Caribbean Family Vacation Reports
Latest Caribbean Family Vacation Reports 
dbkmperry - 2011-12-31
We spent our Christmas holidays this year in St. John, and what a perfect vacation it was. We decided to stay in eco-tents, and split our 10 days ...
Lindarodda - 2011-12-23
We went to Aruba with my three boys ages 14, 11 and 6. We stayed at the Marriot Aruba surf club, which was very spacious for our family with two ...
Scott T - 2011-11-30
We have gone to the Gran Bahia in Punta Cana twice, and we would highly recommend it. From the moment you land at the airport, you feel like you are ...
Luv1204 - 2011-11-30
This past June we relaxed and enjoyed at the Radisson Aruba. The resort was recently remodeled and they thought of everything while remodeling! Upon ...
nildib - 2011-11-30
It was driving me crazy to find the right place, to stay at Jamaica! So many places to choose from, after researching, finally decided to stay, ...
naydaesther - 2011-11-30
Cabo Rojo has beautiful beaches, and trails that end in a wonderful lighthouse. People with friendly faces welcome you to Boqueron Beach. Some ...
k.eckel@comcast.net - 2011-11-30
We rented a cottage in Cooper Bay on Provo in the Turks and Caicos. We are a family of three. Our 10 year old loved the island as much as we did! ...
codegirl - 2011-11-29
We have taken several cruises as a couple, and with our two young daughters. It's usually always a challenge to keep kids occupied while on ...
nwendirad - 2011-11-15
Visiting the Dominican Republic during the month of December 2010 was an amazing experience. We spend five days in Punta Cana at the ...
lillykitty123 - 2011-11-11
We took our 8 month old daughter to the Cayman Islands this year along with grandma and great aunt and we all had a blast. I highly recommend ...
gullysaccount - 2011-11-04
Our family of 5 (boys - 10, 13, 16) spent 7 days at Beaches TCI from August 6-August 13th. We have been to Beaches Sandy Bay in Jamaica for the last ...
crusinmama06 - 2011-11-03
After taking a quick trip to Bermuda earlier this year on one ship, I promised the kids a return sailing back this Fall -- so off we went on NCL Gem ...
Host Young Gang Mom - 2011-10-11
All I can say is Wow!! Negril Jamaica is one of the most beautiful locations on Earth. We stayed at Beaches Negril Resort & Spa for 7 ...
carol chanco - 2011-10-05
Adventure Jamaica! We loaded up kids and grandchild and attempted Dunn's River Falls- a waterfall climb near Ocho Rios. What a hoot! When we ...
KateTravelling - 2011-07-14
I recently visited Bermuda on an NCL Cruise ship. I travelled with my 2 grandsons, ages 6 & 9 and thought it may be useful to share some of ...
beaverm - 2011-05-04
My daughter Lily (5yrs) & I experienced our first family vacation recently and it was perfect! Lily had her first ever plane ride and LOVED ...
ebc0503@hotmail.com - 2011-05-01
We went on a 4 night 3 day cruise from Miami with my son's High School Band. We left on the Majesty of the Seas.Our destinations where Key West, ...
SLK935 - 2011-04-30
We went to the Dominican in April, our first family vacation outside of camping in Canada or visiting family. We arrived at the Dreams resort and ...
kmossman - 2011-04-29
This was our family's first cruise and we traveled 3 nights on the Disney Dream to the Bahamas. The ship was truly elegant! You definitely ...
pdclayton - 2011-04-28
In January, my fiance, my 2 best friends and I went on a Carnival Cruise. We were to board the Valor and cruise first to the Grand Caymans. As we hit ...
Melaine - 2011-04-28
We took a 10 day cruise in Celebrity Millennium in October. We embarked from San Juan on a beautiful cruise of the Caribbean. From the time we ...
trilbie - 2011-04-28
Often we think of what to do when we have our teenagers traveling with us. And in my case, how can I implement variety when you're traveling with a ...
EmilieB - 2011-04-27
Lots to do and see! Touring Old San Juan was like a history lesson with museums and historical sites, visiting new San Juan, the beautiful beaches, ...
liyorkyoh - 2011-04-21
We cruised on Carnival's Liberty (which by the way was a terrific ship). Their itineray was fantastic and loved all their ports of call. My very ...
scraperbc - 2011-04-21
Our family took a Western Caribbean cruise on Carnival Valor this spring and it was a wonderful trip. We left the port if Miami at 5pm on Sunday. ...
scraperbc - 2011-04-20
Roatan is one of the Islands we stoped at on our Western Caribbean family cruise. Roatan is a pretty, hilly not overly developed or built up island ...
kear - 2011-04-19
Coconut Bay? Fantastic! My family and I LOVED it. There was a water park with 3 water slides, a lazy river, multiple contests for my kids to win ...
scraperbc - 2011-04-17
Our first stop on our cruise was Grand Cayman and what a beautiful Island it is. Grand Cayman is a very clean, beautiful island and the people are ...
vsullivan0823 - 2011-04-17
4/15/2011 - We stayed at the Sandals Halcyon Resort and booked the tour of the island with Fabian Tours a few weeks prior to arrival. We had an ...
