If you are looking for a beachfront getaway for the entire family, you must take a closer look at Beaches Ocho Rios, a Spa, Golf, and Waterpark Resort located on the beautiful island of Jamaica.

Beaches Ocho Rios caters to families by allowing adults to share alone time while the kids are pampered by the certified nannies in the Kids Camp, and kids of all ages can enjoy fun and games with Elmo and Friends in the Sesame Street Caribbean Adventure. Families looking to spend time together have endless opportunities with daily activities and excursions, nightly entertainment, and golfing is available at the nearby Sandals Golf and Country Club, with a free 1-hour golf clinic available to children and private lessons with golf pro’s are available for both adults and children for an extra cost.

Let’s not just skip over the amazing Kids Camps that Beaches Resorts are known for. This area is specially designed to accommodate guests 17 years and under. Activities are varied to ensure that every child has a fun-filled and memorable vacation. Facilities are manned by efficient and enthusiastic co-coordinators between the hours of 9am – 9pm daily. Private nanny babysitting is also available for an additional cost per hour for up to three children.

Kids Camps have separate facilities for the following age groups:

• Infants 0-2 yrs
• Toddlers 3-4 / 5-7 yrs
• Pre Adolescent 8-10 yrs
• Tweens 11-14 yrs
• Teens 15-17 yrs

The Pirates Island Water Park provides guests with a splash-tastic vacation experience. The Water Park sits on an expansive 27,000 sq ft. area. There are six kiddie slides, allowing for Beaches youngest guests to slip n’ slide their way into a memorable Caribbean vacation. A treasure trove of wet and wild fun, the Water Park also includes a Treasure Isle Aqua-Play area, complete with water cannons and a treasure chest. For the resort’s tiniest Water Park enthusiast, Pirates Island unveils a kid’s zone and zero-entry kiddie pool complete with a misting crab, a squirting sea turtle, and a splashing seahorse. For the not-so-young but young at heart, the Water Park features a tube slide, a body slide, and a speed slide, all perfect for a day of coolin’ down beneath the Caribbean sun. The Water Park also has a Water Crawl Cargo Net Aqua-Play Structure, complete with sea creature-themed stepping-stones including a starfish, an oyster shell, and a nautilus shell, made from soft-play resilient foam.

Watersports available include kayaks, windsurfing, paddleboards, snorkeling, banana boat rides, scuba diving, glass-bottom boats, aqua-trikes, and more! There is also a fun bubble-maker program available for children 8 years and older. This program introduces scuba in a pool setting through fun games and activities.

Families can join the Sesame Street characters at an exclusive breakfast with Zoe, Cookie Monster, Super Grover 2.0, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird. There are also private character birthday parties and a “nightly tuck-in” available.

Adults can treat themselves to a day of relaxation at the Red Lane Spa, starting with a Red Lane Rejuvenation Specialist who is dedicated to creating an incomparable experience with a focus on connection, time, and love. Spa treatments are always adapted to fit your own personal preferences. Adults are also able to relax and mingle with friends on the terrace at the adults-only Opa Sunset Bar overlooking the Caribbean Sea.

If you would like more information on a Beaches Resorts vacation, reach out to your Must Love Travel Planner! We are always happy to help you customize the perfect vacation experience for your family.

Sandals has recently announced the anticipated launch of the All-New Sandals South Coast.

Designed to be a luxurious haven tucked away from the world’s path, Sandals South Coast boasts a fabulous stretch of white sand beach on the unspoiled, rural south coast of Jamaica. Sandals South Coast features Over-the-Water Bungalows, an overwater bar, captivating pools, gourmet restaurants, and the highly anticipated first-ever South Seas Rondoval Swim-Up Suites.

The resort’s Dutch Village will undergo a complete renovation setting the scene for modern relaxation inspired by the sea. The fully reimagined suites will be a nod to the water’s natural beauty with a light blue and neutral color scheme. Rooms and Suites will include indoor free-standing tubs and showers, outdoor Tranquility Soaking Tubs for two, and swim-up access from a private pool for select categories.

Bringing guests closer to the water than ever before, the South Seas Rondoval Swim-Up Suites will feature private infinity-edge plunge pools ornamented with Italian glass-clad fountains and Indonesian limestone. Hallmarks of the innovation include access to a zero-entry pool, a scalloped Tranquility Soaking Tub for two, and a cozy indoor wicker swing with scenic outdoor views. Furnishings will be custom-made from across the globe, bathrooms will boast a suspended stone vanity with a Hollywood lit mirror, and outdoors, contemporary lounge furnishings will complete the private coral sundeck.

