Caribbean Provides Value-Added Packages for Winter Season

The Caribbean region is offering a variety of last-minute travel deals with value-added escape packages this holiday and winter season. These market-mindful values are available throughout 2009 for travelers seeking a romantic getaway or a vacation with the family.

Antigua’s Verandah Resort & Spa and St. James’s Club & Villas, two eco-friendly, upscale family resorts, grant parents’ vacation wishes with a new holiday “Kids Stay, Play and Eat Free” program.

Bermuda’s Elbow Beach, Bermuda offers the “Suite Temptations” promotion now through Mar. 31, 2009. The package includes a complimentary fourth night free when booking a three-night stay with continental breakfast for two, VIP services, a welcome amenity and a $50 voucher for an 80-minute spa treatment.

In the Dominican Republic, Hilton Santo Domingo offers savings of up to 50 percent off on holiday getaways. From Dec. 12, 2008 –Jan. 11, 2009, rates start at $110 per night, based on single or double occupancy.

Grenada’s True Blue Bay Resort & Villas is offering the “Surf and Turf Adventure Package” Dec. 15, 2008 –Dec. 14, 2009. The package includes seven-night accommodations, continental breakfast buffet, River Tubing and Sulfur Pond Tours and a Sea Fun Adventure Cruise.

Jamaica’s Sandals Grande Ocho Rios is providing 60 percent off value rates for guests traveling now through Dec. 26, 2009, starting at $152 per person per night. Additionally, guests who book seven nights or more in a Great House Premium room category or higher by Dec. 22, 2008 and travel by Dec. 26, 2009, will also be rewarded with a $250 credit to the exclusive Red Lane Spa.

Nevis’s Nisbet Plantation Beach Club is offering guests a free night’s stay on Christmas Day, a bottle of champagne and a massage when booking a seven night getaway, while Golden Lemon Inn in St. Kitts is offering the “All-Inclusive Winter Special” from Dec. 16, 2008 to Apr. 15, 2009.

For those traveling to St. Lucia, the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort is offering vacationers 50 percent in “Sun Dollars” savings now through Apr. 19, 2009. Sun Dollars are valid for exciting activities and amenities such as spa treatments at the resort’s Serenity Spa, fine wine, a room upgrade and zip lining through the Rainforest and horseback riding.

Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa invites the entire family to take advantage of its exclusive “Beaches Resorts’ Family Reunion Package” with a discounted rate of up to 55 percent off. Seven Stars Resort is offering complimentary nights now through May 31, 2009.

Bolongo Bay Beach Resort in the USVI offers the “Holiday Celebrations Special” featuring a savings of 20 percent off the resort’s European Plan (EP). The package is available on all EP bookings of five nights from Dec. 15, 2008 to Jan. 15, 2009. Nightly rates start at $96 per person per room, based on double occupancy. Rates quoted do not include 15 percent tax, service charges and $5 per day energy surcharge.

The Westin St. John Resort & Villas is offering value-driven deals with its “Sunsational Savings” program now through Dec. 31, 2009, while Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort & Spa is offering the “Sweet Caribbean Holiday Getaway” Dec. 24, 2008 to Jan. 1, 2009 with rates starting at $470 per night.