Looking for a place to vacation in January?

Question

My husband and I are looking for a 4 day get-away to somewhere warm....we were thinking Jamaica, and would like some suggestions on places to stay. Or open to any other ideas, just don't want to spend one day to get there, etc....we are traveling from St. Louis, MO

Answer 1

I would like you to consider Punta Cana - on the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic.

I've been to several hotels in Punt Cana and have visited many others. The Iberostar Bavaro Beach is a great resort - lots to do all day and night, plus the rooms are ALL Jr. suites and the food is great.

Was at the new RIU Punta Cana Palace in May - WOW. Drop dead gorgeous and what a beach! Actually, all the RIU resorts in Punta Cana line-up one right after the other on this beautiful stretch of beach, covered with palm trees. The RIU right next to us was the RIU Palace Macau, also a beautiful resort. Next to the Macau was the RIU Bambu, then the RIU Tiano, both a little down-scale from the "RIU Palace" resorts, but really nice places. I found the staff to be great at all of them, as I walked down the beach and sampled the food and beverages at them all.

Punta Cana does not have many off-resort activities or places of interest - its kind of a laid-back, chill-out and enjoy your resort vacation. All hotels have tour desks for the dozen or so tours that are available.

Punta Cana has year round beach weather - with the high season from mid December to mid April. The rainy/hurricane season is mid August to mid October, so take that into account when planning your vacation.

Every Sunday, Apple Vacations has a charter from St. Louis on their USA 3000 Airlines, so can fly to Punta Cana non-stop in a little over 4 hours. I fly USA 3000 often - brand new fleet of Airbus 320 aircraft. A 4-nitght vacation to an All-Inclusive will cost about $1000.00 per person at a moderate 1st Class resort.

Go on line to www.applevacations.com and check-out everything. They have full details and pictures of all the hotels, and you can design your own package and switch the hotels in and out until you have exactly what you're looking for. Then it allows you to send what you've created over to a local travel agent to take care of everything for you at no additional cost!

I hope this information was helpful.

Answer 2

Anyplace in the Caribbean would be nice. Besides Jamaica you could check The Bahamas, The Caymans, Puerto Rico. All should have fairly direct flights from Puerto Rico and have a good selection of resorts in all price ranges. Another option would be Cancun or Cozumel in Mexico.

Answer 3

take a caribbean cruise, it;s wonderful