Let National Rum Day Inspire Your Next Caribbean Vacation
When you visit the Caribbean, a good, strong rum cocktail to start the vacation off right is often the first thing that comes to mind. Granted, it’s hard to separate rum from the Caribbean—Bacardi, El Dorado, Havana Club, Pusser’s, and Mount Gay Rum all come from such islands as Puerto Rico, Guyana, Cuba, Jamaica, and […]
Turks and Caicos to Require Proof of Vaccination As Entry Requirement
As the Delta variant continues to make its impact on the travel industry, Turks and Caicos become the latest destination to update its entry requirements: all visitors 16 years and older will need to be vaccinated, starting September 1. They’re not the only ones reinstating restrictions on travel; Belize reinstated its testing requirement regardless of vaccination […]
U.S. To Donate 5.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine To All 15 CARICOM Countries
The United States is donating 5.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses along with ancillary kits to the 15 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). As part of this donation, a shipment consisting of nearly 569,000 doses will be delivered to Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad […]
Belize Is Paradise: How To Win A Week In Belize
You’ve probably heard the phrase “Belize is paradise” before, and now, you have a chance to experience it for yourself—for free. That’s because the Lodge at Chaa Creek and Victoria House Resort & Spa are giving one lucky winner (and their equally lucky plus one) the chance to spend an entire week in Belize! This is […]
What To Expect When Driving from Belize City to Toledo
Southern Belize is synonymous with being an “off the beaten path” destination. And while there’s no shortage of rustic, authentic experiences to enjoy in Belize, the drive to the Toledo district on two of the country’s most scenic highways is a beautiful tour in itself. Instead, you’ll find an unexpected journey of paved roads from Belize City’s […]
Belize Retracts Exception for Vaccinated Tourists: Testing Now Required Again
As vaccination campaigns swept the globe for inoculations well underway, tourism-reliant nations began opening their borders once more—incentivizing vaccinated travelers by waiving certain entry requirements. In February 2021, Belize became one of the first countries in the world to implement exemptions for vaccinated passengers to skip testing. Now, effective August 9th at nearly 6 months […]
U.S. Plans To Require Full COVID-19 Vaccination For Incoming Foreign Travelers
The US will eventually require almost all foreign visitors to be fully vaccinated, a White House official has said, as reported by BBC. The unnamed official told several news agencies that the Biden administration had tasked inter-agency groups with creating a phased reopening for international visitors. No timeline for the decision was given. The US has […]
3 of the Best Belizean Bars for International Beer Day
Every year, the first Friday of August is International Beer Day. And this year, the unofficial holiday falls on August 6. To celebrate the art and science of brewing beer and encourages people to try out new flavors of beer. Nowhere is there more suited to drinking a beer than Belize with the locally-owned and […]
Belize To Require Negative COVID-19 Test for All Travelers, Regardless of Vaccination Status
As of Monday August 9, 2021, the dually Caribbean and Central American nation of Belize will require all incoming travelers to present a negative COVID-19 test, or be tested on entry. The new, updated entry requirement applies to both vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers at any point of entry: by air to the Philip Goldson International […]
A New Caribbean Climate Change Art Contest Launches
Despite our individualities as Caribbean nations, climate change affects us all and we live in a region most vulnerable to to its effects — especially with our collective reliance on tourism and/or nature-based economies. Extreme weather events like hurricanes, droughts, and flash floods are more destructive; livelihoods, including those in fisheries and agriculture, are threatened […]