Shoulder seasons:those delightful wedges between high and low seasons that offer decent weather, smaller crowds and a healthy potential for deals on hotels and airfare. Shoulder seasons indicate a drop in tourism demand, but not in intrinsic value. Melanie Waldman offers up tips for booking shoulder season deals in five regions around the world.
The Caribbean has all the trappings of an exotic travel destination, but if you want to avoid the crowds and costs, Jo Fitzsimons recommends you approach the Caribbean from another side - Central America.
The tiny island of Barbados boasts some of the longest life spans in the world. How do Barbadians do it? Ramona Flume reveals some of the secrets behind this ostensible fountain of youth in the east Caribbean.
As the song goes, "Come to Jamaica and feel all right!" For natives of Jamaica it's not true. They are exploited, taxed, and most are forbidden to leave. What's a tourist to do?
The British Virgin Islands have so much to offer from scenic views, white sands to water sports which are why they are known as “nature’s little secrets”.