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The Southern Girl Travel Guide to Sandals!

By Mark

smb-000-1Sandals original Montego Bay Resort in Jamaica

All-inclusive Caribbean resorts

Just consider it…an entire vacation and not a thought about what the next meal, drink, or activity costs. Check-out comes and all you get are best wishes for a safe trip and a speedy return with no additional tab to settle.

Can that really be true?

We wondered.

Actually, Jennifer wondered and I was sure there had to be a catch.

On our very first trip to an all-inclusive Caribbean resort, I was skeptical. Ever the accountant, I was looking for that extra charge. I was waiting to say gotcha, and gloat over Jennifer a bit.

That extra charge never came. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Caribbean, General Travel, Honeymoons, Sandals

It’s Pronounced “KEY”

By Mark

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Disney’s Castaway Cay as seen from the Disney Dream

July 3, 2013

If you travel at all in the Caribbean, you’ll soon encounter the word Cay. English speakers from the United States will be tempted to pronounce it as it’s spelled, cay, rhyming it with the word way.

Resist the temptation.

It’s pronounced key, just like those things we use in locks. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Caribbean, Disney Cruise Line, General Travel

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