What does an all-inclusive vacation Include?
While each resort may vary in some of their amenities and special
offerings (see each resort page for specifics), for the most part our
all-inclusive vacation “basic” typically includes:
1.
Your
roundtrip transfers to and from your resort.
2.
Your
accommodations, as selected or better!
3.
All
hotel taxes.
4.
Simply NO TIPPING is allowed – tips are included – period!
5.
All
meals (often with a wide choice of on-property gourmet and specialty
restaurants) and snacks (snack bars are usually open 24-hours a day).
6.
Unlimited beverages (this includes mixed drinks, wine, beer, champagne
and non-alcoholic beverages).
7.
Water
and land sports (generally with instructors when needed)
a.
Scuba diving (if you are certified resort certification if free)
b.
Snorkeling (with equipment)
c.
Waterskiing
d.
Windsurfing
e.
Sailing
f.
Water
Trikes or Paddle Boats
g.
Tennis
Courts (usually with a number of lit courts for evening play)
h.
Beach
&/or Water Volleyball
8.
Additional activities and facilities:
a.
Pools
& Hot Tubs
b.
Exercise & Weight Rooms
9.
Nightly Entertainment
a.
Dancing
b.
Piano
Bar (some with Karaoke)
c.
Fitness or Aerobic Centers
10.
Tour
and/or Concierge Desk
Depending your choice of resorts, other included items may be:
1.
Golf
with green fees included but you have to pay for caddies (mandatory),
carts and club rentals (you may bring your own club)
2.
Canoes
and Ocean Kayaks
3.
Squash or Racquetball and Basketball Courts
4.
Bicycles
5.
Horseback Riding (in the mountains)
6.
Buggy
Rides
7.
Glass
Bottom Boat Rides and Evening Sunset Cruises
8.
Arts
and Crafts Classes – On-property “Artisan’s Day” (local vendors come
to you!)
9.
Pool
Tables – Table Tennis – Game Rooms
10.
Lawn
Chess – Horseshoes – Croquet – Shuffleboard
11.
Discos
12.
Room
Service
13.
Health Spas (some with included services)
14.
Tours
and/or Outings
Wedding Packages
are included at many resorts (each resort’s minimum stay
requirements and package inclusions may differ).
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Why are there resorts that you don't sell?
We
only offer a
limited number of resorts and other special one-of-a-kind properties
(that are NOT all-inclusive) because we believe
it is ultimately important for our staff to be very
knowledgeable about each of the properties we
offer, plus, quite frankly, many other resorts don’t reach the level
of excellence and the value: quality quotient we feel comfortable in
offering our customers! If there is a resort missing that you wish to
book please use your local travel agency. If we receive just TWO
complaints in a year from our travelers - we remove that resort from
our website for two years (minimum).
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Why do you offer such deep discounts?
“Because we can” comes to mind, but in reality it’s because it’s just
good business. Lower rates with some top-end service goes a long, long
way in today’s marketplace and that means we get more business than
most of the competitors out there. We help keep our overhead down by
asking our customers to use our site and the information contained on
our site to narrow their choices to just two (2) resort properties. By
doing this we can spend more quality time with our callers and less busy time verifying availability, special rates and
conditions, and the other details required to make sure you receive
the very best of the best.
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Which resorts are for couples only? Which are
adult only but allow singles?
Couples Only Resorts Include The Following
The Caribbean
Couples Negril
Couples Swept Away
Couples Sans Souci
Couples Ocho Rios
Rendezvous (St.
Lucia) Heterosexual Couples Only
Couples &
Single Adult Only Resorts (no children as indicated)
The
Caribbean
Galley Bay (16+
years)
Harbour Village
Hedonism III
Jamaica Inn (16+ years)
Le Grand Courlan (16+ Years)
LeSport The Body Holiday (16+ years)
Long Bay Beach Resort
Palm Island Resort (Under 16 during summer months only)
Parrot Cay
Peter Island
Royal Plantation
Excellence (Punta Cana)
The Beach House
Barbuda
The House (Barbados)
The
Meridian Club
In
Mexico
Aventura Spa Palace
Casa Natalia (13+ years)
Ceiba del Mar (15+ years)
El Dorado Royale
El Dorado Seaside Suites
La Casa Que Canta (16+ years)
Le Blanc
Paraiso de la Bonita
Royal Hideaway Resort & Spa
(13+ years)
Secrets Capri
Secrets Excellence
Villa del Sol (Children On Request)
In
Fiji
Turtle Island
(Children Allowed only during “Family
Weeks” Family Weeks generally One week in July
Pre-Christmas to second week of January)
Vatulele Island Resort
(Children
Allowed only during “Family Weeks” Family Weeks generally One week in July
Pre-Christmas to second week of January)
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Do I need proof of citizenship?
