For a Great-Value Caribbean Escape, Think Strategically

Go in December

Many hotels don’t lock in their high-season prices until mid- and sometimes late-December. If nosebleed prices have kept you from a place where you’ve been longing to lounge, see what the room rates are between now and Christmas. For instance, if you’ve been thinking about a long weekend at Hermitage Bay in Antigua, suites that now run between $1,020 and $1,480 a night will cost nearly an additional $500 come February. The same is true at GoldenEye in Jamaica: A Beach Hut that goes for $315 a night until mid-December will be $715 in January.

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