Featured Destination
La Bella Vita, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
Set high upon the hills overlooking Great Cruz Bay, La Bella Vita offers spectacular vistas of the bay and many of the Virgin Islands. The home, which was completed September 2004, offers every amenity, including four master suites with private baths and island stone showers. The spacious living area, complete with media center, gourmet kitchen and expansive living and deck space, all overlook the bay and distant islands. An outdoor island bar adjacent to the pool also offers enchanting views. Sleeps eight.
St. John Island is just a short ferry ride from St. Thomas.
Current pricing (per week) until December 14th:
Number of guests: 2 ($3000)...4 ($3800)...6 ($4400)...8 ($5300)
Christmas & New Years $8900 per week
Thanksgiving $5800 per week
Discounts for monthly rentals
Are You Ready?
What would happen if a good friend of yours asked you to go on a trip to Aruba this June? Would you be able to go on short notice? Not if you don't have your passport yet! Even if you don't have any immediate plans to travel out of the country by air, please consider applying for your passport now. You never know when you will need it.
Cruise News
Royal Caribbean and Celebrity
Express Departure is a new option that allows passengers to carry their own luggage off the ship rather than claim it in the terminal after disembarking.
Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Liberty of the Seas, is ready to sail! Sister ship to the Freedom of the Seas, the Liberty of the Seas has the FlowRider®, a rock climbing wall, boxing ring, mini golf, and H20 Zone aquapark for the kids. New to this class of ships is the Vitality Program, their Crown and Anchor program for youth, and Explorer Weddings.
Airline News
Delta Air Lines officially left Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. Using bankruptcy rules, Delta shed about $1 billion in labor costs and added more than five dozen new international routes - and, as a result, it's projected to post an $816 million profit this year.
Resort News
LIGHTHOUSE WATERSLIDENEWLY OPENED at Sunset Jamaica Grande: The exciting, new Lighthouse Waterslide is a thrill for everyone and is set to become a landmark along the Ocho Rios coastline. Architecturally designed like a traditional lighthouse, the new attraction is nothing like its counterparts! Impressively statuesque, guests climb an enclosed spiral staircase 60 feet up to an observation desk with an awe-inspiring, 360-degree panoramic view over the Caribbean Sea and the entire resort complex.
Two separate, full body water slides--one enclosed and one open and each a whopping 330 and 340 feet in length--twist and turn around the lighthouse for a shooting good time. After zooming down the slide, guests will refresh with a splash arriving in one of the resort's swimming pools or the azure blue ocean.
The lower level of the Lighthouse includes an air-conditioned arcade featuring a variety of video games. The landmark Lighthouse Waterslide at the legendary Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort & Spa is the latest addition to spectacular variety of amenities, where five lavish pools with waterfalls, plunge pools, Jacuzzis, swaying rope bridge meander through this beachside complex offering the ideal getaway for all age groups.
