Pin Your Way to a Free Sunset Wedding at Couples Tower Isle

Couples Tower Isle room

Couples Resorts has announced a free sunset wedding contest (valued at $1750). All you need to do is join Pinterest and create a board for the wedding of your dreams. Simply create a unique combination photos that reflects your personal style and wedding wish list. A panel of Couples Resorts judges will evaluate all of the submitted Pinterest [...]

Secrets Resorts–There’s an app for that!

Secrets St. James and Secrets Wild Orchid

Not sure yet when they will offer this app at Secrets Wild Orchid and Secrets St. James, but… AMResorts (Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resorts, and Secrets, Dreams, Now, and Sunscape Resorts & Spas), announced today the launch of its new, interactive Unlimited-Connectivity® app.  Now available for the company’s most recently opened properties, Secrets Vallarta Bay [...]

Sandals Resorts Premieres Wedding and Honeymoon Blog

Sandals Wedding Blog

Shared from Travel Pulse: Sandals Resorts launched “Love is All You Need,” a wedding and honeymoons blog featuring trends, tips, inspiration and ideas from Sandals’ wedding team. Brides and grooms can visit the blog to learn insider insight on romance and destination weddings from Sandals experts and see features including dress designs, popular ceremony locations, [...]

Is an all inclusive resort right for your vacation?

Sandals Grande Riviera Soy Sushi Bar

Found a interesting article about all-inclusive resorts on another travel blog (Chris Around the World).  The author, Chris Gray Faust, won a 2010 Lowell Thomas writing award for travel blogging,  is the former travel editor at USA Today.  To briefly summarize her article, an all-inclusive resort is recommended if you want to go on a vacation mainly to [...]

More Awards for Sandals Resorts

Sandals Royal Caribbean

Wow! Eleven awards for Sandals Resorts at this year’s World Travel Awards’ Caribbean & The  Americas Ceremony, held October 19th in Montego Bay, Jamaica, at Sandals Royal  Caribbean Resort & Private Island. Some highlights from the article by Mark Rogers, Caribbean Connection: Caribbean’s Leading Hotel Brand for the 18th year in a row: Sandals Resorts Jamaica’s [...]

Cruises Are Wonderful, but All-Inclusive Resorts Provide Stress Free Vacations

Beach (Excellence Punta Cana)

Cruises are wonderful–I’ve been on many and definitely plan to cruise again.  But contrary to what many travelers think, cruises are not all inclusive.   Yes, they include your stateroom, most meals (although the concept of extra-charge “premium” dining on cruises is growing by leaps and bounds), evening shows, and a wide variety of activities.  They do not, [...]

Honeymoon Gift Registry Now Offered by Jewel Dunn’s River Adults Only All Inclusive Resort in Jamaica

Jewel Dunns River

Jewel Dunn’s River adults only all inclusive resort in Jamaica now offers a Honeymoon Wishes Gift Registry.  This resort, located in Ocho Rios, is close to Jamaica’s top attraction, Dunn’s River Falls.  Your honeymoon could be enhanced with a room upgrade, spa treatments, or even paid for all together, through this convenient gift registry.  It is free [...]

Secrets St. James Montego Bay Trip Report

Secrets St. James and Wild Orchid Montego Bay Jamaica

Review by my daughter Brittany after her June 2011 honeymoon to Secrets St. James. Check in at Columbus airport smooth and uneventful. Upon arrival in Montego Bay, we easily located the Apple Vacations rep waiting near the airport exit. Because I booked a Secrets Resort using Apple Vacations, we got non-stop transfer, although it was [...]

New Adults Only Resort: The Jewel Dunn’s River Beach Resort & Spa

Jewel Dunn's River

The adults only Jewel Dunn’s River Beach Resort & Spa (formerly Sandals Dunn’s River Villagio Golf Resort & Spa) is a Mediterranean-style beachfront resort featuring picture-perfect grounds stretching along one of the island’s most powdery perfect beaches. Located in Ocho Rios, this resort is near the famous Dunn’s River Falls, just a few minutes away. [...]