Aug 28, 2007
For a real bargain to Jamaica, and a memorable stay, use a 20-year-old travel firm made up of Jamaican ex-pats
I've been remiss in failing to make more mention of Atlas Vacations (tel. 800/634-1057; www.visitatlasvacations.com), a New York tour operator founded more than 20 years ago by Jamaican ex-pats. They currently book you to places all over the world, but their arrangements in Jamaica are their special pride and best values. I've had numerous favorable comments from people who used them.
A current example is their amazing rate of only $383 for roundtrip airfare to Jamaica and seven nights of accommodations in the cluster of low-rise condos at the Fisherman's Point Resort on the beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The same package sells for $442 from Orlando, $524 from Charlotte, $540 from Baltimore, $582 from Philadelphia, $592 from Chicago, and $653 from Los Angeles. And those rates are available all throughout September, October and November.
Jamaica is the classic Caribbean destination, with all the outstanding pleasures and attractions -- both beaches and waterfalls, inland waterways and lush mountains, reggae and steel drums, jerk pork and jerk chicken, phenomenal Red Stripe beer, an articulate and dynamic people -- for which the tropics are known. In considering a trip to Jamaica, you can't do better than to use this firm of Jamaicans who have scored such a success in America.
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A current example is their amazing rate of only $383 for roundtrip airfare to Jamaica and seven nights of accommodations in the cluster of low-rise condos at the Fisherman's Point Resort on the beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The same package sells for $442 from Orlando, $524 from Charlotte, $540 from Baltimore, $582 from Philadelphia, $592 from Chicago, and $653 from Los Angeles. And those rates are available all throughout September, October and November.
Jamaica is the classic Caribbean destination, with all the outstanding pleasures and attractions -- both beaches and waterfalls, inland waterways and lush mountains, reggae and steel drums, jerk pork and jerk chicken, phenomenal Red Stripe beer, an articulate and dynamic people -- for which the tropics are known. In considering a trip to Jamaica, you can't do better than to use this firm of Jamaicans who have scored such a success in America.
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