Should You Cancel Your Belize Trip Because of a Hurricane?
What do you do when a hurricane is within the region of your vacation destination, like Belize? As Hurricane Iota bears down on Central America, making landfall as a powerful Category 4, it’s time to take a closer look at your Belize trip. After all, the course of action for canceling a trip and/or trying […]
Traveller’s Liquors’ Belize Rum hailed “Best New Rum in the World”
Time was, rum was thought of as a summer drink, a light, ephemeral spirit to add booze to your frozen cocktails and little else. But times, thankfully, have changed. Rum is now widely regarded as a sipping spirit to rival the world’s great whiskies and cognacs. What’s changed? Well, there are plenty of new and exciting distilleries coming on board all over […]
An Agent’s Checklist For Booking International Travel To Belize
While domestic U.S. travel and trips close to home have been the first to emerge in a COVID-19 world, consumers will travel internationally again. And travel agents need to be prepared for that return with inspiring travel ideas and extensive knowledge on what global travel will look like. More than ever before, consumers are looking […]
Cuba Leads Race For Latin American & Caribbean COVID-19 Vaccine
As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drug makers, Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials. Should its efforts succeed, the Caribbean island could become an important supplier to neighboring countries that might […]
Tropical Storm Iota Forms In Caribbean — Central America At Risk Again
AT A GLANCE: Tropical Storm Iota has formed in the Caribbean. Iota is the Atlantic’s 30th named storm of the season. TS Iota poses another serious wind and flood threat to Central America. A major hurricane in this area would be a rare occurrence for the Caribbean so late in the season. Tropical Storm Iota […]
How Clean Is The Air Really on Planes?
How do you measure pandemic pessimism among travelers? The evidence is in the air—or not in the air, to be precise. At the pandemic’s peak in the U.S., there was a 96 percent reduction in air travelers; this figure shifted to a 73 percent reduction by mid-summer. According to a poll of transportation engineers, air […]
Placencia named “Overseas Haven for Americans” by International Living
Since March 2020, International Living has been advising to “get your ducks in a row; to do your research about where you might want to live or spend time overseas, to narrow down your options; and to put a plan in place for a trip to go exploring.” Now, you can actually go. Belize reopened officially […]
Industry Partners Predict 2021’s Top Travel Trends
In the recent (virtual) Indagare Future of Travel Summit, top industry partners and journalists gathered to talk about where travel is headed next. With 2021 fast approaching, its a matter of acknowledging the ongoing impact of Covid-19 in the year ahead and how to travel as safely as possible now or in the future. While […]
Harvest Caye touted “A Big Factor” in Norwegian Cruise Line’s Restart
Expect more itineraries to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings‘ two private, Caribbean destinations as the company’s three brands return to service, CEO Frank Del Rio said today. Del Rio told analysts on an earnings call that the cruise company is the only one with a private destination in both the Bahamas, with Great Stirrup Cay, and the […]
Travel to Belize & Coronavirus Testing: All Your Questions Answered
For those who must travel, or those who are itching to do so, airlines and airports are increasingly offering ways to get tested for the coronavirus ahead of a trip. Taking a test can assure you and others that you aren’t spreading the virus from one place to another. In recent weeks, some destinations, like Hawaii, and […]