways descend toward the Caribbean Sea, passing palms, rocky bluffs and three beaches with three distinct personalities. The setting belongs to The Buccaneer, the family-owned resort […]

This Riu All-Inclusive in Cancun Just Reopened With Private-Pool Rooms, Six Pools, and an Elite Club

More and more Caribbean resorts are choosing complete reinventions instead of simple room renovations. The latest example is in Cancun, where RIU Hotels & Resorts has reopened the 618-room Riu Palace Peninsula after a comprehensive refurbishment covering nearly every part of the all-inclusive resort. The project goes well beyond redesigned guestrooms. RIU has introduced its Elite Club experience to the property for the first […]

A New Luxury Resort Is Opening in St. Thomas, With 20 Villas, 300 Acres, and a Secluded Beach

At the far western end of St. Thomas, beyond the island’s busier harbors and hillside neighborhoods, the land rises above quiet coves and a narrow strip of sand called Mermaid’s Chair. Here, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic meet beside 300 acres of tropical terrain. Sandy Bay Beach lies below. The airport is only minutes […]

This Secret Mexican Caribbean Town Near Cancun Has a Coral Reef, a Cenote Trail, and a Leaning Lighthouse

The fishing boats gather beside the pier. The old white lighthouse tilts toward the sea. Around the town square, tables fill beneath open-air patios, with the Caribbean only a few steps away. This is Puerto Morelos, a small Mexican Caribbean town between Cancún and Playa del Carmen that still feels separate from both. There are […]

American Airlines Is Doubling Flights to This Caribbean Island, With Two Daily Nonstops Beginning in October

There are islands you visit for one great beach, and there are islands where every turn seems to lead to another one. In Antigua, you can swim in the calm water at Dickenson Bay, stop for lunch near English Harbour, wander through the stone buildings of Nelson’s Dockyard and finish the day on a quiet […]