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The Caribbean
Direct from the UK, English-speaking on most islands, driving on the left and cricket on the radio. The easiest long-haul beach holiday a British traveller can take.
Direct from the UK, English-speaking on most islands, driving on the left and cricket on the radio. The easiest long-haul beach holiday a British traveller can take.
Every island here has an Atlantic side and a Caribbean side, and they are not the same holiday.
The east faces open ocean — dramatic, windy, often unswimmable. The west and south are sheltered, flat, and where virtually every resort sits. It's obvious once you know it and completely invisible in a brochure photograph, which is why a deal can look unusually cheap. If you take one thing from this page, take that: ask which coast before you ask anything else.
With the honest three-line version of what each is for.
Barbados for food, St Lucia for scenery, Antigua for calm.
Cenotes, Maya cities and the best-value all-inclusive at this standard.
Forty minutes apart and completely different. The best-value upgrade here.
Not strictly Caribbean, but the other big American family trip.
Parks then a Gulf beach. Seven nights of theme parks is the ceiling.
The Caribbean is where all inclusive earns its keep — eating out means a taxi.
St Lucia and Antigua do adults-only all-inclusive particularly well.
Two islands, forty minutes apart, finishing under the Pitons.
Barbados — direct flights, English-speaking, the best restaurant scene, and the widest range of hotels.
Most trips are entirely unaffected, and prices are roughly half. But it's a genuine risk rather than a theoretical one, and the insurance needs to cover disruption.
Not for UK passports on the islands, and Mexico needs no visa either. We confirm the entry requirements for your destination in writing before you book.
Yes, and we'd recommend it. Barbados and St Lucia are the classic pair. We book the inter-island flight as part of the package.
Guide prices across the region, from a short-haul week to a full circuit.
West and south for swimming, east for the drama.
The Pitons, and the most dramatic island of the group.
Flat, dry and the most reliable weather in the eastern Caribbean.
Two islands, one flight home.
Check the transfer time — the airports are far apart.
Guide prices, per person, based on two sharing, including return flights, accommodation and transfers. They indicate what a holiday of this type has typically cost and are not an offer or a quotation. Your price depends on dates, party, board basis, departure airport and availability, and is confirmed in writing before any payment is taken.
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