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Honeymoons
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Honeymoons and weddings abroad are tailor-made by Expressions Holidays. Contact us for a range of honeymoon and wedding destinations around the world and an amazing choice of honeymoons from island-hopping to visiting cultural sites.
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holidays
  

Expressions Spas opens a world of tailor-made spa holidays that allows you to choose according to region, type of treatment desired, product type and recommends for your party type, whether it be for couples, singles or perhaps mothers and daughters travelling together.
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holidays
  

Expressions Families affords you an amazing choice of sophisticated resorts ideally suited to families in selected destinations worldwide. You can also choose according to required facilities in resort and we suggest holidays for families with grandparents and single parent families too.
Rail
holidays
  

Expressions Holidays offers you tailor-made rail holidays and journeys by train, including luxury trains, scenic journeys and classic rail tours.
Worldwide
journeys
  

Tailor-made journeys and tours for individuals and small groups to selected destinations around the world from Burma to Italy, from Vietnam to India.
  • Luxury Caribbean hotel holidays, tailor-made by travel experts

    Coral Reef Club Barbados Caribbean
    Palm Island Grenadines Caribbean
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    Caribbean Expressions offers a wide range of luxury, tailor-made holidays to Caribbean islands featuring the most characterful and most exclusive hotels and resorts in the region as well as some good value, yet exquisite retreats.

    Our bespoke luxury Caribbean holidays are about relaxation, comfort and good service, idyllic surroundings coupled with the opportunity to glimpse the flavour and colour of local life. Click on the 'More Information' tab above to find out more about the islands of the Caribbean and their highlights, or be inspired by the suggestions below.

    Local highlights

    Islands of the Caribbean
    Think of the Caribbean, and you can’t help but picture palm-fringed beaches and gin-clear seas, rum punch cocktails and steel drum bands. The Caribbean is the perfect destination for a luxury holiday, offering sunshine, culture, activities and wonderful hotels. From Antigua to Martinique, from the British Virgin Islands to the Cayman Islands, the Caribbean is studded with some of the most indulgent and exclusive private-island hotels and beach resorts on earth. For most visitors, that’s more than enough: getting away from the beach means going out for a snorkel or hopping out on a windsurfer. Who can blame them? Sifted by the steady, gentle Tradewinds, with excellent coral reefs and an abundance of marine life, the Caribbean is a watersports Promised Land. However, dig a little deeper, and the Caribbean is a fascinating, diverse holiday destination in its own right, suffused in history, with each island boasting its own unique character and personality. From the forts of Jamaica and churches of Barbados to the sizzling carnivals of Cuba and Trinidad, the Caribbean resounds with echoes of its colonial past, with an architecture and attitude to match. Hire a car and you’ll stumble across cricket games, church choirs and beach bars with spontaneous parties – whilst being a fabulous place just to fly and flop, the Caribbean is also wonderfully rewarding to explore. Geographically, the islands vary dramatically. As a general rule, the low-lying coral islands – the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and the islands of the Venezuelan coast – have the best bone-white beaches and swimming, but are less interesting inland. Volcanic islands by contrast – for example, the Windward Islands such as St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada – are more dramatic, covered in steep, tangled forest plunging dramatically into the sea, with classic crescent bays and palm-tree beaches, brilliant for birdwatching and hiking, mountain-biking and nature-trails.

    Gems of the Caribbean
    Sheltered sailing in the British Virgin Islands; hiking in St Lucia up the famous Piton mountains, as well as Jump Up parties every Friday; hundreds of flat, sandy islands in the Bahamas; exploring the parishes of Barbados; the forested slopes of Jamaica’s Blue Mountains, as well its vibrant reggae scene; salsa in Cuba; French colonial architecture on St Bartelemy, St Martin and Guadeloupe; private island resorts in the Grenadines; the national cricket pitch of tiny Nevis; the long white beaches and turquoise seas of Anguilla; mountain biking and white-water rafting on the Dominican Republic; assisting scientists with turtle conservation in the Cayman Islands.

    Getting out and about

    The most extensive links between islands are by air, with LIAT, BWIA and ALM all offering passes encouraging a degree of island-hopping on 6- to 30-seat planes giving breathtaking views of the islands. Island-hopping by sea is a limited option, although good links exist between dependencies, eg St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago. As for travelling around individual islands, hotels often offer daytrips, otherwise buses are cheap but their scheduling is not always very extensive. Car-hire is usually your best option. The roads on most of the islands we feature are actually quite good, give or take the odd pothole. (Signposts are another matter, so we recommend an ordnance survey map if possible, although if you do get lost, just hopping out to ask directions can be part of the fun). Car-hire is reasonably priced and a good, independent way to see a lot of the islands. Jeeps are also available for rougher road surfaces (some of the hills are quite steep). Taxis also represent good value, especially with local drivers keen to share their knowledge of their home.

    Travel arrangements

    Flight time to the Caribbean is about 8 or 9 hours, depending on which island you fly in to. Antigua is the closest international hub from the UK, and many flights to but there are direct scheduled flights to dozens of destinations throughout the Caribbean run by British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and British Midland.

  • All time Caribbean favourites

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    Our top 10 all-time favourite hotels and resorts in the Caribbean.

    Caribbean summer suggestions

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    Luxury hotels and resorts in the Caribbean with special offers for the summer period.
  • Virgin beauty at Biras Creek

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    Organic luxury in the Virgin Islands

    WellFit Families at The BodyHoliday

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    Wholesome family fitness in St Lucia

    Authentic Caribbean at Nisbet Plantation

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    Laidback charm & character in Nevis

    Learn to sail in Antigua

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    Learn to sail at Carlisle Bay, Antigua – take part in a beginners’ sailing course in the Caribbean.

    A taste of the good life at Cap Maison, St Lucia

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    Absorb the carefree ambiance at Cap Maison.

    Learn to cook with spices at Mount Cinnamon in Grenada

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    Cooking with spices on Spice Island.
  • Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort - Luxury Holidays to St Lucia

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    Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort, St Lucia offers luxurious accommodation amid spectacular scenery.

    Carlisle Bay - Luxury Antigua Holidays

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    Carlisle Bay Antigua is a luxury boutique hotel and is set against a backdrop of rainforest-clad hills and

    Coral Reef Club - Luxury Barbados Holidays

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    Coral Reef Club hotel offers tremendous rest and relaxation in a luxurious ambience.

    Hermitage Bay - Luxury Antigua Holidays

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    Hermitage Bay in Antigua is an intimate, charming and luxurious hideaway

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    • Honeymoons Weddings

      Tailor-made honeymoons and weddings abroad to personally-selected hotels and resorts.

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LATEST NEWS

  • Additional British Airways flights to Cyprus

    Fly from London Gatwick to Larnaca from 30 June 2013.

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  • Karen Goes to the Borgo Egnazia

    Our Families Specialist reports on her trip to Borgo Egnazia

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  • Conde Nast Traveller magazine announces world’s best spas

    Carlisle Bay wins ‘Best Spa for Families’ award

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  • Stay in an award-winning Sri Lankan hotel

    Trip Advisor announces Top 25 hotels in Sri Lanka.

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  • New children’s story-telling in the Caribbean this summer

    Story-telling events for families with famous authors in Antigua & St Lucia.

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  • New Second International Airport in Sri Lanka

    A new international airport in southern Sri Lanka increases accessibility to this area of the country

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  • New kids’ facilities at beach resorts in Vietnam

    Presenting updated family facilities at Evason Ana Mandara and Six Senses Ninh Van Bay

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  • Spice Experience at Mount Cinnamon in Grenada

    A seven-day holiday exploring Spice Island's rich natural resources.

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