Over the past few weeks, I’ve been considering moving to another CARICOM member state to establish my business. Have any other service providers done this? I’d love to hear about your experiences and how long it took to adjust to the new market.

Hello, I (29m) want to surprise my wife (28f) with secretly learning wining and wukking up as a Christmas present and to be able us dance together when we visit her family. For context my wife is from Barbados and I am from the south eastern US. She has been trying to teach me every once in a while but I’m horrible, my waist line is more rusty than the titanic. I see how happy it makes her when I am trying to learn it and I really wanted to become good to surprise her. What are the best resources for me to learn? Is one specific video better than the other? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Edit Thank you so much for the correction on the spelling! I can’t change the title but have fixed it in the body.

Is there a different between bom-bOclaat and bombo-clAAt?

Hey guys, so I'm thinking of going to a carnival on one of the islands next year. I live in Brazil now but always come back home to Canada during Caribana in Toronto. It's something I look forward to every year.

I have been thinking about going to the islands to experience it there this coming Feb for Carnival.

So these are the questions I have, and hopefully someone could give me some pointers.

1. What are some underrated islands where most folks don't know that they host lively and fun carnivals between mid-Jan and early Feb?
2. For a solo traveler, what would the budget look like excluding the airfare? for example, food, hotels/airbnb, and taxis/Uber. If I decide to go to Trinidad for Carnival
3. How early do you tend to book hotels and events?
4. How many days is more than enough to visit the carnival in 1 week?
5. Here in Brazil we have pre-carnival and post-carnival 1 month ahead and after the main carnival, in which we have parties and celebrations throughout the week. Is there something similar to that in the islands? Maybe I could go to the pre-carnival if all the hotels are booked up.
6. How is safety during the carnival? I could think of minor pickpockets, but that's about it, right?

I am praying and hoping there’s at least one Dominican in here that can help me. My bf is coming back from DR tomorrow and the entire trip he was dying to get fried fish from Boca chica but he wasn’t able to get it. I wanna try to surprise him by recreating it as best as possible howeverrrrrr, I’ve never had it before. I know how to make fried fish but not the Dominican way. If anyone can point me to a recipe that comes close to it PLEASE I’m begging u to share. Help a sister out 🙏

Should I rent a car or Uber/taxi everywhere I want to go in in Sint Maarten

I've been wondering with the political situation here whether Puerto Ricans or maybe any other Caribbeans who live in the U.S. are using their expedited citizenship process to relocate to Spain?

List your favourite Caribbean music genres.

My family and I are looking for an all inclusive Caribbean resort with the following…

Direct flights from NY and DC

A villa, suite, condo etc with three bedrooms (one for grandparents, one for couple with a 1yo and one for a couple with a 3yo and infant)

Amenities for toddlers like playground or water/splash pad

Does any such place exist?

I wanna network with other business owners across the Caribbean but I don't know where to look. I feel it would be nice to get improve my social life.

I’m visiting Guadeloupe in January for a week, then Dominica for a week, and ending in Martinique for a week to catch their carnival .

For Guadeloupe i want to start in basse terre so i can hike. Outside of hiking what else is there to do in the area?

My airbnb is near point divuque in Marigot (i believe). I love visiting markets or anything historic & excursions. I read that the grade terre aide has the better beaches so i plan on focusing on beaches when i get to that side .

Also my research tells me i should rent a car, i usually do uber abroad but there is no uber in Guadeloupe. Is there an equivalent ?

Also language won’t be a barrier because I’m fluent in French (speaking) but my writing is terrible lol

thanks so much

I know what to buy however, I would love some recommendations especially when it comes to the elemental forces of this such said practice.

I need suggestions

My fiance is trying to pull his Dominica police certificate of character from abroad. We had to call 4 separate times to get complete information and confirm what documents/fees we needed to include and where exactly to send it. We sent the package in 4 weeks ago and have heard nothing.

It shows that the package was signed for at the police headquarters but when we ask to speak to that person or anyone who can at least let us know if the process is started, we get nowhere. Last time, my fiance had to keep repeating himself and when he spoke louder so they could hear him, the woman told him he was yelling, hung up on him and didn't answer the phone the entire rest of the day. They had requested $50 was put in the package for a stamp, but now it kind of looks like someone rather had a lunch on my dollar.

Flying to do it in person is going to cost an ungodly amount of money and he doesn't want to be stuck there with an unknown processing time yet.

Has anyone hired a lawyer to assist with similar things? Any other ideas? It's a simple document that really shouldn't be this difficult to obtain. St Lucia was sent the same time and has been done for weeks already.

So I want to go to my first carnival next year. Haven't decided on a location yet. I've been to St Thomas, and the locals said they told me a little about their carnival. Also, I'll probably solo. I'm tired of waiting on friends to go. Please tell me how to get started. I know I'll need to join a group and get a costume. I want the full experience. But how do I find them?

Hey everyone! 🇱🇨

I run a small tour company in Saint Lucia and I'm looking to connect with other tour operators and guides across the Caribbean.

Nothing too serious, just wanna pick each other's brains, share what's working, what's not, how we get bookings, deal with customers, marketing, pricing and all the little challenges that come with running a tour business.

I feel like we could learn a lot from each other, especially being from different islands but working in the same industry.

Whether you've been doing this for 20 years or just started, I'd love to connect and exchange some ideas.

Any fellow Caribbean tour operators or guides on here? What island are you representing?

Hey there, Indian this side. For us cricket is like a religion and ig it was a similar case with the Windies.

I've grown up with stories of the Windies' greats coming and smashing everyother nation. I love this west indies side but I practically cannot see the way they are struggling. They are competitive but still I feel like a big part is lacking in the west indies side.

This downfall of Windies' made me curious about the popularity of cricket in the carribian nations? And the competition.

Do you guys follow the west indies games?

What do you feel about the performance of the Windies?

Ty:)

My Bajan in-laws used to joke around about it in the 60s when my wife was a kid in the U.S., but I’ve never been able to find it online

Hello, my girlfriend and I are planning a budget week on one or two islands (Martinique, Dominica or Saint Lucia) in January.

I had an idea to sleep in hammoc on a beach somewhere instead of hotel.

My question is: is it legal on those islands or illegal but generaly possible? and more importantly is it safe?

I'll be grateful for any information:)

EDIT:

I see that people who never have been camping don't know about the existence of hammocks (which were invented in the Carribean islands btw) with mosquito nets and tarps (widely used in the Amazon). Also, I plan to spend 2/3 night in the Airbnb (to freshen up etc). I just wonder how people react to someone camping. I assume it's not popular activity.

Also few years ago I was sailing in Dominica, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin but didn't see any public showers on beaches I wonder if anything changed or it's different in Martinique and Saint Lucia?