In the age of social distancing, travelers are placing a premium on privacy — both in their transportation and their accommodations. 

And that’s the reasoning behind the launch of leading luxury villa rental company WIMCO’s new WIMCO Prive’ concierge travel service. 

WIMCO Prive’ works with WIMCO’s longtime partner, Tradewind Aviation, to plan each aspect of the ultimate Caribbean luxury vacation. 

It gives travelers the ability to arrange a “private, luxury and crowd-free travel experience” from their home airports right to the Caribbean, with private aviation on each leg of the trip and a private villa for the vacation itself. 

When transfers are required to smaller airports on private islands, WIMCO will arrange “wing to wing” transfers, avoiding airport terminals entirely, the company says. 

In the age of social distancing, access to private aviation and private villas helps in “reducing the risk of contracting a virus while away from home,” according to Stiles Bennet, president of WIMCO. 

The service also provides a unique way to streamline travel to some of the Caribbean’s harder-to-reach destinations like Canouan in the Grenadines; the British Virgin Islands and Mustique, among others.

“When we developed this service, one of the benefits we designed in was improving the ease of access to some of the smaller islands in the Caribbean that do not have direct flights from the US.” Bennet told Caribbean Journal.

A sample itinerary might be taking a private jet from Westchester to St Barth via San Juan, for a stay in a villa or a yacht in St Barth. 

Or a getaway from Philadelphia direct  to Anguilla for a family beach getaway. 

WIMCO Prive’ gives travelers the choice of private jets for parties of any size — from light jets of six to seven passengers to airliners for 60 passengers. 

WIMCO Prive’ can also request quotes on chartering private yachts. 

For more, visit WIMCO Prive’. 

— CJ

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Two of the Caribbean’s leading luxury resorts are planning to reopen for the upcoming winter season, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The Belmond Cap Juluca Resort in Anguilla and the Belmond La Samanna Resort in St Martin are both scheduled to reopen in the next two months. 

Belmond Cap Juluca is planning a Nov. 1 relaunch in Anguilla, which has already reopened for tourism.

With Anguilla’s regulations requiring guests to remain on property for the length of their stay or a maximum of 10 to 14 days, the property has created a new slate of daily programming, from rum tastings to sunrise yoga classes to new amenities like 24-hour In-room dining. 

The Belmond La Samanna resort, long the leading luxury hotel on the French side of St Martin, is gearing up for a Dec. 1, 2020 reopening, pending island regulations. (While Dutch St Maarten has been open for tourism since August, French St Martin remains closed). 

Belmond La Samanna is launching a similar programming menu, from candlelit dinners in its signature La Cave wine cellar to one-on-one-art classes and sunset sails. 

Next year, the property will launch a program where guests can watch baby turtles hatch and make their way out to sea. 

For more, visit Belmond. 

— CJ

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The Caerula Mar Club in The Bahamas is reopening in October, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The resort, most famous as the setting for the HGTV program “Renovation Island,” will be reopening on South Andros on Oct. 24. 

The show sees husband-and-wife team Bryan and Sarah Baeumler dramatically transform a resort that had been abandoned in the 1960s. 

The luxury boutique resort has a mix of 18 oceanfront suites and six private villas on one of the great undiscovered islands of The Bahamas. 

The resort has also announced a partnership with regional carrier Makers Air ton a “Caerula in Style” program that includes round-trip airfare from Fort Lauderdale directly to South Andros and a villa stay at the resort. 

For more, visit Caerula Mar Club. 

— CJ

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