Post Tagged with: "Grenadines"

Travel

Eight Extraordinary All-Inclusive Inclusions

Eight Extraordinary All-Inclusive Inclusions

  It’s not just about food, drink and a few activities. At some all-inclusive resorts, it’s all you can everything! Here are few all-inclusive perks you might not expect.     1. Phone calls   Can’t wait to tell the folks back home what a great time you’re having? Unlimited [...]

Share
by × April 30, 2013 × 0 comments

Resorts

The Caribbean’s Priciest Private-Island Resort?

The Caribbean’s Priciest Private-Island Resort?

How much is too much to pay for the privilege of having your own private fully staffed Caribbean kingdom? I’ve been fortunate to stay at a few private-island resorts in my time (I recommend Petit St Vincent, Fowl Cay and Palm Island), and while none of them were exactly cheap, [...]

Share
by × March 12, 2013 × 3 comments

Shopping

Shopping in the Grenadines: Atelier Turquoise

Shopping in the Grenadines: Atelier Turquoise

You wouldn’t think there’d be much to buy on a three-square-mile island but trust me, Jetsetters, if there’s a shopportunity, you can rely on me to sniff it out. Which is what I did last year on the tiny Grenadines outpost of Union Island, where my retail radar led me [...]

Share
by × February 12, 2013 × 0 comments

Resorts

Welcome (Back) to Palm Island

Welcome (Back) to Palm Island

If vacationing on an island is the Caribbean dream, then vacationing  on a private Caribbean island has to be the ultimate fantasy. Warm sea, soft sand and solicitous staff all to yourself; what could be more indulgent?   I’ve been lucky enough to stay at a few private-island resorts, and [...]

Share
by × January 15, 2013 × 0 comments

Resorts, Travel

The Caribbean’s Coolest Car

The Caribbean’s Coolest Car

Tooling around a resort in a golf cart is fun but hardly unusual; every other luxury hotel bigger than your back garden uses them to ferry guests around the property. But at Petit St. Vincent, a sophisticated but un-stuffy 115-acre private-island resort in the Grenadines, they go one better, transporting [...]

Share
by × January 14, 2013 × 0 comments