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IslandsKosherPoints Hotels?Notes
Anguilla   ??               
Antigua   ??               
Aruba   Chabad   Marriott, Ritz Carlton,...etc            
Bahamas  Chabad  Atlantis-Marriott, Baha Mar-Hyatt  Weather forcast always says rain but in reality mostly nice weather 
Barbados    Chabad              
Bermuda    Colder, and Bermuda Triangle....
Cuba    ??              
Curaçao   Chabad          Hyatt     
Cancun   Kosher Restaurants, Chabad   St Regis, Hyatt, Westin...etc            Not Carribean but close enough
Cozumel   Chabad +         Not Carribean but close enough
Dominican Republic    Chabad + Year Round Kosher Hotel  Westin            
Grand Cayman    Kosher Frozen Food at the Ritz and Chabad Ritz, Westin..           
Jamaica    Chabad   Hyatt, Hilton            
Martinique    Chabad             
Puerto Rico    ChabadSt Regis x2, Ritz Carlton, W...etc            80% of the Island doen't have power All restored now
St Barts   Chabad              
St Kitts    Supermarket Carries many marked itemsPH            
St Lucia   Chabad              
St Martin   Chabad            
St Thomas    Chabad   Ritz Carlton, Wyndham, Westin on ST John            
Turk & CaicosChabad              
* Zika Status - I think its fair to say they all have it today most islands just stop reporting it.


HT: Davidmal

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Author Topic: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread  (Read 160972 times)

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #260 on: December 30, 2015, 12:48:59 PM »
anyone have any info on kosher resort in punta cana?
http://lifestylekosher.com/kosher_program.html
I think it's discussed here.

And that link you posted is in Puerto Plata, not Punta Cana.

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #261 on: May 01, 2016, 07:41:13 PM »
What do people do for phones in the Caribbean? (St. Lucia in particular)

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #262 on: May 01, 2016, 10:10:51 PM »
What do people do for phones in the Caribbean? (St. Lucia in particular)

T-mobile would have you covered there. Along with: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Sint Maarten, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #263 on: May 02, 2016, 05:53:41 AM »
What do people do for phones in the Caribbean? (St. Lucia in particular)
Isn't the point of going away to paradise to let go?  :P

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #264 on: May 02, 2016, 01:51:35 PM »
What do people do for phones in the Caribbean? (St. Lucia in particular)
if you have sprint then there is a free add-on. unlimited data and calls are minimal
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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #265 on: May 02, 2016, 04:40:22 PM »
if you have sprint then there is a free add-on. unlimited data and calls are minimal

I have Sprint and have used their free add-on several times. It's only unlimited data if your account has unlimited data--otherwise it "pulls" from your data package. It includes texts.

Calls are indeed minimal.

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #266 on: May 02, 2016, 04:43:02 PM »
I have Sprint and have used their free add-on several times. It's only unlimited data if your account has unlimited data--otherwise it "pulls" from your data package. It includes texts.

Calls are indeed minimal.
I have unlimited  so i guess it didnt make a difference
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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #267 on: May 12, 2016, 10:13:49 PM »
Would anyone be interested in a short St. Lucia trip report?

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #268 on: May 12, 2016, 10:22:20 PM »
Would anyone be interested in a short St. Lucia trip report?

yes. i've been on many of the islands, but not that one (and also not Turks & Caicos). Would like to hear about St. Lucia. Thanks.
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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #269 on: May 12, 2016, 10:42:05 PM »
Would anyone be interested in a short St. Lucia trip report?
Yes, please.

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #270 on: May 12, 2016, 11:41:34 PM »
Absolutely

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #271 on: May 13, 2016, 09:05:53 AM »
Would anyone be interested in a short St. Lucia trip report?
Please, it's on my travel bucket list )as well as hundreds of other places) but I love the Caribbean Islands, so I would greatly appreciate if you wrote it.  :) ;D

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #272 on: May 13, 2016, 09:07:04 AM »
anyone have any info on kosher resort in punta cana?
http://lifestylekosher.com/kosher_program.html
I was told that one can stay at that kosher resort for next to nothing because they try selling you time shares, but if you choose the kosher option, you would be paying through the nose.

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #273 on: May 13, 2016, 10:15:40 AM »
I was told that one can stay at that kosher resort for next to nothing because they try selling you time shares, but if you choose the kosher option, you would be paying through the nose.

it's like that for certain cruises, too. You decide what's important. Personally, I'd love the Royal Caribbean in January no matter what food is being served. We were on Kosherica as staff, so we had great food, however the families need to make the choice if the food is worth the 3X price or not. Same with this resort. Stay there and eat tuna, and you save thousands... Looks really nice, too.
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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #274 on: May 13, 2016, 02:47:24 PM »
I was told that one can stay at that kosher resort for next to nothing because they try selling you time shares, but if you choose the kosher option, you would be paying through the nose.
IIRC on cheapcaribbean.com the kosher option was like only $100 more per day

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #275 on: May 13, 2016, 02:58:45 PM »
IIRC on cheapcaribbean.com the kosher option was like only $100 more per day
yea but that was probably with airplane food

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #276 on: May 13, 2016, 03:47:23 PM »
yea but that was probably with airplane food
nope.

this was the price i got on a random 3 night stay


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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #277 on: May 13, 2016, 04:03:56 PM »
nope.

this was the price i got on a random 3 night stay


not bad. I thought you were talking about a cruise

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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #278 on: July 26, 2016, 05:50:48 PM »
Any recommendations which Island to go to? Im looking for somewhere not to far from NY form a Sun-Thur for a couple no kids

 Nice quiet beach (can be small secluded area, with fish etc), allot of easy option to swim with fish (scuba or snorkel).
Kosher food helpful but not a must, somewhere that has activities to do as well.
 Was thinking of the Caymans but other then Stingray city not much else there.
Dominican, is that a good option? 
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Re: Carribean Islands (Which One?) Master Thread
« Reply #279 on: August 02, 2016, 02:24:51 PM »
Any recommendations which Island to go to? Im looking for somewhere not to far from NY form a Sun-Thur for a couple no kids

 Nice quiet beach (can be small secluded area, with fish etc), allot of easy option to swim with fish (scuba or snorkel).
Kosher food helpful but not a must, somewhere that has activities to do as well.
 Was thinking of the Caymans but other then Stingray city not much else there.
Dominican, is that a good option?

Cayman is good for kids because in addition to stingray city, they have the turtle farm.  They have kosher food options, though I did not try them, I heard they aren't so good.

The closest place to NY is Bermuda-Zika free.  Flying there was an hour and fifty minutes, coming back was an hour 40.

Dominican sounds good, especially if they have that kosher hotel, but there is Zika there if that is an issues for you.