ARRAY OF SANDALS RESORTS

WHERE TO GO NEXT?

St Vincent and the Grenadines

When we travel to a Sandals Resort it is not just for a relaxing stretch of indulgent whims and scuba diving. While lounging about sipping drinks at the swim up bar we are always thinking ahead to our next Sandals landing spot.

We do this for a couple of reasons.

The Sandals family of resorts makes it easy for you to plan for future trips. They offer incentives if you book your next stay while still at the resort. For $250 you can lock in your future vacations at the current price, and they give you loyalty points that can be applied to the cost. Most importantly though is after 70 paid days at any of the Sandals you get a free week’s stay.

CHASING THAT FREEBEE

Since our honeymoon in 2018 when we first stayed at the Sandals in Antigua, we have amassed 52 days, and we are at something called “Emerald” status. Whatever… all I know is we are very close to that free week.

Two more stays and we’ve made it. THAT is an incentive and Team VFH will jump on a freebee offer like bums after a ham sandwich.

St VINCENT and the GRENADINES

Our next planned trip is the newest addition to the Sandals family on St. Vincent. When first conceived by Sandals the resort on St. Vincent was slated to be a Beaches resort, their (gasp) family friendly all-inclusive, but pulled the plug on that scheme.

St. Vincent is the main island of this country which includes the islands of Bequia and Mustique. My first attempt at scuba diving was in the waters of the Grenadines. I was shocked and smitten with the sport of scuba diving because of the clarity of the water and the diversity of the sea life. We are really looking forward to this trip. I just hope the volcano La Soufriere, located on the north of the island doesn’t erupt again. It last erupted in 2021, but the resort is on the other end of St Vincent.

PRIVATE BEACH

Jamaica

There are 17 Sandals resorts scattered over 8 different islands and there are 7 on Jamaica proper. We stayed at Sandals South Coast a couple of years ago and we just planned to return to it, rather than explore another resort on the island. I know I know we often say it's a big world out there so why repeat a destination. Well, we became friends with another couple a few Sandals resorts ago and they expressed an interest in South Coast after we raved about the resort and so we decided to return. 

Plus, it’s less expensive than the other resorts.

Sandals South Coast is very nice and spread out with a pristine 2-mile private white sand beach. Private is the key word. Normally there are people hawking stuff on the beaches, but South Coast is private and secluded, surrounded by a 500-acre nature preserve.

Sadly, the diving here isn’t the beat. The coral has been beat up because fishermen once used dynamite to fish, but anytime we can get “wet” is still fun and the dive spots are a mere few minutes offshore, so after a two-tank dive we can still be home for breakfast!!

Another attraction is the Latitudes Bar, an over-the-water watering hole with hammocks off the edge. It’s a great place to watch the sunset.

We will be there in December 2026. Stop by and I’ll buy you a drink.

Thanks for reading.

Latitudes Bar Sandals South Coast

Love Janet and greg

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