Jun 24, 2008
Along with a stunning air-and-land bargain to Barbados, our friends at Atlas Vacations can help you do Jamaica for not much more
Yesterday I passed on word about the almost unbelievable rate for air-and-land packages to Barbados in September and October, from an enterprising Brooklyn tour operator called Atlas Vacations (tel. 800/634-1057; www.atlasvacations.net; note: the website does not properly render without Internet Explorer or a PC). Atlas was founded by Jamaican ex-pats and has strong ties there. As you'd expect, they have stunning prices to Jamaica, this time throughout the entire autumn (starting September) and early winter (until mid-December). For round-trip air and 7 nights at the White Sands Beach Resort in Negril, they'll be charging:
Dates for travel are September 1 through December 15, 2008. As we've discussed on several occasions, the Caribbean has become a hot bargain for the coming fall and early winter.
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- $399 from Miami
- $543 from New York
- $656 from Chicago
- $656 from Philadelphia
- $552 from Washington, D.C.
- $541 from Atlanta
- $586 from Boston
- $536 from Orlando, and
- $517 from Los Angeles
Dates for travel are September 1 through December 15, 2008. As we've discussed on several occasions, the Caribbean has become a hot bargain for the coming fall and early winter.
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Feb 22, 2008
Air-and-land packages to Jamaica become a super-bargain if you depart between May 1 and June 15
That's when Atlas Vacations (www.atlasvacations.net) will charge only $498 from New York, $394 from Miami, $538 from Philadelphia, $575 from Baltimore, $596 from Chicago, and $675 from Los Angeles, for: round-trip airfare to Montego Bay and seven nights of accommodations at the nearby beachfront White Sands Beach Hotel in Negril. I very much doubt you'll find anything remotely close to those figures for a seven-night stay anywhere else in the Caribbean (but bear in mind that airport transfers are additional). The price goes up by $50 for travel from June 15 to July 31.
I recently called attention to a similar bargain ($538 from New York or Philadelphia, $419 from Miami, $696 from Los Angeles, from May 1 to June 15) for round-trip air to Barbados and seven nights at the Golden Sands Hotel, with full American breakfast daily, again from Atlas Vacations (which is currently the unbeatable source of low-cost tropical packages). Extra nights in Barbados: $59 per person per extra night.
Here are two remarkable opportunities to sample the islands, at a price that's not much more than you'd spend living at home. To book either the Jamaica or the Barbados package, phone tel. 800/634-1057 or go to www.atlasvacations.net. (Note: the company's website is buggy and does not work well for anyone using a browser other than Internet Explorer. For those readers it's best to call the 800 number.)
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I recently called attention to a similar bargain ($538 from New York or Philadelphia, $419 from Miami, $696 from Los Angeles, from May 1 to June 15) for round-trip air to Barbados and seven nights at the Golden Sands Hotel, with full American breakfast daily, again from Atlas Vacations (which is currently the unbeatable source of low-cost tropical packages). Extra nights in Barbados: $59 per person per extra night.
Here are two remarkable opportunities to sample the islands, at a price that's not much more than you'd spend living at home. To book either the Jamaica or the Barbados package, phone tel. 800/634-1057 or go to www.atlasvacations.net. (Note: the company's website is buggy and does not work well for anyone using a browser other than Internet Explorer. For those readers it's best to call the 800 number.)
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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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