Sandals South Coast is reopening in just four weeks and is ready to welcome guests back to the Sandals worry-free vacation experience guests have been accustomed to for nearly 40 years. Sandals Platinum Protocols of Cleanliness are in place to ensure heightened health and safety measures for travelers seeking peace of mind in the Caribbean.

Reach out to your Must Love Travel Planner for more information and to book your romantic vacation at Sandals South Coast!

You may notice that here at Must Love Travel, we are often recommending all-inclusive resorts from specific resort brands. There are a few reasons we do this.

First and most importantly, it is because we find these resort brands are consistently providing amazing vacation experiences for our clients. The feedback is very positive, and many of our clients become so in love with a certain brand, they end up being loyal and only wanting to book that brand.

That leads to another reason we love certain resort brands — they all offer multiple resorts located throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, and even into Central America and Europe. This gives you the option to visit many places, trusting that your resort experience will be consistent, wherever you go.

Our Travel Advisors inspecting AMResorts in Punta Cana

The reason we are able to confidently recommend these brands is that we have researched, trained, toured, and personally stayed at all of these resorts. As Travel Advisors, we go on what we call “FAM trips”. FAM stands for “Familiarization”, meaning we are familiarizing ourselves with a specific resort brand in a certain destination. Our days are spent touring and inspecting resorts! That’s right, we will get on the bus at 7am, and may inspect as many as 8 or 9 resorts per day. At each resort, we inspect several different room categories, public spaces, spas, pools, children’s areas, and beaches.
I will share brief descriptions of our top resort brands below, and will also include the last time our Must Love Travel Advisors attended in-person site inspections. 

The last reason that we recommend these resort brands is because we have a personal relationship with each one of them. We have Business Development Managers who send us updated information, provide webinars and training, organize our FAM trips, offer our agency special promotions and deals, all while providing amazing customer service. We also have relationships with local representatives of each brand.

Let’s take a closer look at some of our favorite resort brands. And when you are ready to plan your next vacation, trust that your Must Love Travel Advisor will confidently recommend a resort that is perfect for your family.

AMResorts is a collection of ​all-inclusive ​luxury resort​ brands​ that offers sun-soaked beaches, elegant accommodations, a world-class spa, gourmet dining, unlimited premium drinks, and many other pampering amenities.​ ​AMResorts are located throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and even Europe. AM Resorts has nine different resort brands with a combination of Adult-Only and Family-Friendly options.
Must Love Travel Advisors most recent in-person site inspection – April 2019 in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

Karisma Resorts is a collection of all-inclusive luxury resort brands known for their unique Gourmet Inclusive experience, located throughout the Caribbean and Mexico. Karisma Resorts has nine different resort brands with a combination of Adult-Only and Family Friendly options.
Must Love Travel Advisors most recent in-person site inspection – December 2019 in Riviera Maya, Mexico

Sandals Resorts are all-inclusive luxury resorts located throughout the Caribbean, and they specialize in romance. Sandals Resorts are best for couples looking to spend time together and reconnect. Sandals Resorts were also some of the first to offer professionally trained personal butlers for their guests.
Must Love Travel Advisors most recent in-person site inspection – November 2019 in the Bahamas

Must Love Travel Director Laura touring Beaches Turks & Caicos

Beaches Resorts are all-inclusive luxury resorts located on two islands in the Caribbean, and they focus on multi-generational family vacations. They have two resorts in Jamaica, and their most popular resort is located in Turks and Caicos. Beaches Resorts offer children’s activities and programming for every age group, including babies, and partner with the Sesame Street characters.
Must Love Travel Advisors most recent in-person site inspection – December 2019 in Turks and Caicos

Must Love Travel Advisors touring Moon Palace Jamaica

Palace Resorts are all-inclusive resorts located throughout the Caribbean and Mexico. There is a combination of family-friendly resorts, and resorts for Adults-Only. The focus is on FUN at Palace Resorts!
Must Love Travel Advisors most recent in-person site inspection – January 2020 in Jamaica

All of our 2020 FAM trips scheduled after January 2020 were cancelled due to Covid. We are in the processing of rescheduling, so you can rest assured that as soon as we can, we will be back out there researching for you!

