Oct 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The U.S. Virgin Islands are going to be featured on a newly designed quarter and to celebrate, hotels around the islands are offering up rooms at 25 cents - yes, just 25 cents! - per night.
Of course, there is some fine print to the offer. Guests will still be responsible for taxes of 7%, resort fees, and government taxes of 8%, so the total ends up being a litte more than the 75 cents you might ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Hotels in the U.S. Virgin Islands offer 25 cent nightly rate
Oct 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: The U.S. Virgin Islands are going to be featured on a newly designed quarter and to celebrate, hotels around the islands are offering up rooms at 25 cents - yes, just 25 cents! - per night.
Of course, there is some fine print to the offer. Guests will still be responsible for taxes of 7%, resort fees, and government taxes of 8%, so the total ends up being a litte more than the 75 cents you might ...Gadling Take FIVE: Week of June 20-June 26
Jun 28th, 2009 at 9:10PM: With a week where we've added a new blogger to the Gadling fold, I didn't want to pass up the chance formally give Stephen Greenwood a hearty welcome. He's going to be dazzling us with posts from his current home in Hong Kong. Tune into his Dim Sum Dialogues.
This has been a busy weekend. With ComFEST, the mega community arts festival taking over Columbus's Goodale Park and terrific weather for ...Photo of the Day (6-24-09)
Jun 24th, 2009 at 5:00PM: With the heat of summer, a cool breeze is welcome. This photo of a sailboat jib captures that carefree quality of escaping heat and having time on one's hands to enjoy a gorgeous day. Gadling's own Willy Volk recently snapped this one in the Virgin Islands. Must be tough, but someone's gotta do it. I particularly like the way the landscape in the background gives a hint at the location and how ...10 things to do on Jost Van Dyke, the "New York of the Virgin Islands"
Jun 24th, 2009 at 3:32PM:
Only five miles from Tortola, the main commercial center of the British Virgin Islands, minuscule Jost (rhymes with "toast") Van Dyke is a little island with a big reputation. The scant 8-square-mile island -- dubbed the "New York of the Virgin Islands" because it offers so much nightlife -- probably packs more fun per square inch than any other island in the BVIs. Most of the action occurs on ...Maho Bay Camps: A true eco-resort in St John, USVI
Jun 22nd, 2009 at 4:30PM: If waking to the sounds of thrumping tree frogs and the gentle sloshing of waves kissing a sugary beach -- not to mention one of the most amazing sunrise views in the hemisphere -- appeals to you, you need to move Maho Bay Camps to the top of your travel short list immediately. All this, and it's a truly "green" resort, too. Roughly 1100 miles southeast of Miami sits one of America's most ...New Peter Island wants to help make a new you
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Peter Island Resort & Spa is celebrating a new look with a fresh deal. The largest private island resort in the British Virgin Islands has refurbished its 32 ocean-facing rooms and 20 beachfront junior suites and wants to show off the new look. Hey, if you just got a makeover, wouldn't you? So, the property is offering up the "New Us, New You" package, which runs through October 31, ...Luxurious isolation at Peter Island
Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Four miles south of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and accessible only by boat or helicopter, Peter Island is occupied exclusively by the Peter Island Resort. Consisting of only 52 rooms and three villas-along with 1,800 acres containing five private beaches-you'll have no trouble finding a genuine retreat from the frenetic pace back home.
Guests at this exclusive resort can revel in ...Holistic Holiday Cruise
Aug 7th, 2006 at 5:04PM: Don't you hate it when you return from vacation to find your luggage isn't the only thing you're packing? Wouldn't it be great to go on a cruise, eat all you wish and come back as slim, fit and healthy as ever? Yeah, I think we all long deeply for that one and I'm not promising anything by sending you to this link, but it's worth scoping out. A Taste of Health & Vegetarian Times is hosting a ...
