The Best Ways to Score Post-Pandemic Travel Deals in Belize
The cost of travel rose more than 13% from June 2020 to June 2021, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s most recent travel price index. The figures also show a 3% rise in travel prices from June 2019 to June 2021. But as North Americans return to the skies, some for the first time since […]
Six Senses Belize: The New Luxury Resort Slated To Open on Ambergris Caye in 2025
The award-winning Six Senses brand—ranking number six in the Top 25 Hotel Brands in the world according to Travel + Leisure’s 2021 World’s Best Awards—just announced a new property in Belize. Joining the five-star company’s portfolio, the Six Senses Belize will allegedly spread across two different locations: the awe-inspiring Ambergris Caye and five minutes away on […]
Cuba To Reopen To Tourists in November
Despite an ongoing COVID-19 surge, Cuba is preparing to ease travel restrictions in November by removing its testing requirement for people who are fully vaccinated. As of November 15, Cuba’s authorities will reopen the country’s borders to tourists, citing the country will have vaccinated 90 percent of its population by then. Cuba’s peak travel season, […]
Belize To Require Covid Vaccines for Public Spaces
More cities and companies — from Paris to New York, from Disney to Fox Corp. — are issuing vaccine requirements of one sort or another, paving the way for others to follow. And now Belize follows with its newest intended rule announced by the destination’s Ministry of Health & Wellness: a COVID vaccine or a negative […]
What Extra Perks and Options Do Vaccinated Travelers Have In Belize?
For one: peace of mind. See, the relative strictness or leniency of entry requirements in the Caribbean is reshaping travel trends in the region. Travel trends are showing unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to the islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out. As a growing number of […]
Should You ‘Trip Stack’ For Your Caribbean Vacation?
If you’ve traveled during the pandemic, odds are you seemingly became an expert in ever-changing travel restrictions. Hours spent online reading mind-numbing fine print, checking in with the destination’s marketing organization up to the day before, and staying in close contact—thanks to apps like WhatsApp—with your resort’s concierge of what to expect once onsite. Another […]
Which Resorts & Restaurants in Belize Are Open For Fall?
You’re thumbing through Instagram in the #TravelBelize hashtag, double-tapping every adventure and dream-worthy lodging tagged. You’re already thinking about it, so why not take a mini-break this Fall? Besides a much-welcomed mental release, traveling during a traditional “shoulder season” means this period of time (from weeks up to months) between Belize’s traditional low and high […]
Lush Lodgings and a Feeling of Space in Mountain Pine Ridge
It’s true: few places in Belize are as wild or dramatic as the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. It stretches for an epic 300,000 acres from the highlands of western Belize and races all the way up to the neighboring Sibun Forest Reserve. Within, there are countless riverine-carved plunge pools with no other swimmers in […]
The Wit: Belize’s Newest Wreck Dive Destination & First Artificial Reef
Belize plans to add another marvel to its 185-mile long pride and glory—the Belize Barrier Reef—with The Wit: the country’s largest planned wreck dive and reef enhancement project. Slated to sink in the month of September, the 375-foot Witconcrete Vessel will be located 1 mile east from Blackbird Caye Dive Resort within the Soldier Caye […]
3 Countries to Retire Where The U.S. Dollar Is Used Like Local Currency
If you’re hoping to stretch your retirement dollars further, a move abroad may be the answer. After all, the pandemic highlighted a high cost of living in the United States and serious inefficiencies in a work-life balance. Retiring abroad has its challenges, but depending on your destination abroad, you can significantly take a lot of […]