Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos.
We stayed at the Sands. Not sure what the pricing will be like at spring break but they have suites and adjoining room options. The beach is great.

Aruba was nice. Good snorkling. Almost always sunny. A little windy. Good restaurants. They have a national park you can hike around. Jeep tour was fun too. Try VBRO for a condo.

Price out a cruise from FL vs PR, Aruba (condo), St. James Club Antigua, and Baja Mar Bahamas.

I’m not a pool person bc I prefer the beach/ocean, but those places should deliver.

If you're willing to ferry from St. Thomas, I would reommend the BVIs. Stay on Jost Van Dyke or Tortola.

Mill Reef.

Anonymous wrote:I gave up on the islands - just way too $$. I go to Costa Rica now.

HAHAHHA I just KNEW this would be the first response.

I hear you re price. We could go up if need be. Tell me your island recommendations though.

Two rooms or a suite at a place with “great pools” for $800 is a tall order during spring break. You could maybe get one room for that, maybe. We are using points on our one room but the cash price for the room is over $1k. And that’s four of us in 2Q beds.

We went to Costa Rica a couple years ago and loved it. But it is a pretty recent trip so probably not ready to repeat yet.

I gave up on the islands - just way too $$. I go to Costa Rica now.

We are trying to figure out what island for spring break with our two high school students. We haven’t been to the Caribbean for many years; last time was St Kitts in 2016, our second time. I/we have also been to Grand Cayman (once), St Thomas with day trips to St John (twice) and Puerto Rico (twice). Some of this was pre kids. I think we would like to go somewhere new, though I am open to returning to Puerto Rico. (I haven’t been there in about 25 years.) We are not all-inclusive people, though would like to go somewhere with a great pool or pools. Other priorities: would like a great beach, good snorkeling, ideally some (easy) pretty hiking. I would prefer to have two separate bedrooms—either two hotel rooms or a suite, and my kids are no longer willing to share a sofa bed—hopefully for under $800 a night total. Where would you go?