Opinions about the Caribbean, I’ve never been. Tell me your honest opinions about islands you have visited.

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Tell me an island to research. Tell me your honest opinions about islands you have visited.

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Such a lazy post.

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I've only been to 3: Jamaica, Bahamas, and St Lucia.

In Jamaica I stayed at The Caves, which is a lovely property near Negril. We had a romantic private dinner in a cave with about 100 candles. I am not great with heights, so all of the stairs made me a bit nervous, but it was a cool property. Food was better than expected. When we left the property to go to a pubic beach, I hated it. Felt like I couldn't turn around without someone trying to sell me something I didn't want or scam us. So probably won't go back to Jamaica.

I attended a writing retreat in The Bahamas. We spent our days on Salt Cay (aka Blue Lagoon Island), which is a private island you can rent for events (or at least you could, back then). It was lovely on the private island, but I didn't love the Bahamas enough to want to return. Atlantis was not my vibe at all.

In St Lucia I stayed at the Body Holiday, which is a resort that focuses on wellness. They have an absolutely incredible spa complex and I believe a spa treatment is included for every full day that you stay. The thing I loved the most about this place was that it had really great snorkeling just off the beach. Very relaxing. I'd love to go back and go more upscale to Jade Mountain or Anse Chastanet or Ladera or Sugar Beach.

I'm looking at Bonaire now, but haven't been. Interested in the great snorkeling/diving.

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Anonymous wrote:Such a lazy post.

such a lazy response to the post

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Anonymous wrote:I've only been to 3: Jamaica, Bahamas, and St Lucia.

In Jamaica I stayed at The Caves, which is a lovely property near Negril. We had a romantic private dinner in a cave with about 100 candles. I am not great with heights, so all of the stairs made me a bit nervous, but it was a cool property. Food was better than expected. When we left the property to go to a pubic beach, I hated it. Felt like I couldn't turn around without someone trying to sell me something I didn't want or scam us. So probably won't go back to Jamaica.

I attended a writing retreat in The Bahamas. We spent our days on Salt Cay (aka Blue Lagoon Island), which is a private island you can rent for events (or at least you could, back then). It was lovely on the private island, but I didn't love the Bahamas enough to want to return. Atlantis was not my vibe at all.

In St Lucia I stayed at the Body Holiday, which is a resort that focuses on wellness. They have an absolutely incredible spa complex and I believe a spa treatment is included for every full day that you stay. The thing I loved the most about this place was that it had really great snorkeling just off the beach. Very relaxing. I'd love to go back and go more upscale to Jade Mountain or Anse Chastanet or Ladera or Sugar Beach.

I'm looking at Bonaire now, but haven't been. Interested in the great snorkeling/diving.

Is Atlantis a trashy vibe? I remember Anna Nicole Smith many decades ago going there and Nick and Jessica Simpson along with a few rappers on MTV when MTV was at its peak

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Anonymous wrote:Such a lazy post.

So lazy!

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Favs:
Turks and Caicos
Grand Cayman

Least favs:
St. Lucia
Jamaica

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Favs:
Turks and Caicos
Grand Cayman

Least favs:
St. Lucia
Jamaica

PP. stayed at Anse Chasanete (sp) for honeymoon. Still didn’t care for St. Lucia.

[Anonymous]

OP, I have been to most Caribbean islands (travel planner) - are you looking for just beach time? Would you like to do some hiking? All-inclusive or regular resort?

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Really depends on what you want to do. I like beautiful beaches and do not like being stuck at a resort the entire time but have been to quite a few of the Caribbean islands and they all have something different to offer.

-Turks & Caicos: Grace Bay is probably one of the prettiest beaches I've been to in the world
-Grand Cayman: Loved seven mile beach and how easy it is to get around. Excellent restaurants throughout the island.
-Jamaica: Definitely has its own island flavor and I had a friend who lived there show me around so experienced a little bit of the local culture which was fun! Do need to be cautious going off resort though
-Anguilla: Beautiful beaches and scenery but I did get a little bored after a few days
-St. Lucia: probably my least favorite island we visited but it might be because we went soon after Covid restrictions limited so the entire experience was still stressful. The scenery with the jagged mountains in the background is very pretty though
-Grenada: Did not expect to like this small island as much as we did but the resort we stayed at was fabulous with excellent food and just had fabulous tours of the island, people were very friendly and just loved overall vibe

[Anonymous]

Really depends on what you want to do.

This. So lazy, OP.

[Anonymous]

What do you like to do on vacation? What kind of vibe?

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I’ve been to the following Caribbean islands: Aruba, Antigua, Barbados, Bonaire, Curaçao, st Maarten, St John, St Thomas, Tortola, Martinique, Bahamas, Turcs and Caicos, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica and maybe a couple of others that I am forgetting.

They all have pros and cons.

IMO, the most beautiful beaches were in Provo, T&C (especially Grace Bay).

I also love the ABC islands for their safety, charm, cleanliness and friendly locals. I really loved Klein Bonaire for the snorkeling.

I’m not a fan of places like Bahamas, Jamaica or DR because of feeling unsafe, poverty and being hounded on the beaches. I guess they’re fine if you like AI and will stay in your resort the whole time. But I will say that I’ve visited gorgeous beaches in the Bahamas (and Jamaica).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Favs:
Turks and Caicos
Grand Cayman

Least favs:
St. Lucia
Jamaica

Agree with faves, haven’t been to those least faves, but my least faves were Dominican Republic and Aruba.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been to the following Caribbean islands: Aruba, Antigua, Barbados, Bonaire, Curaçao, st Maarten, St John, St Thomas, Tortola, Martinique, Bahamas, Turcs and Caicos, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica and maybe a couple of others that I am forgetting.

They all have pros and cons.

IMO, the most beautiful beaches were in Provo, T&C (especially Grace Bay).

I also love the ABC islands for their safety, charm, cleanliness and friendly locals. I really loved Klein Bonaire for the snorkeling.

I’m not a fan of places like Bahamas, Jamaica or DR because of feeling unsafe, poverty and being hounded on the beaches. I guess they’re fine if you like AI and will stay in your resort the whole time. But I will say that I’ve visited gorgeous beaches in the Bahamas (and Jamaica).

PP again. Forgot to add St. Lucia and St. Kitts & Nevis to the list. St. Lucia is stunning if you go for the Pitons side (especially approaching by boat). The beaches have dark sand so you wont get that beautiful turquoise water but the lush scenery is gorgeous.

St Kitts & Nevis has beautiful scenery but the beaches I visited there were not that spectacular.