Flights

American Airlines Is Preparing for Its Biggest Summer Ever

Hotels

This Barbados Hotel Is Exactly 267 Steps From One of the Island’s Best Beaches, With Sunbeds, Cocktails, and a Different Kind of Vacation

It’s 267 steps from your room to the sand at The Rockley in Barbados. Maybe 268, depending on where you start walking. Maybe 265 if you cut across the pool deck. Either way, it’s the right amount. Enough distance to head back upstairs for another coffee or a colder drink. Close enough that you’re still hearing the water at […]

Flights

Montego Bay Is the Cheapest Caribbean Destination to Fly to Right Now, With Airfares Averaging Just $344 Roundtrip

Flights to the Caribbean have become increasingly expensive during the last several years. Fares climbed sharply after the travel rebound, airlines cut back on ultra-cheap inventory and travelers looking for winter sun started paying far more than they did before the pandemic. But one Caribbean destination is suddenly bucking the trend. According to new data […]

Flights

United Is Bringing Back Nonstop Flights to Venezuela for the First Time Since 2017, With Daily Service From Houston to Caracas

United Airlines is returning to Venezuela. The carrier announced it will resume nonstop daily flights between Houston and Caracas beginning Aug. 11, restoring one of the most significant air links between the United States and Venezuela after nearly a decade. The new route will operate between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, with […]

Flights

Avianca Is Adding Daily Flights Between Miami and Colombia’s Caribbean Coast This Summer

Avianca is expanding service to Colombia’s Caribbean coast with a new daily flight between Miami and Barranquilla, adding more nonstop capacity to one of the country’s fastest-growing coastal destinations. The airline has opened sales for the expanded route, which will increase from three weekly flights to daily service beginning June 1, 2026. The new schedule includes one […]

United Is Bringing Back Nonstop Flights to Venezuela for the First Time Since 2017, With Daily Service From Houston to Caracas

Barbados is getting another major boost from Canada this winter. Air Transat is launching new nonstop service between Montreal and Barbados beginning Dec. 13, adding twice-weekly flights from one of the island’s strongest Canadian source markets as Barbados continues expanding its airlift strategy across the country. The new seasonal route will operate on Wednesdays and Sundays aboard an Airbus A321LR aircraft with […]

This Is the Best Beach in Puerto Rico — and the Tiny Airline That Gets You There

Getting to Culebra has always been part of the experience. The small Puerto Rican island sits about 20 miles off Puerto Rico’s eastern coast, surrounded by shallow turquoise water, coral reefs and some of the clearest beaches anywhere in the Caribbean. And for many travelers, Flamenco Beach is the best beach in Puerto Rico — a long crescent of […]

A New Winair Partnership Is Making It Easier to Fly Through St. Maarten, Reach San Juan, and Connect Across the Region

A growing number of Caribbean trips now start with a connection in St. Maarten. You land at Princess Juliana International Airport, walk a few gates over, and board a smaller regional aircraft headed to places like Tortola, Dominica, Nevis or St. Barth. Winair has become one of the airlines driving that traffic across the northeastern […]

Liat Air Just Added New Nonstop Flights Between Antigua and Guadeloupe

Antigua and Guadeloupe are relatively close neighbors in the Eastern Caribbean, but getting between them has not always been simple. Depending on the season, travelers have often faced indirect routings, long layovers or multi-stop regional itineraries just to travel between the two islands. That’s now changing. Liat Air has officially launched new nonstop service between Antigua and Guadeloupe, adding […]

Flight Watcher: You Can Fly Nonstop From Atlanta to Nassau for $371 Right Now on Delta

There’s a narrow stretch of summer travel where Nassau starts to feel especially tempting. The water turns impossibly bright blue, Junkanoo Beach fills up by late afternoon, and long lunches at spots like The Poop Deck, Café Matisse, or Marcus at Baha Mar start running well past sunset. Right now, we found a particularly strong fare for travelers looking to get […]

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Breeze Airways Is Adding New Punta Cana Flights From Columbus and Pittsburgh, Along With New Cancun Routes From Richmond and Tampa

Breeze Airways is adding more nonstop flights to the Caribbean basin this winter, with new service from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida to destinations including Punta Cana and Cancun. The expansion adds another batch of low-cost nonstop options for travelers heading south during the peak winter travel season, particularly from secondary and mid-sized U.S. cities […]

After Spirit’s Collapse, Travelers Are Rethinking How They Book Flights in 2026

Travelers booking flights this year are facing a very different airline landscape than they were even 18 months ago. Fares are climbing on many routes. Airlines are cutting frequencies. Extra fees continue to expand. And Spirit Airlines’ financial collapse is now putting a broader spotlight on just how fragile parts of the airline industry have become. While […]

Air Canada Is Launching New Nonstop Flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica From Both Edmonton and Winnipeg

Montego Bay has always felt like Jamaica at full volume. You hear dancehall coming from passing route taxis along the Hip Strip, smell pimento smoke from jerk pans near the roadside, and see travelers spilling out of beach bars barefoot after long afternoons on Doctor’s Cave Beach. The destination moves fast, loud, and warm, with all-inclusive […]

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