| For people wishing to take their family for a vacation in | | | | of building work or redevelopment, areas you will want |
| the Caribbean, there are usually only two main | | | | to avoid, and resorts which have decent, modern |
| concerns - finding the right place for the vacation | | | | facilities which will keep the kids or teenagers amused, |
| (usually one that will be fun and safe for kids) and | | | | and so on. |
| paying a fair and reasonable price for the package or | | | | So where do we find such stories online, and in |
| for the hotel. | | | | particular, where do we find vacationers' stories and |
| Some online services will be able to do both - provide | | | | reports about resorts in the Caribbean? |
| information about Caribbean countries and the | | | | TripAdvisor is a site with user reviews of resorts, |
| vacation resorts they have, and let you compare | | | | vacations and hotels worldwide, but it has huge |
| prices for resorts - whatever kind of deal you prefer. | | | | coverage of all the Caribbean destinations. The site is |
| We will list some of the best of these services in our | | | | so large and comprehensive that it can be confusing |
| resources page, below. | | | | to navigate: what you need to do is to select the |
| But before you select your Caribbean vacation | | | | actual destination you are interested in (Bahamas, |
| destination, particularly if it is the first time you have | | | | Barbados, Dominica, US Virgin Islands and so on), then |
| gone to that particular Caribbean country, it will pay | | | | scroll down to look at the 'Traveler Reviews' and the |
| you to read about the destination or resort first, from | | | | 'Traveler Forum' sections. The first of these gives |
| vacationers who have already been there. Their | | | | information about vacationer experiences at particular |
| stories will help you decide whether a resort, or even a | | | | hotels, while the second has stories about attractions, |
| particular country, is a suitable place for a family | | | | beaches, and good and bad experiences travelers |
| vacation. You will get tips on places which are 'family | | | | have had. If you have a question about a destination |
| friendly', on other places which are too noisy or | | | | before you go, this is where to ask it. |
| over-priced, resorts which are currently subject to a lot | | | | |