Mar 14, 2008
Because Easter is unusually early this year, the month of April has suddenly become a time for thrifty travel to the Caribbean
Eastern Sunday falls on March 23, 2008, which makes an "off-season" to the Caribbean out of the entire month of April. Throughout April, round-trip airfares to St. Thomas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, will be as low as $224 from Boston (on American Airlines), $214 from New York or Newark (on Continental), $265 from Atlanta (on Spirit Airlines), and $241 from Chicago (on U.S. Airways) -- all unusually low rates for a time of year when it is still occasionally chilly up north.
I can't think of a better use of those knocked-down April airfares than to make a trip to the famous hillside camp of tented bungalows -- charging as little as $70 a night -- known as Maho Bay Camps (tel. 800/392-9004 or 340/715-0501; www.maho.org), on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands. You reach St. John by ferry from St. Thomas.
As an indication that Maho Bay has plenty of vacancies at that time, let me quote from their recent appealing press release about conditions there in April and May: "The turquoise waters are warming up to their typical perfect swimming temperatures of 80 degrees and the snorkeling is incredible with recent sightings of turtles, spotted eagle rays, and more tropical fish than you can name swimming along the reefs."
Maho Bay Camps is an American vacation treasure, an eco-sensitive resort appealing to sensitive, unpretentious, intellectually curious people of all ages who value the back to nature quality of a resort made up of canvas-tented bungalows overlooking an enchanting ocean view. You owe it to yourself to enjoy a week or two at this remarkable place.
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I can't think of a better use of those knocked-down April airfares than to make a trip to the famous hillside camp of tented bungalows -- charging as little as $70 a night -- known as Maho Bay Camps (tel. 800/392-9004 or 340/715-0501; www.maho.org), on the island of St. John in the Virgin Islands. You reach St. John by ferry from St. Thomas.
As an indication that Maho Bay has plenty of vacancies at that time, let me quote from their recent appealing press release about conditions there in April and May: "The turquoise waters are warming up to their typical perfect swimming temperatures of 80 degrees and the snorkeling is incredible with recent sightings of turtles, spotted eagle rays, and more tropical fish than you can name swimming along the reefs."
Maho Bay Camps is an American vacation treasure, an eco-sensitive resort appealing to sensitive, unpretentious, intellectually curious people of all ages who value the back to nature quality of a resort made up of canvas-tented bungalows overlooking an enchanting ocean view. You owe it to yourself to enjoy a week or two at this remarkable place.
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