Turks and Caicos Travel Guide
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Be Lazy and Win A Vacation, Where You Can Be Lazy Again
Where: Turks and Caicos
It's not often we get rewarded for being lazy but in the Turks and Caicos at the Ocean Club and Ocean Club West resorts (they're neighbors), you could win a holiday if you can prove you're the lazy kind.
After becoming a Facebook fan of the Ocean Club Resorts you can enter their competition by posting a photo of "your ideal lazy beach day". Get your photo up by 10pm EST on November 4 and you have a chance to win a three-night stay on the Turks and Caicos for two, which you would be able to use between May and December next year.
The theory behind this "lazy" contest is that at the Ocean Club Resorts, one of the most popular activities is to "do nothing at all", and it's certainly a beautiful place to choose to do nothing. If you don't win the contest and have to pay to get there, nightly rates start at $179 a night for a studio suite in the off-season, with big price hikes for the popular winter season or for Christmas and New Year.
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Bruce Willis-Approved Caribbean Resort Offers Labor Day Discount
The barrage of hotel deals we've been coming across lately all remind us of one cold, hard fact: Summer is quickly coming to an end. That's bad news for fireworks and outdoor concerts, but very good news for prospective travelers. Capitalizing on the "last summer weekend" rush, many resorts and hotels are offering Labor Day deals that are giving us just the push we need to pack our bags and hop on a plane. Destination this time around: Parrot Cay & COMO Shambhala Retreat in Turks and Caicos.
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You'll Be Up in the Gym Working On Your (Pilates) Fitness at Parrot Cay
Until contemporary Pilates teacher to the stars, Mari Winsor recently kicked our ass in a private Malibu Pilates session at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, we really liked this "lets get moving, sculpt and lose weight" approach to exercise. But, there’s something kinda humbling (okay, pathetic) about getting your butt kicked by someone as least two decades your senior. Ouch.
Anyway, instead of going balls to the wall for a one hour, pain inducing power session, we’re way more inclined to take a retreat approach to Pilates, which is why we’re excited about Parrot Cay’s “Strength Without Struggle” 6-day Pilates retreat scheduled for November 8-14, 2009. It's way out of our personal budget, but if you've got the dough, it seems like a good, all-about-me-time, deal.
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Bruce Willis Does His Best to Help Out Turks and Caicos Economy
Finding a hotel is often only one part of your trip. The other half is getting there. And our bro Jaunted does a bang-up job of covering the latest news and trends in the travel world. Here are some recent stories from Jaunted that are worth a look.
· Worst Airline Award: Perhaps nine months too early, Jaunted gives Ryanair the Worst Airline of Year award because of all the ridiculous fees the airline keeps adding.
· Panama Field Trip: All this week, Jaunted's Brendan Spiegel will be reporting from Panama.
· Qantas Needs Some Action: With Virgin Australia and Delta partnering up Down Under, Qantas is looking very lonely.
· Bruce Willis Attempts to Save Caribbean Economy: Old dude marries young girl in Turks and Caicos and celebrities galore attend, thus giving T&C tourism a boost.
· You Can Trust Cruise Reviews, Says CruiseCritic.com.: The "Royal Champions" saga continues but CruiseCritic.com wants you to know that you can trust their reviews. Um, ok?
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Stay at Gansevoort Turks and Caicos For $295 a Night
Where: Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Last week we told you how the The Gansevoort Turks and Caicos was open and ready to rock. But we were a little crestfallen when we saw that standard junior suites were going for about $400 a night.
Then we got some great news! The hotel is actually offering a special opening rate of $295 a night.
You can book this rate by clicking on the Special Hotel Packages ad that is on the right-hand side of the hotel's home page. The package also includes welcome cocktails, daily breakfast, daily Exhale CoreFusion class and 35% off all spa services. To book this rate you must call 649.941.7555 or email contact@gansevoorttc.com.
If you end up staying at the new Gansevoort Turks and Caicos, you must let us know how it went!
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Gansevoort Turks & Caicos is Open and Ready to Rock
Where: Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
While deals for the Gansevoort South in Miami continue to roll out and NYC's original Gansevoort wages war with The Standard, down in the Turks & Caicos, everything is sunny and shiny. This last weekend, the newest Gansevoort debuted on the island of Providenciales, bringing with it an Exhale Spa and the NY restaurant Bagatelle.
