Recommend Oct 2017 - 30

La Piazzetta at Casa de Campo in the D.R.

restaurant, which are overseen by chef
Craig Jones, a recent Caribbean Chef
of the Year. At press time it would cost
$5,563 (commissionable) per couple plus
$1,113 tax-totaling $6,676 -for one of
the Garden View and Junior Suites.

Marigot Bay Resort &
Marina by Capella
This yachtie favorite isn't directly on a
beach (it does provide shuttle service), but
Saint Lucia's Capella Marigot Bay Resort
offers something else: a combination of
destination immersion-rum tastings,
culinary events, boat tours, garden
walks-stunning rooms (traditional decor,
updated) and personalized service. The
all-inclusive supplement includes meals,
beverages, resort activities, classes, and the
kids club, etc. It costs $420 per couple per
day, or $2,940 per week, and rooms start
at $342, but at least move up to the Bay
View room: $371, or $2,597, for a subtotal
of $5,537, all commissionable. Adding tax
and service, that's $6,091.

Carlisle Bay
With mostly 2-story accommodations
sprawling along a splendid beach,
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Antigua's Carlisle Bay attracts both
families and couples-European as well
as American-who seek a cosmopolitan
setting. It features cool and capacious
rooms, superb service and cuisine, an
excellent spa, a five-court tennis facility,
and a light-filled library where you'd
gladly spend hours. With the Fully
Inclusive Super Chill-Out package, a couple
pays $3,150 a week, so with a $7,000
room (the commissionable part) the total,
including 22.5 percent tax and service,
is $12,434.

Casa de Campo Resort & Villas
This Dominican Republic classic offers
guests a range of accommodations and the
luxury of doing anything and everything,
from polo to gallery hopping (the resort
has its own art colony) to championship
golf. The Casa de Campo Inclusive
Experience package includes meals,
cocktails and wine by the glass, unlimited
horseback riding, tennis, non-motorized
watersports, skeet or trap shooting, and
family activities.
For a week at a 538-sq.-ft. room in the
Pete Dye Golf Lodge, a couple would pay
$6,155, including tax, service charge, and

a golf cart. Moving up to a 731-sq.-ft. Elite
Deluxe Room costs $8,396. Of that sum,
$6,559-all but the tax and tip -earns a
commission.

Eden Roc at Cap Cana
One of just four Relais & Chateaux in the
entire Caribbean, Eden Roc at Cap Cana
in the Dominican Republic has 34 suites
and villas, each with its own pool, spa area,
and golf cart.
Eden Roc offers three meal options: The
Full Board Meal Plan starts with the room
cost: $6,050 with the Stay 7 Pay 5 deal in
a Luxury Pool Junior Suite. Add the meal
plan, $120 pp per day, featuring a 3-course
lunch as well as dinner, and the subtotal is
$7,730, all commissionable, plus taxes and
service for the sum of $9,894.
The Endless Summer package, $8,806
plus taxes and service for a total of
$11,272, is for couples who want to have
a child (age 4-12) comped. The Play in
Paradise package offers half board plus
a $200 spa credit and two rounds at
golfing mecca Punta Espada. The entire
rate before taxes and service, $8,645, is
commissionable, and the final tab
is $11,066. ➤
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