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the four meal plan options, there's an Allure package (from $879) featuring transfers, breakfasts, dinners, one private dinner on the beach, an art class, massage, and a sunset cocktail cruise. FAMs are offered to loyal agents. THE BUCCANEER, ST. CROIX The Buccaneer, whose tag line is "Experience the Legend," opened in 1947, incorporates a 17th century estate, and is a member of Historic Hotels of America; guests can even stay in the same Great House where young Alexander Hamilton lived. The Buccaneer offers plenty of non-historic diversions, too, with three beaches, two pools, watersports gear and instruction, free scuba lessons, eight tennis courts, golf, a newly renovated spa and ﬁtness center, art classes, a kids' club, and nature and history walks. Getting back to history, St. Croix offers a chance to see how Danish settlers survived in the tropics, of all places. Guests go on guided tours or rent cars to take the St. Croix Heritage Trail, visiting historic Christiansted and Fort Christiansvaern, the Danish Custom House, the Whim Plantation Museum, and a 300-year-old rum distillery. They also go snorkeling at Buck Island Reef National Monument, kayaking in a bioluminescent bay, and horseback riding. Each of the 138 rooms and suites (of which there are 13 categories) has a private patio or balcony, cribs and rollaways are available, and breakfasts are included. Rates start at $271. We recommend upgrading to a Great House Ocean View Junior Suite ($390) or a Beachside Doubloon (from $561). The $200a-night Buccaneer Treasures deal may interest some clients, too: It includes a welcome basket, a 2-day car rental or guided island tour, a $100 dining credit per room with a 7-night stay, 20 percent off room rates beyond seven nights, and a choice (for each of two adults) of a 25-minute spa treatment, greens fees, three hours of tennis, or a sunset sail. The Buccaneer offers visiting agents 50 percent off rack rates. ● Archived related articles (available on recommend.com/magazine/issue-archive): Saint Lucia (May 2014) contact information The Buccaneer: (800) 255-3881; thebuccaneer.com Caneel Bay: (855) 226-3358; caneelbay.com Concordia Eco-Resort: (800) 392-9004; concordiaeco-resort.com Coyaba Beach Resort & Club: (877) 232-3224; coyabaresortjamaica.com Hotel Mockingbird Hill: (876) 993-7134 or 7267; hotelmockingbirdhill.com Jake's: (877) 526-2428; jakeshotel.com WHEN YOUR CLIENTS TRAVEL TO TOBAGO you will want to book them at Magdalena Grand. Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort is the island's premier oceanfront resort and is recognized by Fodor's as one of the Caribbean's ten best new resorts. All the rooms at Magdalena Grand face the ocean and offer terraces or balconies. Guests enjoy golf on an 18 hole PGA designed course, tennis, three swimming pools, a PADI 5-star dive center, spa services and a choice of restaurants and bars. It is located on 2 1/2 miles of beach and coastline. Visit the "True Caribbean" in beautiful Tobago. Book directly with the hotel 5 rooms with a 4 night minimum stay by December 10, 2014 and receive a $250 bonus check once the travel is completed.* Reservations : 1-866-353-6222 * Email : Reservations@MagdalenaGrand.com WWW.MAGDALENAGRAND.COM *Based on availability. You must mention Recommend Magazine when booking your clients' reservations. MAG-14-156 Travel Trade - Recommend Mag.indd 1 22-25 CB JamUSVI.indd 25 6/12/14 10:59 AM july 2014 25 6/24/14 8:45 AM http://www.recommend.com/magazine/issue-archive http://www.thebuccaneer.com http://www.caneelbay.com http://www.concordiaeco-resort.com http://www.coyabaresortjamaica.com http://www.hotelmockingbirdhill.com http://www.jakeshotel.com http://WWW.MAGDALENAGRAND.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recommend July 2014

Editor’s Notes
Hotel Desk: EVEN Hotels
Tour Talk: Back-Roads Touring
Pick a Theme...Any Theme on the High Seas
Jamaica & the USVI: Not the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Guadeloupe: Culture, Rum, the Sea, & That Volcano
5 Active Trips in the States
Ski Adventures Across North America
Argentina & Uruguay: A Traditional Feast
Alma del Pacifico, Costa Rica
Rwanda & Uganda: In the Footsteps of Gorillas
Dreamy Puerto Vallarta
Borneo, the Bountiful

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