We often look at individual Resorts to give you an idea of what each resort offers. Today I want to take a more overall look at the Dreams Resorts & Spas. Each resort is unique in some way, but overall as a Resort brand, the Dreams Resorts are known and loved in the travel industry as being a consistent and positive vacation experience.

Dreams Resorts & Spas ​are a collection of 18 family-friendly Resorts, each offering​ a high level of luxury in ideal beachfront settings throughout Mexico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Curacao.

​Every Dreams Resort includes Unlimited-Luxury​,​ where everything is included:

• Limitless access to gourmet à la carte dining options without reservations required
• Unlimited international and domestic top-shelf spirits
• Unlimited natural fruit juices and soft drinks
• 24-hour room and concierge services
• Pool and beach wait service
• Daily refreshed mini-bar with soft drinks, juice, bottled water, and beer
• Daily maid service
• Endless daytime activities and live nightly entertainment
• Theme parties, oceanfront bars, and entertainment venues
• No wristbands required
• All taxes and​ gratuities
• Free Wi-Fi

Spacious rooms and suites, graciously appointed and luxuriously equipped provide a picture-perfect vacation experience with welcoming service and romantic inclusions. ​Choose from oceanfront suites, suites with swim-up access to the pool, or even private pools.

The kids will enjoy ​The Explorer’s Club​, and the Teens will enjoy the Core Zone Teens Club, both providing supervised day and evening activities. You’ll enjoy the peace of mind that the staff is Red Cross certified. Activities range from climbing walls, water sports, waterslides, and indoor and outdoor activities. There is even a supervised beach campfire at select Dreams Resorts.

All of the Dream Resorts are beautiful​ and​ provide a lovely setting for a wedding, honeymoon, romantic getaway, or family vacation.​ ​So to sum up — Dreams Resorts are perfect for everyone!

Perfectly situated in the exclusive gated community of Cap Cana you will find Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa, located on Juanillo Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Dominican Republic.

As Travel Planners, we have the pleasure of constantly touring beautiful All-Inclusive Resorts all over the Caribbean. We do this to learn more about each Resort, the area, the island…as much information as we can to help provide our clients with the best recommendations for their vacations.

I had the pleasure of personally touring Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa, and I was completely blown away by the level of luxury and class that Secrets Cap Cana offers. But what really blew me away was the BEACH. We actually went down and walked on the beach because it was so large and so stunning, which is not very common on resort tours, as we usually only look at the beach from a distance.

Whether you are a couple looking for romance or a group of friends looking to have fun together, and you want an amazing Adult-Only, All-Inclusive resort experience on one of the most beautiful beaches in the Dominican Republic, Secrets Cap Cana is a perfect choice.

Let’s take a closer look at Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa. And if this inspires you to book your own tropical vacation, contact your Must Love Travel Planner! We are always happy to help plan your dream vacation.

RESORT OVERVIEW

Perfectly situated in the exclusive gated community of Cap Cana, Secrets Cap Cana Resort & Spa brings the highest level of luxury to the crystal blue waters and magnificent sugar-sand Juanillo Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the Dominican Republic. Luxe and superior, Secrets Cap Cana is the epitome of luxury with 457 suites adorned with sophisticated Caribbean furnishings, gourmet dining, top-shelf spirits, 24-hour room service, daily refreshed mini-bar, and close proximity to the unique pleasures of Cap Cana – a protected harbor marina, a renowned fishery, thrilling excursions, and Punta Espada golf course, designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Preferred Club Bungalow Oceanview

When staying at Secrets Cap Cana, you will be treated to Unlimited-Luxury at one of the 457 nonsmoking suites offering such amenities as 24-hour room service and a daily refreshed mini-bar. Enjoy the view with suites overlooking either tropical views, pool views, or a gorgeous white sand beach.