IN 2007 ALL USA CITIZENS WILL BE
REQUIRED TO HAVE A VALID PASSPORT IF TRAVELING INTO THE CARIBBEAN
-- Canadian
Citizens must have passport for the Bahamas. Citizens of other
countries may require a visa to certain island countries. Please
contact your airline carrier for detailed information on the necessary
travel documents. Airline companies are more up-to-date on immigration
laws, and will assist you further.
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Is
clothing optional sunbathing allowed at your properties?
Check each resort on this site for specific
information regarding clothing optional or (au natural) facilities.
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Do you
have to be certified to dive?
Many of our resorts offer complimentary Resort Certification. This course allows our non-certified guests to dive everyday once a day while staying at the resort provide that they meet all medical and physical requirements. These courses generally take 3 to 4 hours.
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How much should I tip?
Fijian and Tahitian resorts may not always include tips (see the
resort of your choice, on this site, for details).
Otherwise most all-inclusive resorts state that "gratuities are
include". Tipping is simply not the practice at MANY of the
all-inclusive resort we offer. However, tipping is customary for all
airport baggage personnel, cab drivers etc. In these instances $0.50 a
bag or 10% of the cost of the ride is more than adequate.
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Is there a safe place for my valuables?
All of
our resorts have in-room safe deposit boxes with only a few exceptions
where lock boxes are provided at the front desk.
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What are the average temperatures?
Pack
like you’re headed for the tropics…you are!
The weather in Jamaica and The Bahamas is great year around.
Daytime minimum averages: 82f, 28C. Night time minimum averages: 72F, 22C.
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Are there medical facilities at the resorts?
In most
cases a registered nurse with regular office hours is on the premises.
In the event of a medical emergency, a qualified medical doctor is on
call 24 hours a day. If a doctor is called, there will be a charge.
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Why do you accept a request for only two quotes?
Roads
Less Taken is a discount travel company. We specialize in a very
exclusive niche market and are not a full-service travel agency. When
we ask our travelers to request not more than two quotes this helps us
offer you some truly discounted rates…because it helps keep our
manpower cost down. We ask that you use the detailed information on
our site and the hyperlinks to resort properties throughout our site
to familiarize yourself with the properties you are most interested
in. All of this is because confirming prices (our site provides you
with, what we believe to be, the most current rates available) and
checking availability of the room category you desire, takes a great
deal of our time and the majority of our manpower every day!
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How can you offer lower prices than my travel agent?
We
offer discounted packages to only a select number of resorts and
select one-of-a-kind properties. Because we limit the scope of our
expertise, not only do we become very knowledgeable about each property
we work with,
but, we complete a large number of reservations for them. High volume
bookings mean lower rates for our travelers!
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How do we book a vacation with Roads Less Taken?
1.
Take
your time and research your choice of destinations on our site and try
to bring your choices down to two vacations.
2. Call us (800.730.3277), fax us
(214.488.2309) or email us (
info@roadslesstaken.com ) and request a
24-hour guaranteed quote from one of our specialist. If you need
airfare to be included please request it at the time you request the
guaranteed quote. Within the hour we will get back to you with our
lowest possible rate! Remember, the quote will only be good for 24
hours and based on availability at the actual time of booking.
3. After you get our quote and, within 24
hours, are ready to make your reservation. We can answer any further
questions you may have when we re-confirm your reservation.
4. To make your reservation, you need to
provide us (by fax) a completed Credit Card Booking Form. We
require a copy of your signature on file with your credit card
information. A minimum deposit of $250 per person is required for
most of our bookings. The balance of the vacation payment is due 50
days prior to your trip. Non-refundable trip cancellation and travel
insurance is available to you and will be included in your
confirmation papers.
You receive your confirmation of booking within 24 hours of completing
your booking reservation. Then you will receive your vacation package,
with everything you need, approximately 21 days prior to departure.
The vacation package includes (when applicable) vouchers for
transportation to/from the airport and your resort, the resort
voucher, any airline tickets booked with the package.
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Who is Roads Less Taken?
