The average real estate commission rate is around 5% to 6% of the selling price of the property. This means that if you were to get a real estate agent to sell your $200,000 property for you, they would walk away with $10,000 as a commission. With rates that high, the question is how hard is it…
Read MoreThey are the world’s foremost experts on Caribbean travel: Caribbean Journal readers. They travel to the Caribbean multiple times each year, scouring the region for the newest and the greatest, searching out hotels, beaches, restaurants and experiences. And each year, they choose the best of the best: the winners of the Caribbean Journal Travelers’…
Read MoreSpanish hotel giant Melia is set to open a very different kind of resort in Punta Cana next month. The new Falcon’s Resort by Melia will be the Dominican Republic’s first “resortainment” property, in partnership with theme park company Falcon’s Beyond. The new all-inclusive Falcon’s Resort by Melia, an all-suite resort, is the product…
Read MoreYou wake up, slide your door open and peer out directly at the sand and the calm froth of Aruban blue. This is unlike any other place to stay in Aruba. In a sea of larger, mostly high-rise resorts, it’s a sleek, crisply-designed boutique hotel, breezy and hip, unpretentious and endlessly chic. This is…
Read MorePlaya del Carmen is the best destination in the Mexican Caribbean for combining a beach vacation with some downtown city action. Not only does Playa’s Quinta Avenida pulse with nightlife, great shopping, and fine dining, it’s only a short walk from some of the region’s poshest resorts (not to mention the ferry across to…
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