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Beaches, Sailing, Island Hopping: Travelers Are Flocking Back to the British Virgin Islands

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You Can Now Island Hop Around the Caribbean From Barbados, With Flights to 5 Different Destinations

Barbados has always functioned as a gateway. You feel it the moment you arrive at Grantley Adams International Airport — a steady flow of regional flights, short hops, and connections that stitch together a wide sweep of the Caribbean basin. Now, interCaribbean Airways is expanding that role with a set of new and strengthened routes […]

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The Caribbean’s Greatest Lobster Festival Is Back

If you haven’t heard of Anegada, it’s the beachy, uncrowded paradise at the frontier of the British Virgin Islands. It’s also a place where lobster is more delicious — and more plentiful – than just about anywhere in the Caribbean. That’s helped earn the tiny island the crown as the “Caribbean Capital of Lobster,” and […]

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The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

Can you believe it has been nearly three years since the world changed? In that span, the destinations of the Caribbean have undergone a tumultuous, frantic, whirring upheaval, one that turned from total static to what is today an abundant, pulsing, dynamism. When Caribbean islands began reopening just a few months after the onset of the […]

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In First, American Airlines to Fly From Miami to British Virgin Islands

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In a potential game changer for tourism in the British Virgin Islands, American Airlines has announced plans to launch nonstop flights from Miami to Tortola. Next summer, American will kick off the first-ever nonstop flights from the United States to the British Virgin Islands, with service set to launch on June 1, 2023. The new […]

The 23 Best Caribbean Islands to Visit in 2023

By Alexander Britell It’s been a “wild ride” for the British Virgin Islands in the last half decade, first with a storm and then a pandemic. But one company has been at the forefront of the British Overseas Territory’s reconstruction and renaissance — Mosaka Ventures Limited, a company that’s based in Tortola and has played […]

New Ferry Routes From USVI to BVI

The BVI Ports Authority has approved several new ferry routes from the US Virgin Islands, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new service will mean routes from the USVI to destinations including Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda and Anegada, complimenting existing service to Tortola. Inter Island Boat Services will be operating the routes, which include Cruz […]

The BVI’s Beloved Lobster Festival Is Back

It’s been 10 years since a group of crustacean enthusiasts assembled on the far-off British Virgin Island of Anegada. And now, a decade later, the Anegada Lobster Festival remains the Caribbean’s premier celebration of all things, well, lobster. The three-day event focuses on Anegada’s plentiful supply of lobster, a bounty that’s led to the island […]

The Cool List: The Coolest Caribbean Hotels for 2022

They may not be the biggest, or have the most amenities. They may be brand new, they may be centuries old. But the coolest hotels in the Caribbean are the ones that have that indescribable x-factor; where, no matter how many times you come back, it feels at once fresh and timeless. Cool can mean […]

The Caribbean Travel Awards 2022

It seems that every year in the Caribbean we say it’s been a year like no other — but in the age of the pandemic, that’s a guarantee. And if 2020 was defined by the ongoing question of the tourism reopening, much of 2021 was defined by abundant tourism success. Even amid this unprecedented global […]

In Anegada, Finding the British Virgin Islands’ Bucket-List Hotel

You’re perched above the dunes at the edge of the Caribbean, just you and the breeze and the frothing waves. This is Anegada, the frontier of the British Virgin Islands and the island that’s the most closely-guarded secret in an archipelago full of them. It’s a place for beach lovers, for those searching for a […]

The Loose Mongoose, The British Virgin Islands’ Destination Beach Bar

It ‘s a ritual for travelers to the British Virgin Islands. Land at Beef Island Airport, go through customs, gather your luggage and head to Trellis Bay, where you’d find your ferry or charter, step on your boat and begin your BVI vacation. But in recent years, Trellis Bay has become more than just a […]

The BVI’s New Rules for Vaccinated Travelers

The British Virgin Islands’ new rules for fully vaccinated travelers have officially taken effect, as of mid-May. So what does it all mean? In what is a significant easing of its restrictions for the vaccinated, the rules mean fully vaccinated travelers have to take a test upon arrival to the BVI. Once they get a […]

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