LindaLou1955 - 2011-04-17
My daughter, Julie, was on her way back to the United States after a 2-year overseas military tour. She would be home a few weeks before Mothers' ...
maggiemonsalve - 2011-04-17
Christmas in Medellin would surely bring a twinkle, and perhaps even tears to the eyes of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the incandescing light ...
Sandeegram - 2011-04-15
My husband and I have been married for 32 years and could never afford to go on a nice vacation.
We have 3 Daughters, our first Daughter died at ...
arkman71762 - 2011-04-15
We stayed at the Cayman's on a cruise. We were there one day but had the best time of our lives.
We fed the stingrays and walked along the 7 mile ...
wickedbeth - 2011-04-15
Who would have thought beyond the mammoth boulders would be paradise? We were a bit skeptical to think that traveling between the boulders would ...
talllady1 - 2011-04-12
The island is small & beautiful. The weather was perfect every day. The people were nice & spoke English, French & Spanish. ...
adamgrandprix - 2011-04-12
We went on the Nick cruise on the Norwegian Jewel for Spring Break with our two kids, ages 7 and 9. They had a blast and my son got to smash a whip ...
AmySL212 - 2011-04-10
Currency: Bermuda Dollar, but USD accepted. The Bermuda dollar is linked to the USD. 1 BD = 1 USD. But when we bought something at a ...
cookie99 - 2011-04-01
This was our second Disney Cruise. We sailed on The Dream, Disney 3rd ship which made its debut in January. The ship is huge compared to The Disney ...
LilLeebird - 2011-03-28
We spent Spring Break this year cruising the southern Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean ship, Adventure of the Seas. Our family of seven included 2 ...
tkportersat - 2011-03-26
We cruised out of New Orleans on the Norwegian Spirit (3/13-20). There were 9 of us traveling-Me, husband, 18yr old son, 16yr old daughter, 10 month ...
shoppinandfishin - 2011-03-26
I earned and incentive vacation through my company to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas last summer. My husband had to work, so I traveled with my ...
kbullerman - 2011-03-23
When my husband first told me that he booked a trip to Puerto Rico, I was unsure of his choice. I didn't know much about Puerto Rico, I didn't even ...
bottomz101 - 2011-03-20
This was the best vacation my children have been on and they have been to many places from the mountains in the Poconos to the beaches in Myrtle ...
newslink3 - 2011-03-19
Eagle Beach in Aruba!! Wow. White sands turquois waters, steady warm breeze...and did I mention the food???
We spent Mother's Day week in Aruba at ...
pe4all - 2011-03-18
While we used to do All-Inclusives, as my kids got older we turned to cruising. Everyone found that they enjoyed waking up in a different ...
PATTIC - 2010-12-29
Just returned from an adventure on the Allure, and yes it was an adventure, the ship is 225,282-tons or 5,400 passengers. At first I was a bit afraid ...
Whoops25 - 2010-12-14
Most people are not familiar with Curacao Island. It is part of the ABC Islands ( Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). Curacao is located just north of ...
k.eckel@comcast.net - 2010-12-12
We traveled from the San Francisco area to St. Maarten in November 2010. We escaped the cool rain of the Bay area for the warm sun of the Caribbean. ...
anthonyandkerri@comcast.n - 2010-11-10
My favorite vacation is the Cayman Islands. You can do a lot of stuff there.