Though we are not (yet) the largest discount travel group on-line we
are well positioned in that elite group where volume sales mean
extraordinary discounts for our travelers…And, though we are not the
oldest travel group on the internet we are recognized within the
travel industry as a well established specialist for all-inclusive
and highend vacations, honeymoons and destination weddings. (Better
Business Bureau)
We are one of the world's
premier agencies in the niche market for all-inclusive honeymoon and
destination wedding travel as well as the highend (not all-inclusive)
ultra-deluxe resorts scattered throughout the world. First conceived in 1999 under the name
Weddings & Honeymoons Travel, Roads Less Taken now caters mainly to
“couples only” travelers while two of our sister sites cater to
other niche markets. (go to
About Us
for more details)
By choice, we are NOT a
full service travel agency. We specialize in a few niche markets
and we rely on you to use our site to familiarize yourself with those
properties we offer. You receive the same resort benefits, same
"specials" and same package from Roads Less
Taken as you would receive from going directly to any of the resorts
we offer, only our rates are better!
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What should I wear?
Pack as light a possible. Casual wear such as shorts, tank tops, swim
suits, short-sleeved shirts, sundresses and light slacks are the
perfect day-wear fashion at most resorts we offer. Breakfast and lunch
is beach casual with usually nothing more required than a cover up
over your swimwear and flip flop sandals. At night, "casually
elegant." is proper attire is required for dinner.
Elegant dress shorts are permitted in some
restaurants. Long pants and collared shirts are required at most of
the specialty restaurants but ties and suits are not required.
However, gentlemen will need slacks, a pair of close-toed shoes and a sports jacket for a
few of the more “formal” restaurants on a few properties. No
beachwear, shorts, tank tops or bare feet, please.
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What else should I bring?
Exercise Clothes - Every resort has a complete fitness center, so
bring exercise clothes.
Tennis Racquets - Tennis racquets and balls are often provided, unless
you prefer to bring your own.
Golf Clubs – If you know you can play and you are a fanatic…bring your
own clubs…otherwise most resorts offering golf are able to rent clubs
to you.
Diver Certification Card - Equipment for scuba diving is provided by
the resorts, however you're welcome to bring your own. You must
remember your diver certification cards to enjoy full diving
privileges.
Sun Protection – As most of our resorts are “sun and sand” resorts the
sun is very strong, so we recommend bringing sun essentials:
sunscreen, suntan lotion, sunglasses, hats and visors. If you forget
any of these items you can always purchase them at the gift shops or
many of these items may be provided you as you check in to some of the
resorts!!
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Is the
departure tax included?
In Jamaica the departure tax is included on a
few airlines ($21).
The Island of St. Lucia is a $20
departure tax.
The Island of Antigua is a $13 departure tax.
The Bahamas is a $15 departure tax.
Barbados is a $13 departure tax.
Mexico is a $12 departure tax.
Fiji
has a departure tax of about $9.00 USD
Where applicable departure taxes are paid upon
leaving the islands.
(Departure tax is subject to change
without notice.)
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Once I arrive at my destination how do I get to the resort?
With RARE exceptions, all of
the packages we offer include transfers to and from the airport. Once
you have cleared customs at the airport you will proceed to the lobby
area where a representative for your resort will greet you. You give
them your resort voucher and they will escort you to your
transportation.
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How much money should I take with me?
One of
the best things about the all-inclusive vacation, we offer is the fact
that once you're at your resort, you don't need to spend a cent!
However, should you decide to visit some of the local attractions or
take advantage of some of the outstanding shopping bargains, you will
need money. Most merchants will accept US Dollars or traveler’s
checks, as well as Visa and MasterCard. It's a good idea to bring US
bills in smaller denominations so you don't get a lot of change in the
local currency.
DEPARTURE TAXES are not always included in the cost of an all-inclusive vacation. Roads Less Taken will inform you prior to your departure should departure taxes NOT be included. Usually these taxes range from $9 per person to $65 per person depending on your destination.
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What electric current do you work on?
110 volts, 50 cycles in Mexico
110 volts, 50 cycles in Jamaica
110 volts, 50 cycles in St. Lucia
110 volts, 60 cycles in The Bahamas
Plugs are of the 2-pin type.
Hair dryers are provided in every
room.
Some islands operate
on 220 current and a converter is necessary (ask when booking).
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Do you have cameras and film?
Don't
forget to check your camera before you leave home. But if you do
happen to forget something you should always be able to find a
disposable camera at the resort gift shops.
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How much merchandise can I bring back to the US?
See the
U.S. Customs web site
( http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/travel/)
for current regulations.
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