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Caribbean all you need to know
Essential
FLORIDA
Caribbean
Gulf of
BAHAM
Mexico
CUBA
Facts and information to help
you give the best advice to
MEXICO
clients for safe and happy travel
CAYMAN ISLANDS
JAMA
BELIZE
I’m a celebrity… get two Pirates of the Caribbean films.
GUATEMALA
me to the Caribbean St Barths: often referred to as the HONDURAS
The region is a magnet for millionaires St Tropez of the Caribbean, this is a
and celebrities. Check out these island favourite holiday spot for Harrison Ford SAN SALVADOR
connections... and Daniel Craig.
Anguilla: here’s where clients could Paradise Island, Bahamas: Nicolas
NICARAGUA
spot Mariah Carey or Robin Williams Cage and Michael Jordan have homes on
arriving by private jet. this island off the coast of Nassau.
Barbados: Tiger Woods hired out the Belize: an up-and-coming celeb
entire Sandy Lane hotel for his wedding. destination; Leonardo DiCaprio owns
COSTA RICA
Dominica: this island was the setting for a whole island of real estate here.
PANAMA
Languages
English is the official language of
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas,
Barbados, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands,
the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and
the Grenadines, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago,
Hurricane season Flying times Turks and Caicos and the US Virgin Islands.
The official hurricane season is June 1 to Flying to the French is the official language in St Barths,
November 30, but within that, August-October is the Caribbean takes roughly St Martin, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
highest risk period. One way to minimise risk includes nine hours from London: Dutch is the official language in Aruba and
choosing an island on the fringe of the hurricane belt, ■ Barbados, St Lucia and Bonaire. In Curacao, 90% of the population
such as Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Cruise ships are Antigua take about 8hrs speaks Papiamentu. Many road signs are in
a practical way to visit the Caribbean during hurricane 45mins Dutch, but English is understood.
season because they can simply re-route out of the ■ Tobago is about nine hours Spanish is the official language along the
way of a storm. And check if your client’s preferred ■ Jamaica and Cuba take Mexican Mayan Riviera and in Puerto Rico,
hotel offers a hurricane protection guarantee. about 9hrs 40mins Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
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