For once, we did not have to deal with construction delays and the usual hotel drama that comes with adapting a New York property, as the Gansevoort Turks & Caicos said they'd be opening in March 2009, and stuck to their word. Of course, it's not a ginormous property to deal with; the G-Vort circles its 91 rooms around the 7,000 square-foot, infinity-edged central pool and its "lounging islands." Although they boast of this pool, fear not for they will have the requisite beach access as well. As the resort sits on Grace Bay, you'll have the choice of a dip in the pool or a frolick at "Bagatelle Beach."
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Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly Hide Out at the Nikki Beach Resort
We're not quite sure how Derek Jeteris still pulling young ladies these days. Remember when he used to date Mariah? Isn't it about time he settled down and got married? Also, what do these ladies see in him? Don't think we forgot, Jessica Biel, that at one point you were frolicking with #2 before you hooked it with JT.
Whatever the allure he has (we suspect Drakar Noir) Jeter has moved onto former Mayercraft victim and Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly and the duo were spotted "gorging on fresh seafood" at the Nikki Beach Resort in Turks & Caicos.
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Hotel Gansevoort Heading to Turks & Caicos in Early 2009
Where: Turks and Caicos
Can't nothing stop the Gansevoort train, even in this economy. In addition to their other properties under development on Park Avenue, in Toronto and in Chicago, The Gansevoort Hotel Group has just announced plans for a property in the Turks & Caicos Islands. The 91-room beachfront hideaway is scheduled to debut in March 2009 (so soon!), a full two years before Toronto and Chicago will see any action. (Ed. Note: Chicago? When did this happen?)
Situated on Grace Bay in the North Caicos Islands, the resort is planning on rates beginning at $450 a night, including (hallelujah) FREE WIFI!. Of course this means the Miami scene (which is essentially the New York scene) can now move even further south for the winter while retaining regular access to elliptical machines and heavy French butter sauces.
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Ritz-Carlton West Caicos Hits a Hostage Snag
A year ago we were dreaming of finding buried treasure at the Ritz-Carlton West Caicos Reserve, which was meant to be up and running by late 2008--that's any minute now. But news out of the West Caicos makes it sound rather sure that we're going to have to wait a bit longer for our luxury eco-resort stay.
We It's all been sorted out now (and they've been paid, apparently) but it doesn't look good for the Ritz-Carlton West Caicos part of the deal. No word yet on whether building will start again soon but clearly a late 2008 opening is out of the question.
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Coming Soon: The Tanai Promises the Biggest Infinity Pool
Hit the website for coming-soon The Tanai resort on Turks and Caicos and you'll hear that chilly haunting music that really seems to be doing the rounds of resort websites at the moment.
The only reason we can live with it is that the photos of the region are pretty spectacular and have definitely piqued our interest in The Tanai, even though it's not due to open until 2010. They just broke ground to start construction last week.
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Warm Weather Hotels: Grace and Beauty at Grace Bay Club
The Grace Bay Club at Providenciales on Turks and Caicos isn't scrimping on things: they even have a hotel school set up for their employees to learn the skills of the trade. Since tourism is the fastest growing industry on the island, Grace Bay takes the view that to get good staff, it should be giving them extensive training themselves, and that seems to be helping.
Recent guests give plenty of compliments to the staff, with the only complaint being that they move a bit more slowly than some people might be used to--but that's the whole point of being away from the hustle and bustle of normal life.
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The Latest Exfoliation Craze: Crushed Conch Shells
If you're an expert on spa treatments and fantastic exfoliators--or if you just feel like you want to spoil yourself--the Regent Palms Turks and Caicos think they have something special for you. They've just opened their new Regent Spa and are featuring a special Mother of Pearl Body Exfoliation treatment. Come on, you want it; you just didn't know until now.
Apparently the conch shell is the number one export of Turks and Caicos, and the Regent Palms is taking advantage of that by tying the conch shell into this new spa treatment. The exfoliation treatment uses a blend of hand-crushed, queen conch shells to scrub off all that dead skin. We presume they add a few nice smells and crush those shells finely enough that it doesn't feel just like sandpaper.
The Regent Spa then offers you a rain shower plus a bunch of aromatherapy oils (your choice) to finish off the treatment--all that costs $85 for 30 minutes, which isn't too exorbitant. Whether or not you get the promised "younger-looking you" probably depends on the quality of the conch shell, right? Let us know if you try it out yourself.
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