If celebrating Valentine’s Day ranks proper up there with celebrating Bagel and Lox Day on February 9, Extraterrestrial Abduction Day on March 20, or my private favorite Sidewalk Egg Frying Day on July 4, you’re not alone. For a lot of, the vacation hype and hullabaloo doesn’t precisely heat our hearts, nevertheless, Valentine’s Day this 12 months doesn’t need to be a complete wash.
Shake it up, ditch the clichés like bonbons, roses and jewellery and decide as an alternative for a mojito-fueled tryst within the Caribbean. Whether or not you’re going for tremendous swank or flip-flop pleasant, our sunny ideas are a win-win with perks, packages and privateness.
Love within the (salty) air
Well-liked with Montrealers, Jamaica is a pep-in-your-step selection primo for twosomes on a mission to maintain romance on the radar. “With frequent nonstop service all through the winter, it’s now simpler than ever with flights on Air Canada, Air Transat, and Sunwing,”
mentioned Angella Bennett, regional director for Canada, Jamaica Vacationer Board. “Montréal is one in every of Canada’s most romantic cities but when {couples} need to escape the sub-zero temperatures this Valentine’s Day there’s no higher place to rekindle your ardour than in Jamaica.”
Make your manner from the bags carousel to the seaside in document time by filling out the Immigration and Customs form previous to arrival. On the S Hotel Jamaica in Montego Bay, go for the candy spot with a sugar cane scrub on the Irie Baths and Spa and a siesta poolside. A world away from the touristy northwest coast, the hip resort sits fairly on the aptly named Hip Strip. Skip the seaside — you possibly can return tomorrow — and head to 1 many waterfalls just like the Blue Gap accessible solely by an unpaved mountain highway. For the bragging rights, cliff leaping in tandem is a bonding bonanza. — www.visitjamaica.com/
Higher collectively
In The Bahamas, larger is best at Atlantis Paradise Island in Nassau in case your mate likes to golf, gamble, cavort with dolphins on the world’s largest open-air marina or loll round one in every of umpteen swimming pools. A spin-it-to-win-it trip, the mega resort is providing the Love Is Here bundle with Valentine’s Day must-haves — like late checkout.
For French atmosphere with out the snow, St. Barths is a quick ferry or a 15-minute flight from St. Martin. An anthem to the great life, Hotel Barriere Le Carl Gustafinvitations with sea view suites, Michelin Chef-prepared dinners, massages pour deux and catamaran cruises.
Model dependable on the seaside
Take journey bother out of the combination and e book a model resort. Use loyalty factors or earn extra factors at acquainted names just like the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino the place Marriott Bonvoy members are handled like royalty, each balcony salutes the Caribbean Sea, and the Say Always in Aruba bundle welcomes weddings on the seaside.
Additionally a Marriott resort, The Westin Puntacana Resort & Club within the Dominican Republic is outfitted with a protracted sandy seaside, golf course and spa. For Hilton Honours members, Caribe Hilton in San Juan is the place the pina colada recipe was invented greater than 50 years in the past and nonetheless shaken (and stirred) on the foyer bar. — www.hilton.com/en/
A well-liked all-inclusive adults-only model within the Caribbean, Sandals latest is a seashell away from Montreal through nonstop Air Canada flights to Curacao. At Sandals Royal Curacao, with the good pool on the Dutch island, trip perks go the gap from three meals vans and 13 bars to eight eating places, just like the Kaanal Café, harking back to the cafes that line the canals in Amsterdam and the place wedges of Gouda with these pink waxy rinds and candy Stroopwafel cookies reign supreme. — www.sandals.com