In July, I went there with my Dad, my Mom and my sister Sophia. ...
kryswithak - 2010-11-02
My boyfriend and I arrived in St. Maarten 1 day after a hurricane. We rented a condo at the Monte Cristo studio in Nettle Bay. There were a few ...
jamericanman - 2010-11-02
Having a strong passion for islands, our family (myself, husband, 15 yr. old son & his 15 yr. old friend) decided to try the Dominican ...
matkatma - 2010-11-02
We have traveled throughout the Caribbean and one of our favorite spots is St. Lucia. A lot of the other islands are too built up and 'touristy'. St. ...
longonlooks57@yahoo.com - 2010-09-10
For our honey moon my husband and I went to Jamaica. Just one look at the clear blue waters was enough to tell me I was home. As we took our first ...
slg1pro - 2010-09-10
We went to the island of St. Martin and rented a very nice private two bedroom villa with a pool. The villa had almost an acre of beautifully ...
nidiah1 - 2010-09-09
I visited family and friends in the Dominican Republic. The family flied to Santo Domingo (which is the Capital) and from there we went to the East ...
princesstwo - 2010-09-09
In July of 2008 I prepared myself for a vaction that was to be the vacation of all time. I gathered up my children, my then 11 year old boy and his ...
judimom1 - 2010-09-09
There are many exciting experiences for kids & grownups at the Atlantis Resort. We enjoyed all the different lagoons which contained all ...
Cruising Queen - 2010-08-28
Quick background on me, I am a single parent of a 17 year old who has been cruising for 8 years. Now, surely you must be asking yourself why do I ...
jakelley - 2010-08-24
Had the pleasure of actually roughing it at an eco-friendly campsite in St. John, USVI from Feb. 25-March 3, 2010. Went with two other companions ...
bethesdamom - 2010-08-23
Our family visited Bermuda twice and loved it. We traveled by cruise ship out of northern New Jersey both times, once on a small ship that could ...
kmanning1 - 2010-08-23
We went to St. John in the Virgin Islands the last week in June. We stayed for eight nights. It was by far the best vacation we have ever had. Where ...
ldlnick - 2010-08-23
Our family rated our vacation to St. Lucia's Windjammer Landing Villa Resort as the best ever!
We arrived at the airport in Vieux Fort and were ...
sdwrdt - 2010-06-03
Our tour of the Cayman Islands was given to us by Nativeway. Lisa was our driver and guide.
She described most of the homes and interesting sites ...
traveljunkie - 2010-05-27
If you have traveled before with your kids and are not afraid of an adventure go for it! You can have the best of best of both worlds - traveling ...
OOOOHAL - 2010-05-27
My wife and I took a 5 day cruise to Bermuda. We had a great cruise on a Royal Caribbean Cruse ship.
There was plenty to do and the crew was very ...
sakrawi - 2010-05-27
Aruba is a GREAT island for families for MANY reasons.
1-The people are VERY friendly.
2- The resorts and island cater to every single person ...
scout - 2010-05-27
In December we took a family trip which included my immediate family which consists of a 9yr, 10yr, 13yr, 17yr and 18yr old, my sisters family which ...
masonsu - 2010-05-27
My family and I traveled to Jamaica in late April 2010. We arrived at the Montego Bay Airport where we had Jamaican Beef Patties while we waited for ...
Lizard - 2010-05-26
My family just returned from an amazing trip to the Bahamas. We were lucky with the weather - I heard it was a bit of a cool winter, so something ...
brewcrew89 - 2010-05-25
I'd like to give a little background information on our family to help make this review more understandable. We are a family of 5, children ages 19, ...
aredmin - 2010-05-19
We booked 11 months in advanced. The cruise happened during the Cold Snap we had in January. It was 30 degrees when we left New Orleans. It was ...
SharoninKentucky - 2010-05-14
In April we decided to do something more exciting than our usual trip to the State Park Campground. On our daughters' Spring Break we booked a cruise ...
debegar - 2010-05-14
What a great place to go with your family! It's fun for all ages! Most of the hotels around the high rise resort area are very nice. You just need to ...
mcmahonfam - 2010-05-14
We took our 2 boys (6 and 8) to Beaches TCI after visiting both Beaches Boscobel and Negril. This vacation was fantastic!! The beach is the best I ...
dreamtraveller - 2010-05-11
Our family of four just returned from 7 wonderful days in the Dominican Sun. From the time we stepped onto the plane until we landed back home in ...
kayti5555 - 2010-05-05
We stayed at Meads Bay Villa resort on the island of Anguilla. Most people fly in to St. Martin and take a ferry to Anguilla, and that was an ...
cgozberk - 2010-05-04
My children, husband and myself took a cruise to Bermuda on NCL Cruise line. It was a free Style Cruise that we were on. We were very surprised about ...
Pearl - 2010-04-28
We just returned from a 7 day Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Victory with our 16 year old daughter and 18 year old son. Not once did we hear "I'm ...
sissynorwood - 2010-04-27
Grand Oasis Marien Resort All Inclusive
The things that Makes This Destination Family Friendly are first of all the wonderful staff. They ...
orr333 - 2010-04-24
Our first trip to Puerto Rico in 2005 was at the then all inclusive Paradisus which is now the Gran Melia in the NW part of PR. It was nice but in ...
tnmcarr - 2010-04-21
My son, treated his dad, "bop" , myself, his wife & our 2 grandsons to Beaches in Jamaica for my husband's 60th birthday. We had a ...
mark39 - 2010-04-20
I want to first share that this trip included mom, dad, daughter and son.
