Jamaica Archives - The Culture Mom

04Apr

Sponsored Post: How to Find a Good Family Beach Holiday

If you read my blog regularly, you know that my family likes to travel. Okay, we love to travel. My kids love to help in the planning our trips; they like to pack (more than I do); they love staying in hotels; they enjoy going new places, too. We have a penchant for all kinds of trips – visits to the country, beach vacations and city trips. While strolling around London, Reyjakavik, Berlin, Prague, San Francisco, Boston, Washington, D.C., we have had opportunities to teach them about art, architecture, diversity and more. They always come back more Read More

29Mar

Family Travel Tuesday: Value-Packed Packages to Jamaica

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When my kids were ages 2 and 3, we headed to Jamaica for some R&R. We met our family from the UK at the Star Fish Resort where we spent seven heavenly nights. Jamaica has it all - great food, great people, great weather and most importantly, great value. On a budget of any size, you can go on holiday comfortably and affordably. I was thrilled to be contacted y the Jamaica Tourist Board to promote some of their seasonal offerings geared toward moms and dads in celebration of this year’s Mother’s and Father’s Day holidays. Many of Jamaica’s Read More

03Feb

Great family destination for really young kids: Starfish (now Breezes) Trelawny

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We started traveling with the kids at day one. People used to always ask, "Are you taking the kids?" They still do, actually. All the more reason to keep defying the odds!A few years summers ago, we ventured to Jamaica for a week. We headed to the Starfish Resort, an all-inclusive. The flight from NYC was super easy, 2-3 hours, so flying with a 2 and 3 year-old wasn't so bad. The package was just under $2500 for the four of us -- all-inclusive with air, land and food. We had never done an all-inclusive, so Read More