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This Hotel on One of the Caribbean’s Most Iconic Beaches Costs Less Than $200 a Night (And It Has Bungalows)

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It’s the most famous view in Martinique: a sweeping volcanic-sand beach fringed by coconut palms, and rising from the sea just offshore, the sheer volcanic silhouette of Diamond Rock. And right now, you can wake up on that beach for $177 per night. That’s the current starting rate at Diamant Les Bains, the beachfront residence hotel […]

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New Villas to Try in Virgin Gorda, BVI 

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Leading villa provider Virgin Gorda Villa Rentals has expanded its portfolio on the island, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The luxury villa management company has aded four new-build villas to its portfolio, raising its total to 28 different villas across the island.  They range from family and couples’ retreats to spectacular beachfront compounds.  The new additions […]

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From Puerto Rico to Panama, 5 New Caribbean Adults-Only Hotels

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Whether you are just traveling alone with your significant other or you’ve managed to get a break from the wonderful, grueling work that is parenting, you won’t have trouble finding great adults-only resorts in the Caribbean. They’re the places that serve as welcome oases, either wonderfully quiet or blissfully energetic, depending on the kind of […]

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17 Great Caribbean Beaches You Can Only Reach By Boat 

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They’re tucked away in tiny corners of the Caribbean, set off far in the middle of the sea, hidden beneath cliffs.  They’re those rarefied beaches that are a bit harder to reach, the ones you can’t fly to, the ones you can’t drive to or walk to.  They’re the remote stretches of sand that keep […]


From Puerto Rico to Panama, 5 New Caribbean Adults-Only Hotels

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 […]

Richard Branson’s Private Caribbean Island Has a New Villa  

It’s one of the most exclusive places in all of the Caribbean: Moskito Island, Sir Richard Branson’s private-island community in the heart of the British Virgin Islands.  And now Branson has launched another new villa option for those looking for one of the Caribbean’s ultimate vacation experiences.  It’s called The Village, and it’s a new […]

A Spectacular British Virgin Islands Villa Lists for $48 Million  

It’s one of the most spectacular homes in the British Virgin Islands: the Valley Trunk Estate in Virgin Gorda.  And now it’s on the market.  Smiths Gore has the listing on the property, which is on the market for $48 million, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  It’s set on 18 acres of landscaped grounds in […]

The Ultimate Caribbean Beach Bar Hotel Is Making a Comeback 

It’s hard to think of a more legendary beach bar in the Caribbean than Soggy, as Jost Van Dyke’s bucket-list British Virgin Islands beach bar is affectionately known.  And while the Soggy Dollar Bar long ago completed its comeback from the storms of 2017, one of its essential components did not.  But later this year, […]

Tortola’s Long Bay Beach Resort Names New GM

The Long Bay Beach Resort in Tortola has named a new general manager.  The property has tapped Rodrigo Lillo to the role, it announced this week.  Lillo’s career includes stops at a number of top resorts in the Caribbean, including Breathless Punta Cana, Grand Palladium’s resorts in Jamaica and the Paradise Suites hotel in Punta […]

The BVI’s Jost Van Dyke Has Its First Luxury Hotel 

There’s a new luxury hotel on one of the most beloved little islands in the Caribbean: Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands.  Jost, as it’s affectionately known, has long been famous for its enviable collection of world-famous beach bars, from the renowned Soggy Dollar Bar to the legendary Foxy’s.  And while the island […]

The Caribbean’s Best Beach Bar Beaches 

Who doesn’t love a great beach bar?  What about an entire beach filled with them?  Travel across the Caribbean and you’ll find them, single stretches of sand teeming with beach bars, often all right in a row — beach bars and, well, not much else.  For whatever reasons, these beaches have become magnets for beach […]

A New All-Inclusive Yacht Charter Company in the BVI

 new all-inclusive yacht charter company has opened up operations in the British Virgin Islands.  Dream Caribbean Blue, which is sailing with a fleet of 14 yachts, has set up a new base at the Scrub Island Resort, Spa and Marina.  The base is the 55-slip marina at Srub Island, a short ferry ride fro Tortola.  […]