Kids ages are 7 and 12. The 7 year old gets bored easily, and the 12 ...
Marchese4 - 2010-04-20
Beaches Boscobel was awesome! The kids had fun all day, everyday. It was relaxing! The food was good, the drinks were cold, the sun was hot, and ...
Jetsons - 2010-04-20
First trip for the kids going on an airplane and to the Dominican Republic. The trip was fantastic....awesome weather, amazing food! The excursions ...
cruisebunny - 2010-04-11
First some Background. Hubby and I are 39 and 40 and have been cruising on Celebrity since the mid 90s. We have always enjoyed Celebrity for their ...
ablest4 - 2009-10-28
Given the choice between a hotel stay at the beach and a cruise to the Bahamas, my kids chose (screamed) "CRUISE!"
Check-in at the ...
wend949 - 2009-10-28
We went on the Disney cruise. We had deluxe family suite that slept five people. It was nice and roomy with a balcony. The cruise was very well ...
nohurt41 - 2009-10-27
Ever since we have been going to Aruba (1999), we have enjoyed the relaxed and carefree atmosphere and friendly people. Our resort is quite small ...
frednsb - 2009-10-27
With two daughters and four grandchildren my wife and I decided it was time to take a family vacation. My wife and I vacation at least twice a years, ...
sbinsun - 2009-10-27
This was our first time to sunny Aruba. We stood at the Ocenia Condo Complex directly across from Eagle Beach. We rented from a Private owner ...
familycruisn' - 2009-10-27
Sailing the Southern Caribbean in a ship 893 feet long, with 6 different ports of calls,
the Carnival Victory offers a busy itinerary full of ...
latonyarw - 2009-10-27
My family and I took a Carnival Cruise on the Destiny Ship to Ocho Rios Jamaica and Grand Caymen Islands. My children had an absolute blast. I've ...
iparkin - 2009-10-27
I spent a part of my vacation at the all inclusive Breezes Resort in Runaway Bay, Jamaica. What made this vacation special was that I had not been ...
activeac - 2009-10-26
We just recently returned from our family vacation aboard Carnival Cruise Lines - Carnival Inspiration - a 5 night cruise with stops in Grand Cayman ...
flip-flops - 2009-10-26
We have been going to the Turks and Caicos Island Provienciales since the kids ages 6 and 12 were born so it's like our second home. We flew down ...
RKRROG - 2009-09-30
We stayed at the Coconut Bay Resort in St. Lucia. It was only a few minutes from the airport which was a wonderful treat. The resort is beautiful ...
subond - 2009-09-29
Had a wonderful trip to Cayman islands, Great Beaches, Local tours are really good. Swimming and snorkeling are fun. You must visit HELL when you ...
whimsicalgarden - 2009-09-27
We recently booked a family vacation on a Carnival Cruise out of Jacksonville. We stopped at Key West and Nassau. The kids had a fantastic time. ...
Jennyjenb87 - 2009-09-27
Celebrity was my fifth cruise and my children's third cruise. Celebrity's meals were very good but there were some concerns with the safety of the ...
dt8762 - 2009-09-22
We spent a day at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas as a stop on a Caribbean Cruise this summer. This was one of the most ...
iainswife - 2009-09-18
We went to FDR Pebbles (for the third time in four years) because it is a small, locally-owned, completely all-inclusive resort that INCLUDES a ...
A&JFamily - 2009-09-17
We were scheduled to go to Nassau, St. Thomas and St. Martin but "Bill" put a twist in that. They had to re-route us, un-re-route us, and ...
kayti5555 - 2009-09-16
We cruised out of Baltimore on NCL's Majesty in June of 2009. Cruising out of Baltimore is as easy as it get's, and from the time you park your car ...
Nunny - 2009-09-16
I can spell perfection with ten letters. I can describe it here in many words. P is for pristine beaches, E is for each sunrise and sunset, R is for ...
kzulpo - 2009-09-16
Labor day, September 7, we embarked on our first cruise with the kids, ages 3 and 1. Our flight was delayed, so we had lots of waiting at the ...
kjunea - 2009-09-15
We traveled to St. Thomas and had a great time with our 6 year old! If you have heard about the great deals in St. Thomas, you might be able to ...
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