When planning a family trip to the Caribbean, Spice Island Beach Resort immediately comes to mind. Everyone in the family can do their own thing, eat and drink as much as they want, and enjoy the best beach on the island. We last visited in 2021, just after COVID restrictions were lifted, with our son, but this time brought the whole family, including my daughter and son-in-law. They are the adventurous ones, who search out a national park everywhere we visit. Grenada did not disappoint. They could search out the hikes through the mountains, visiting multiple waterfalls, and we could spend the day on the beach. We could all enjoy…
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It seems too simple to call it “food and drink” at Rosewood’s Jumby Bay, Antigua. It was like fine dining at every meal, and a wide variety of cocktails at each of the resort bars. Let’s start with breakfast. Served daily at the Estate House restaurant, you have a variety of choices at the buffet, a menu of breakfast favorites, along with a menu of daily specials. My son’s breakfast was the same every day – – a plate of freshly baked croissants, usually five of them. The rest of us varied our choices, although it was hard not to order eggs benedict every day. I loved the crab cakes…
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Welcome to Jumby Bay, Antigua! “Welcome” seems far too common a word to express the greeting you get at Rosewood’s Jumby Bay. It’s not just a custom upon arrival of guests. It even goes farther than an expression that they are happy to see you. At Jumby Bay, it’s like a big hug from your favorite aunt or grandmother, who not only is thrilled to see you, but will do everything within her power to make sure you are happy. That’s the kind of welcome you get at Jumby Bay. From the moment you depart your airplane in Antigua, you are greeted by a representative to walk you through the…
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When we look toward traveling to a new island, one of the first choices we make is the hotel, and picking the perfect hotel for your family is no easy task. Picking the perfect resort, villa, or hotel requires research and consideration of what you need, and more importantly, what you don’t need, to make your vacation a happy one. 1. Room or Suite? Anyone traveling with their family knows how difficult, and how expensive it can be, to find the perfect accommodations. Our family of four started traveling out of the country when the kids were 6 and 8 years of age. When the kids are that young, you…
