The towel guy lounges on the beach at Sundown Villa
Jamaican Villas with solid family ties
Adam's Stewart's family is now so big—seven siblings and 13 grandchildren—they spread out between two villas in Jamaica
Read Eileen’s travel diary and keep up with her travels. You might just pick up some ideas for your next family vacation!
The Hobie Cat at Sundown Villa
At this Jamaican villa you won’t go home disappointed
Villa rentals here and elsewhere in the Caribbean have become increasingly popular for extended families looking to get away together. The difference from other popular shared accommodations: A staff to see to your every need—and whim.
Autism Center at Beaches Ocho Rios
Camp for Special Needs Kids at Beaches Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Beaches Resorts became the first resort company in the world to attain advanced certified autism center
Rafting on the Rio Mateberion
In Jamaica, the story of Martha Brae and the Rio Mateberion
During the plantation and slavery era, the river was used to connect the sugar plantations in Trelawny to the port town of Falmouth--long bamboo rafts were used to float the sugar and other crops to the harbor and ocean-going vessels bound for Europe
Sundown at the Sundown Villa
On an annual old girlfriends’ getaway – to a fab villa in Jamaica with our own butler and chef
Welcome to Sundown Villa in Discovery Bay, Jamaica right on the ocean. This five-bedroom house adjacent to another two-story four bedroom house, is owned by Gordon “Butch” Stewart, the founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts International.
Chocolate souffle
The good eats just keep on coming on Holland America’s Oosterdam
If you’ve been aboard a cruise ship lately, you have probably noticed that fitness centers are getting larger while midnight buffets are disappearing
A rainy day scuttles plans for an excursion in Puerto Vallarta
Rain happens: Making the most of a weather day on a cruise ship
Shore excursions typically go rain or shine -- and it’s raining. Pouring actually. We had thought we would go explore before our Sunset Sail but it didn’t look like there would be much of a sunset
Sweet corn tamales in Matzalan
#BestTamalesEver? Try the sweet corn in Matazalan on a local food tour
We are in Mazatlan, Mexico, the second port on our New Years’ cruise aboard the Holland America Oosterdam and we have forsaken a cruise tour today to see the city with a local, through its food.
Spot a gray whale, ring the gong at Grand Velas Cabo
Are resorts boring? Some kids think so. This one begs to differ.
The day we were in Los Cabos, we visited Grand Velas—a luxe 307-suite all inclusive resort that also was at capacity with 800 guests, more than 300 of them children.
The outdoor pool on the Oosterdam on sunny day at sea
A different kind of kids experience aboard Holland America Oosterdam
A new style Kids Club designed more for families to do activities together— everything from Fooseball to video games, old-fashioned board games to giant puzzle mazes