Monday, October 19, 2009

Which Are The Most Common Tourists Traps During Caribbean Holidays?

By Edward Watkinson

Fundamentally, the Caribbean is a region near the Caribbean Sea, which includes coast areas and adjacent islands. With more than seven thousand reefs, cays, islands, and islets Caribbean is located in the Central America towards east.

Barbados, Antigua, Bonaire, and Saint Croix are few of the islands there having a non-volcanic origin and flat landscape. Saint Lucia, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, and Dominican Republic are some of the islands with a territory of extremely high mountain ranges.

For its eye-catching beaches, famous museums, delicious food, rich construction, and hospitable locals Caribbean Island is ideal for spending ones holiday. Several beautiful beaches at the Caribbean offer outstanding opportunities for adventure loving individuals, for example yachting, scuba diving, and jet skiing, etc.

Though, people willing to trip to the Caribbean islands for their holidays ought to be familiar with the tourist traps there. People who are planning to travel by ships should know that on majority of the ships, an extra gratuity of 15% is previously added when drink is being ordered. Majority of the persons visiting there for the foremost time are not aware of this piece of information, and sometimes pay tip to the bartender too.

A majority of ships also take charges if you order a soda bottle, hence it will be better if you get a soda card on the embarking day for the rest of the days on cruise is order to keep away from extra costs. Holidays at the island of Caribbean can prove to be quite costly, so it will be better if you save on the little expenditures that can afford to avoid easily. You can also save your money when getting transport to go to different islands, and indulging in fine delicious gastronomy.

An additional huge tourist trap is the ports of the Jamaica at Caribbean. The minute you come out of the ship, the locals carrying loads of duty free goods, surround and force you to buy their items. These pushy sellers proffer Jamaica a negative reputation, for the most of the items they tend to sell are smoked, which gives this stunning island a bad name. You can just turn down their offers courteously yet, in a concrete way, and continue to walk.

Other Tourist traps in the Caribbean islands are the hurricanes; Saint Lucia and Martinique are the most hurricane-hit islands. Though seldom occurring, these hurricanes, like The Dean, are quite fierce and damaging, and pose a safety risk to the people on foot. It is better to consult an authentic weather forecast schedule before planning a visit to the Caribbean islands.

Like other countries of the world, the Caribbean islands also have fear of some degree of crime. Tourists should remain alert from pickpockets who actually pretend to get an innocent ride but can be thugs in reality. Its locals may either be enormously polite and welcoming, or entirely opposite. It is highly recommended that tourists should exhibit a polite behaviour to them if they need their assistance, or just concentrate on their own things and enjoy holiday.

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