Help me plan my holiday! My parents have offered to look after our children for a bit this summer so that DH and I can have a getaway at the end of July (hooray!). We are looking at a week in Barbados because my parents are based in the US (so we'll be flying from there) and we'd like avoid a lot of jet lag. I realise summer is hurricane season, but it looks like Barbados is out of the main path and July is not at the peak of the season? Does anyone have experience of visiting at this time of year? If we were going in April instead of hurricane season, I think Virgin Gorda might be my first choice as it looks stunning.
We've heard Aruba or Grenada could be good options for that time of year as well, but Barbados looks a bit... nicer? Is that accurate? We've also considered St Lucia, but we generally try to save the adventure holidays for when we have our children with us. As it's a just-us holiday, the priority is just to be somewhere relaxing and beautiful with easy transport so that we can explore a bit and safely walk around later in the evening to get a bite to eat, etc. Looks like it might be harder to get ourselves around St Lucia easily? Is there enough to do on Barbados to have a few interesting days out?
Would like a nice 5* hotel. Not bothered about all inclusive if there are good food options nearby, but would like (for example) to have access to a nice spa, good al fresco breakfast, afternoon tea, snorkelling excursion options, etc. Thoughts and/or tips much appreciated!