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THE first tip is to travel off-season when flights and accommodation cost less. High season in the Caribbean is usually from December to April, but any time around that, prices drop. This works especially well for family holidays as low season prices in July and August combine with our traditional family school holidays. On chichi islands like St. Barths where people come to see and be seen in the high season, there are dramatic falls in price in low season, which officially runs from April 15 to December 15. April to August is the best time to come when you can bag a low season rate on a hotel room or villa and the weather is fine. The difference is considerable. Take Les îlets de la Plage (
lesilets.com). A one-bedroom villa costs €200/£169 per night =between May and mid July rocketing to €520/£439 over Christmas and New Year.
Many hotels and tourist boards offer special summer packages and deals worth looking out for.
Many hotels and tourist boards offer special summer packages and deals well worth looking out for. For example the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority runs a Summer Gold Card campaign (antiguasummergold. com) giving visitors the chance to take advantage of savings of up to £1,300 on holiday activities from June 1 to September 30 such as diving trips, restaurants, excursions and yacht charters. It’s worth calling your chosen island’s tourist office in the UK (see pages 33 to 49) before you travel or pay a visit to the tourist board on arrival to check out whether there are any money-saving vouchers or offers available during your stay. Many hotels also offer summer specials including Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort in Saint Lucia and Coral Reef Club and sister hotel The Sandpiper in Barbados. If you are going the tour operator route,
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