Caribbean Travel Tips - St Lucia

Traveling to the Caribbean? Here are some Cool Tips.

Often times when people are traveling to the Caribbean or any other country they dread going through security at the airport, but there are some Caribbean style tips that you could follow to make it a little bit easier for you and probably the people standing behind you.

First of all, know that you probably are going to take your coat off if you are traveling during the colder months. You don’t want to layer to many pieces of clothing because you are going to have to take off a lot of them; other things you would probably have to take off is your belt – keep that in mind, anything in your pockets that Is metal (pieces of jewelry, coins) will set off the alarm. Put all of those heavy metal items into your carry-on, we know that you are excited traveling to the Caribbean, but it is going to save a lot of time for you and the people behind you. In your carry-on luggage you can only take liquids in three ounce containers, 3 ounces or less for aerosols and all of your liquids. They all have to be put in see-through containers and then put into a one quart plastic bag, it is not very big and it’s one bag per traveler; anything bigger that you need to take with you put it to your checked luggage. Speaking of luggage, you can no longer lock your bags that you were checking through security at the airport, you need to leave them unlocked unless you purchase one of the locks approved by the Transportation Security Administration. They cost around $11.00 and you can find them at most luggage stores. The trick with the lock is there’s a master key that all of the security agents have, so they can open your luggage if they need to perform a search.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have made some recent changes to their rules, so if you have prescription medicine, breast milk or baby food or juice for a young child traveling with you; you are ok to carry those on in larger amounts than 3 ounces, just make security aware of it.

There are days of the week and times that are better for buying a ticket. Wednesdays between 12 and 1 AM, yes you have to stay up late and get online but you know what, it is probably worth it. This is the window when airlines start releasing their tickets, now the trick is to make sure you are looking in the time zone that the airline is headquartered in. one site that our clients normally use is Priceline.com), it conveniently pulls up all of the airlines and gives you a comparison of St Lucia Flight prices and of times so you can make a decision based on what works for your Caribbean vacation.

Passports - with passports you are traveling internationally, you have to carry them, there are passport offices all around the country where you can in person get signed up and get your passport ordered. Another thing to keep in mind, different country different voltage, for appliances. So if you are traveling with a hairdryer or a computer make sure you have the right adapter which can be found on the right in our Amazon mini store on the right of the page. To learn more visit http://www.islelander.com/st-lucia-flights.html