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Here are some great resources for planning a trip to Jamaica.This page is grouped into several sections:Information about Jamaica
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Information about Jamaica |
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| www.airjamaica.com — The official Air Jamaica site publicizes the 31-year-old airline and its commitment to service with fare deals, travel tips, and reservations and flight schedules through expedia.com. |
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| www.congabay.com—Congabay, is like any other far away and secluded little seaside community, where people live and interact with each other. The whispering trade winds signal in the evenings and life is easy and enjoyable down at the bay. The sandy beaches and waters are sights to be seen, and the moored fishing boats toss and turn with each incoming tide. Everyone is welcomed to Congabay. This site guides you through travel in Conga Bay. |
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| www.jamaicatravel.com —Official site of the Jamaica Tourist Board. |
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| Caribbean Travel and Life–This is the site for the related print magazine. For high-end Caribbean travelers, this site is aesthetically quite beautiful and has a great destination guide for travel planning. The magazine and site also run photo contests and trip sweepstakes, along with event and news features. |
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| www.lonelyplanet.com — Starting out as a guidebook and phrasebook publishing company based in Oakland, California, Lonely Planet has excelled with over 500 titles covering every country in the world for travelers of all types. Lonely Planet provides solid, down-to-earth advice, accurate maps and enriching background information. And each year LP donates a percentage of its profits to organizations benefiting the people and places it covers. Their website features a wonderful travel bulletin board called The Thorn Tree, where travelers from all over can share advice and stories, although the site’s navigation is not entirely intuitive. Their Caribbean literature includes an overview guidebook about the Eastern Caribbean as well as specific regional guides: Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic & Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. |
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| www.negril.com — Dedicated to the Spring Break Mecca, negril.com provides daily news from Negril, accommodations, message boards, dining and activity suggestions, entertainment listings, deals and everything else you need to know about the white sand city. |
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| www.treasurebeach.net — A community site dedicated to Jamaica’s Treasure Beach area (South Coast), which supports community-based tourism. They provide lodging, dining, and activity suggestions in the area, spotlights on community members as well as ways to get involved in the Treasure Beach/Great Bay community. |
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Culture |
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| www.gligli.com — SVG Create is an art/craft group formed by the artists and craftspeople of St. Vincent whom the US Peace Corps volunteers helped create the website gligli.com. The Web site allows members of SVG Create to display and sell their artwork to anyone with access to the Internet, including Vincentians living abroad and international visitors to the island nation. Traditional materials, designs, and skills have been handed down from prior generations to ensure the products are truly Vincentian. The money made off of the craft items goes directly back to the SVG community. Gligli.com spotlights specific artists and also the artists’ process. The site sells jewelry, household items, paintings, banana art, basketry and more. |
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| www.jamaicans.com — Clever, witty and easily navigable, Jamaicans.com is one of those internet gems. Dedicated to discussing all things Jamaican, they share recipes, patois tips, wonderful articles about Jamaican culture, travel suggestions, news from "back a yard" and a whole heap more. Whether you’re a Jamaican living abroad or an interested tourist, the site has something for you. They also feature over ten different message boards. |
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| Simiya—Simiya.com is for lovers of Caribbean art & photos. It is one of very few sites on the web presenting links to Caribbean art & photos on the web. They spotlight Caribbean art from the English, Spanish, French & Dutch nations & territories. Updated daily. http://www.simiya.com |
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Travel Resources |
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Reservations |
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| www.cheaptickets.com — A self-proclaimed warehouse of cheap airfare, Cheap Tickets claims that more than 500,000 non-published discount airfares are offered on over 35 airlines. The downside to their site is that you must first login before you can even see the rates. They also make hotel, car, and cruise reservations. |
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| Planet Rider—Everybody knows that the World Wide Web is a frustrating jungle of information. PlanetRider’s team of editors has bushwhacked through the chaos to bring you the best travel sites on the 'Net. Check out their collection of Caribbean-related travel sites, and their bargain travel related sites. |
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| www.lowestfare.com — Comparable to Cheap Tickets, Lowestfare.com has a nice, simple, easy-to-use interface. They also allow one to check nearby airports; for example, if you enter San Francisco, CA, they pull up the Oakland and San Jose airports as well. They also provide destination descriptions for a handful of locations. |
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| www.priceline.com — Priceline.com was the founder of Name You Own Price web commerce. You can "name your own price" for airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, mortgages, mortgage refinancing, long distance calling time, home equity loans, new cars, and mortgage pre-approvals. The rub of it all is if you do name your own price and it’s accepted, they charge your credit card immediately and it’s a done deal. No changing your mind or wavering over your decision! |
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| www.qixo.com — Qixo.com is brilliant! It’s an Application Service Provider (ASP) for a web and wireless interface, which means it can search various sites at once. With this single interface, travelers can find the best prices and options for flights from over a dozen travel web sites (travelocity, expedia, cheaptickets, yahoo travel, lowestfare, etc…). Searching numerous travel web sites at once ensures that travelers find the best fares for their needs. Coming soon: comparison shopping for hotel rooms and car rentals. |
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| www.smarterliving.com — Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Smarter Living is a free on-line consumer community "dedicated to helping people save time and money." They send weekly e-mail newsletters detailing last-minute internet travel deals and the latest travel promotions to their subscribers. They also post the latest fare sales, travel deals, and special promotions daily on their site. Their e-mails are sent out on Wednesdays for the upcoming weekend and provide cheap fare information for the subscriber’s destination. |
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| www.studentuniverse.com —StudentUniverse is the online travel service that enables students to travel for less. By negotiating with the major airlines on the their behalf, StudentUniverse.com provides students with exclusive, significantly discounted airfares. From destination guides to a proprietary booking engine, StudentUniverse is the leading online resource that allows students to research and purchase reduced-cost travel products online. Founded as a student travel agency in 1992, StudentUniverse launched its online presence in January 2000. |
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| www.travelocity.com — A merge between Preview Travel and Travelocity brings you the new and improved Travelocity.com. You are your own travel agent while booking air, hotel and car reservations. They have a nice feature called "Fare Watcher E-Mail" where you may enter 5 combination destinations of your choice, and they’ll e-mail you whenever your price goes up or down. They also provide vacation packages, cruise information, travel tips, destination profiles, and an accessible search engine powered by Sabre. |
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Airfaire Bargains |
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| Finding the Best Fare Right Now — Article about finding cheap fares easily online (written by Anita Dunham-Potter) |
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| Airfare Bargains Online — A handy article by Sarah Williams written for Fool.com. Lots of great tips for finding cheap airfare here. Check it out. |
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