Caribbean Night Date Change

Dreams and Destinations Caribbean Event is rescheduled for July 26th from 3pm-5pm at the Broadlands Apartments Clubhouse. We'll be featuring the islands of the Bahamas, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos, and Antigua as well as our Music Fest in Jamaica November 5-8, 2009.

Calling All Grooms!!!

Why do the same old thing for you bachelor party? What could be more perfect than a golf getaway for you and your closest friends? Right now you and your closest buddies can enjoy several golf choices at Beaches Boscobel Resort (one of my favorite resorts on Jamaica!). Enjoy the "Play Paradise Golf Package" which includes a one day PGA golf school powered by Nike Golf, a golf club fitting with the Nike 360 fitting system, complimentary caddie, cart use and advance tee times, daily lunch on course (Jamaican jerk! Yum!), and a complimentary bottle of wine off the managers list. All this for only $395 per person (rates based on availability and subject to change). Go to wwww.caribbeandreamescapes.com for more details.

Royal Honeymoon Treatment

Royal Plantation Resort, a Small Leading Hotel of the World on Jamaica is offering 65% off, a complimentary night and a complimentary island cruise. Royal Plantation was voted the best all-inclusive for the 2009 Trip Advisor Awards. This intimate property is incredibly unique and every need here is catered to with the highest level of service and attention to detail. Walking through the doors of this resort it is impossible to not take a deep breath and just relax....be pampered...enjoy. What else could you need after the stress of wedding planning.

The suites boast Egyptian cotton sheets, top shelf liquor, luxurious bath amenities and sumptuous furnishings. The resort is home to the only champagne and caviar bar in the Caribbean where the fine art of sabering (opening the champagne bottles with a sabre) is practiced. Le Papillon, the resort's French restaurant, is what I still consider to be one of the best meals in my life. There are 2 options for staying at this property...a European plan and the Royal Plan. The inclusions that automatically come with the resort's European plan are luxury shuttle transfers from the airport, welcome sugar cane bubbly, early riser's continental breakfast on the Terrace, mangosas, chilled towel, rosewater face and body misting, and cucumber eye cooling every morning on the beach by your beach butler, daily afternoon tea on the Terrace, Jamaican hot chocolate on the Terrace every Friday, cooking lesson with the chef at the Royal Plantation Wellness Luncheon, weekly General Manager's Cocktail Reception with open bar, hors d'oeuvres and martinis during Martini Moments on Fridays, complimentary pillow menu and complimentary use of 24 hour fitness area.

If this isn't pampering enough then you can always upgrade to the Royal Plan which also includes ala carte breakfast, lunch and gourmet dinners, traditional tea, in-room dining, in-room bar with premium liquor, extensive wine selection and all bar beverages as well as non-motorized watersports, diving if you are PADI Certified, cigar rolling classes and championship golf. This current special is absolutely incredible for a resort that can surpass any honeymoon expectation. Please don't hesitate to contact us via phone or email at 866-585-1631, 703-724-1243, or info@wheredreamslead.com with any questions or to book your honeymoon getaway at Royal Plantation.

New Flights to St. Lucia from JFK

Great news!!! Jet Blue is beginning non-stop service from JFK to St. Lucia this fall! Introductory fares are incredibly low $434 from JFK and from the Washington DC area $482.61 per person (we haven't seen fares this low in over a year from this area!). From JFK its only a 4 hour and 44 minute flight! What a perfect time to take advantage of the great sales at Sandals (3 to choose from with privileges at all)! Call or email us for details!

Fuel Surcharge Reminder

When fuel prices reach $70 or more a barrel many cruise lines and airlines will impose fuel surcharges. In the case of cruise lines this will often be added on to the cost of the cruise regardless of final payment.

****Don't Forget The New Passport Requirements****

Just a reminder that as of June 1st, 2009 the latest passport requirements were implemented. A passport or passport card will now be necessary for people traveling from the US to Canada, Bermuda, Mexico and the Caribbean via air, land and sea. Take note cruising honeymooners! You will need a passport or passport card to cruise! Air travel internationally will still require a passport rather than a passport card, which is for land and sea travel. Go to www.state.gov or www.getyouhome.gov for more information. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at www.wheredreamslead.com.

Just a little reminder....

One of my new agents developed an addiction to Jamaican jerk on a winter training trip. In the Montego Bay airport we had an hour for her to scour the shops looking for the perfect jerk sauce and seasoning with just the right blend of spices. Upon arrival back to the US we patiently worked our way through US Customs and Immigration in Miami, rechecked our bags and began to make our way to our gate. It was then that I noticed a bottle of jerk sauce. The jerk sauce it took an hour of agonizing and searching for in Montego Bay. The perfect jerk sauce peeking from the top of a carry-on bag. At that point we were on a new mission in between flights....locating a post office in Miami to mail the perfect jerk sauce home.

I know for me it is too hard to resist the temptation of really great perfume at excellent prices. Many of our newly married clients purchase local alcohols and mixers (or jerk sauce) momentos to stock in their pantries upon return to the US. Just remember that duty free purchases and purchases made in the "sterile zone" of the international airport of your destination will be carry-on. When you return home and clear US Customs and Immigration you will recheck your bags and you will again go through security. TSA will confiscate any of those liquids you try to carry on to your domestic flight. Please remember after clearing Customs and prior to rechecking your bags to take a moment and tuck those items in a safe area of your checked baggage.

Happy travels :)

Sandals and Beaches Caribbean Night

We will be holding a Caribbean Event on July 12, 2009 from 3pm-5m at the Broadlands Apartment Clubhouse, Ashburn VA, 20148

Please RSVP by July 9th, 2009

Come and see the newest additions to some of the most innovative resorts in the Caribbean!

Honeymoons and Destination Weddings by Sandals and Beaches

Right now there are amazing specials at all Sandals and Beaches Resorts. You can enjoy fantastic accommodations in paradise for a fraction of the cost. Be pampered by a butler or reconnect together in the spa or enjoy a candlelight dinner on the beach to make your honeymoon really special. If the thought of wedding planning makes you want to say "I don't" instead of "I do" just make your wedding super easy with a free wedding or easy and really gorgeous with a Preston Bailey wedding package. Weddings are available at any Sandals or Beaches resort in Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, Bahamas or Turks and Caicos (Beaches Resorts are only on Jamaica and Turks and Caicos). Airfares to these islands are fantastic and you can enjoy up to 65% savings once you get there! Call us or email for more details.

**Rates based on supplier availability and subject to change at any time