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Top 10 Caribbean island destinations

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Vieques Island, Puerto Rico

According to The Orbitz Insider Index, a monthly, in-depth look at travel trends from an industry insider’s perspective, the most popular Caribbean island destinations are:

  1. Puerto Rico
  2. Bahamas
  3. St. Thomas
  4. Dominican Republic
  5. Jamaica
  6. Aruba
  7. St. Maarten
  8. British Virgin Islands
  9. St. Croix
  10. Barbados

In order to help travelers plan the perfect vacation, Orbitz also released its “Staff Insider Picks” for Caribbean island destinations. This list of outstanding locations can have travelers gazing at colorful coral reefs or climbing giant waterfalls, depending upon their fancy.

  • “Best Scuba Island” – Turks & Caicos
  • “Best Beaches Island” – Barbados
  • “Best Gaming Island” – Aruba
  • “Best Natural Wonders Island” – Dominica
  • “Best Shopping Island” – St. Thomas
  • “Best Historic Island” – Puerto Rico
  • “Best Adventure Island” – Jamaica

Orbitz is a leading online travel company that enables travelers to search for and purchase a broad array of travel products, including airline tickets, lodging, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages.

[Photo: Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. By Michael Buck. CC Some rights reserved]

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12 Comments

Comments by Nikki Brown

Posted on Saturday, 5 January 2008 - 5:03 am

Over the summer, my family and I visited Aruba and had the time of our lives. It was an incredibly beautiful place and we highly reccomend it for any vacation-seekers. If you go, the Jolly Pirates Cruise is a must. Great food, “pirates”, and amazingly fun. The snorkeling spots are gorgeous. I also reccomend the Divi all inclusive resort most of all. We will definitely be going back.

Comments by frank

Posted on Monday, 31 March 2008 - 7:16 pm

wow this place looks amazing

Comments by Tina Finney

Posted on Friday, 11 July 2008 - 8:23 pm

My husband and I visited St Croix for our 10yr wedding annivers, and it is amazing! The people are so friendly and every day was gorgeous. The sites and history are amazing!
Most of all the beaches were stunning….
We visited in Novemeber and as I stated that trip was amazing and we had a blast! So much fun, and so much to see.

Comments by Debby Phillips

Posted on Tuesday, 29 July 2008 - 9:52 pm

I agree that Turks and Caicos is the best island for scuba diving. I went there about four years ago and snorkeled. The snorkeling was unbelievable, so I know the diving must be gorgeous!

Comments by Achmed

Posted on Tuesday, 21 October 2008 - 2:38 pm

St. Maarten!!! TOTALLY AWESOME!!! I WANT TO GO BACK SOON.

Comments by kelly

Posted on Saturday, 29 November 2008 - 10:50 am

ok i recently went to the island of jamaica i was hesitant at first because of all the rumors i have heared about the crime but i wanted a vaciation of the work load i had so i packed up my bags and went at when i landed at sangster i have to say it was one of the most modernized airports i have been in seriously and the people were so friendls but i the only thing i did not like was the person who carry ur bags i only had one bag so i did not need one and when i said ok let him carry it he demanded 5 dollors so i was like what are u serious and he so p.s carry ur bags urself unless ur traveling heavy and make sure u have 5 dollors ok lol but we went to negril and it was a beauty i was so relaxed the water was clear and the beaches was so clean and the i was in heaven then after we stayed at negril for the night we went to the famous ochio rios home of dunns river nad trust me its not easy climbing that falls trust me its like 1,078 feet up and the rocks are so huge they are hard for u to climb but trust me i had fun and the food and service was great but the sad part about it i had to return 5 days later to work trust me i was pissed and i did not want to go back but i did enjoy myself and trust me i highly recommend u if u want adventure u need to go to JAMAICA i have been to barbadoes and aruba and it does not compare to JAMAICA its a island like no other and they have a nice night life also but i ill be back very soon to that island i hope u enjoyed reading it and felt a rush to go there trust me u will not regreat it
one love JAMAICA

Comments by Alexie

Posted on Monday, 8 December 2008 - 6:29 pm

If people like simplicity I recommend Dominicican Republic, St.Maartin, and Aruba. These places are all great to go to. Here you can see and learn the many languages that these Islands have to offer. Aruba has Dutch influence but they speak spanish. St.Martin is French & Dutch they speak spanish as well. Santo Domingo DR,is great You can stay with locals and get close an personal.

Comments by karina

Posted on Saturday, 20 December 2008 - 9:27 pm

i luv puerto rico its such a beautiful place to visit and to live !!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments by JERIKA

Posted on Wednesday, 11 February 2009 - 9:23 pm

I JUST LUV PUERTO RICO IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS FUN TO LIVE IN! AND IT IS SO AMAZING!

Comments by Albert

Posted on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 - 6:04 am

My wife and I have been to both St. Martin and Barbados. Of the two, I would say we had a much better time in Barbados. Part of the reason was the resort we stayed in on St. Martin was terrible. The room was ugly, the resort was dirty, and the staff was not very friendly. I will say that St. Maarten has that awesome airport that is literally on the beach!! Check it out on YouTube.

Comments by keryn

Posted on Monday, 12 October 2009 - 9:23 am

my boyfriend and i are thinking of instead going around europe to go and visit lots of tropical islands we need good surfing spots and good shopping and markets anyone able to recommend some or a string of places from western australia to leave from thanks kez

Comments by mic

Posted on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 - 10:21 pm

what about antigua and barbuda

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