Upgrade your experience by booking a Preferred Club suite! The Preferred Club suites are surprisingly affordable and offer upgraded amenities including:

• Personalized check-in and check-out with concierge service
• Preferred status and amenities
• Preferred Club Lounge
• One private, Preferred Club pool
• Upgraded bath amenities
• Pillow menu
• Upgraded mini-bar and room service menu
• Daily continental breakfast service and lunch at the Rosewater Restaurant
• Pool concierge & bar service
• Afternoon hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, exquisite desserts and fine liquors in the lounge
• Complimentary newspaper in room every day by request
• Oceana restaurant open for a la carte breakfast for Preferred Club guests only. (Based on occupancy levels)
• Preferred Club private beach area

Preferred Club Oceanview

DINING

Portofino – Italian Cuisine

Secrets Cap Cana offers ten gourmet dining options – seven à la carte restaurants (two of which are located on the beach), one buffet, one grill, and a café, where reservations are never required. Secrets Cap Cana provides a culinary adventure serving regional favorites from around the world in a fresh interpretation. You will also find 6 bars and lounges, serving top-shelf spirits and premium brand domestic and international beverages, ranging from swim-up to a music lounge.

As part of the privileges of Unlimited-Luxury, guests of Secrets Cap Cana will have the chance to ​”​Sip, Savor & See​”​ at all Secrets, Breathless, Dreams, Now, and Sunscape Resorts & Spas in the region. Enjoy dinner and live entertainment at participating sister properties including sipping complimentary cocktails, savoring delicious cuisine at the restaurant of your choice, and the opportunity to see that evening’s entertainment.

ACTIVITIES AND ENTERTAINMENT

Secrets Cap Cana offers a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities, water sports, and entertainment, including:

Beach volleyball • Pool tables • Aerobics • Dance classes • Spanish classes • Big screen movies on the beach • Golf nearby • Water aerobics • Non-motorized water sports • Introductory scuba lesson in the pool • Sailing • Windsurfing • Kayaks • Fishing • Snorkeling • Hobie cats • Indoor theatre featuring live shows and nightly entertainment • Nightly outdoor entertainment • Theme nights • Weekly cocktail reception with executive team • Theme nights weekly by the theater (pool and beach if weather permitting)

SECRETS SPA BY PEVONIA

Couples Massage

The world-class Secrets Spa by Pevonia will offer innovative treatments that combine both indigenous and modern techniques for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience. Offering a variety of body treatments, massages, and facials to invigorate the senses, stimulate the body, and refresh the mind. Spa ​services include:

• Massage room for couples offering relaxing hydrotherapy tub
• Single rooms for massage therapies with a private washroom and hydro massage shower
• Salon offering hair wash stations and haircut and styling services
• Outdoor Common Area
• Hydrotherapy areas with a dynamic pool & iced plunge pool
• Whirlpool
• Sauna
• Steam room

Ideally located on its very own peninsula, Sandals Grande St. Lucian is often described as the “closest vacation to a picture-perfect postcard.” Cradled to the west by Rodney Bay – boasting the calmest waters in all of Saint Lucia – and to the east by the majestic Atlantic Ocean, this magnificent resort showcases awe-inspiring panoramic views of the ocean, mountains, and the island of Martinique’s distant shores.

Sandals Grande St. Lucian is home to 311 magnificently furnished rooms and suites offering ocean views on both sides of the resort, including exquisite over-the-water honeymoon butler bungalows. Choose a Rondoval Suites to experience tropical elegance and seclusion with your own private pool, whirlpool, and hammock, or choose a Lagoon swim-up room with direct pool access from the patio.

Sandals Grande St. Lucian offers exchange privileges with Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort & Spa in St. Lucia and Sandals Halcyon Beach St. Lucia. You can enjoy access to even more luxurious amenities and a total of Twenty-seven Five Star Global Gourmet options to choose from. 

Sandals Grande St. Lucian is approximately 6 miles Northwest of the city of Castries, on a causeway between Pigeon Island and Rodney Bay. The resort will provide transfers from both the Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) , approximately 40 miles (1 hour 30 minutes) away, and George F.L. Charles Airport (SLU), which is 6 miles (20 minutes) away.

Contact your Must Love Travel Planner for more information on Sandals Grande St. Lucian or any other exquisite Sandals Resort.

When you plan a family vacation, you must take a closer look at Karisma Resorts! Karisma Resorts will give your family a luxury vacation that is as delicious as it is unforgettable. Karisma Resorts offer gourmet dining options, superior accommodations, service above and beyond expectations, premium libations, and exclusive activities designed to create lasting memories.

Karisma offers a variety of resorts, some specializing in Families while others are for adults only. Below are some highlights of the different Family Resorts offered by Karisma. Contact your Travel Planner today for more information and to book your next vacation.

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Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts
Located in Punta Cana, with a new resort in Mexico opening later this year!