Archive for Category: "Caribbean"
Daily Deal: Summer Savings on Cuba Tours
Let’s face it, were you a little bit jealous when you saw Jay-Z and Beyonce on the beach in Cuba? Well, you now can travel there legally with a tour provider. One of the leading travel providers, Insight Cuba, has six itineraries where you’ll save $300 per person. Options include: Undiscovered Cuba (12 Days / [...]
How to Travel to Cuba Legally
Cuba is now in the spotlight after rapper Jay-Z surprised his wife Beyonce with a trip, which he then summarized in a recent rap, “Open Letter,” which included the lyrics, “I done turned Havana into Atlanta…Boy from the hood, I got White House clearance.” For years, Cuba was a forbidden country. Then in 2011, changes [...]
Daily Deal: Travel to Cuba this Spring
There’s a new way to get to Cuba this spring. Backroads just received its People-to-People license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control and is taking reservations for travel in May and June. Trips are one week long and include educational tours and discussions in Havana and Santa Clara, with visits to sustainable farms, paladares, [...]
Cuban Travel Takes a Step in the Right Direction
Cubans celebrated the first day of migration reform on Monday by lining up outside embassies and travel agencies with high hopes to travel. With the reform, Cuban citizens will have more freedom to apply for foreign visas and travel outside of the island without exit visas. Doing away with the exit visa, also called the [...]
2013 Caribbean Hotspot: 5 Surprises in Martinique
Every Caribbean island has its own specialty, and we’re talking a lot more than just beaches. Discover the “real” Martinique with Courtney Crockett, who was surprised by her visit to the island to find French culture (minus the French attitude), exceptional chocolate to pair with high-end, signature rum, plus three more island surprises. Want more? [...]
Ready for 12.21.12? Mundo Maya Gears Up for New Cycle
If you follow the Maya prophesy, 12/21/12 is supposed to be the end of the world as we know it. Michelle da Silva Richmond heads off the tourist path on the Yucatan to see how they are celebrating as well as marketing this historic date. As the clock winds down to the end of the [...]
Daily Deal: 2-for-1 Fares For National Cruise Vacation Week
It’s National Cruise Vacation Week, which means member agencies of Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) are offering discounts and perks when you book through October 27, 2012. In celebration of the event, Windstar Cruises is offering 2-for-1 fares on select cruises in Europe and the Caribbean. You can also score two free hotel nights, pre [...]
Cuba Travel Update: Renewed Licenses for People to People Operators
A month ago Peter interviewed Ellen Creager of the Detroit Free Press on what looked to be the end of “people-to-people” trips to Cuba as a result of the sudden spike in difficulty to obtain or renew a license for these types of trips from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). After months of [...]
