The seven bedroom beachfront villa has a basketball court, clay tennis court, kayaks, paddle boards, and even more for the active family.
Lime Acre Villa
This villa is a little more off the beaten path. South Jamaica is less traveled than the rest, and presents a more authentic Jamaican country living.
Calypso Shores Beach Villa
Calypso Shores Beach Villa is located on a private lagoon in Montego Bay. Access to community lap pool, gym, tennis, and a private pool are included for the kids, and the golf resort calls for the adults.
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Most schools assign summer reading and writing assignments to promote childhood literacy throughout the year. However, even children who enjoy reading can find these mandatory assignments a chore. School librarians (1) point out that students are likely to find classic, historic fiction dull and irrelevant, but teachers craft the traditional reading lists to help students to build their vocabulary in preparation for standardized tests. Travel is one way that parents can bring the classics to life while having fun on family vacations. Here are some vacation destination ideas that correspond to timeless literary works.
Touring the American Northeast
The American Northeast is an area of firsts. For instance, it was one of the first areas to rebel against English dominance during the American Revolution, and it was the site of famous conflicts like the battles of Lexington and Concord as well as the Boston Tea Party. Books like Johnny Tremain and Paul Revere by Esther Forbes can be the inspiration for taking in tours and theatrical performances in historic Boston.
Arguably, there is no place like New York City which serves as the primary backdrop of The Great Gatsby that was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel, which takes place during the summer of 1922, is consistently found on today’s summer reading lists. The story describes a financial Golden Age for some enterprising Americans and the excesses that often come with that rapid rise in wealth. Hindsight shows that the good financial times were only temporary and would be followed by the 1929 stock market crash. Today, families can have fun traipsing around New York City and visiting Great Gatsby-era Gold Coast mansions (2) in Long Island.
Exploring the American South
The plots of many classic American literary works take place south of the Mason-Dixon line. Children, who must read Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, would have a blast taking a cruise down the Mississippi River and following the path taken by fictional Huck Finn and his runaway slave friend named Jim. One of the area’s popular, replica paddle wheel cruise ships (3) offers an authentic Southern experience complete with luxury staterooms, fine dining, modern amenities and even a Mark Twain library and chart room.
A number of Civil War-era plantations are still standing and can be toured while on vacation in the South. These manor homes and surrounding farms give older children contextual background when they read novels like award-winning Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. After exploring the plantations, family vacations can culminate with visits to Atlanta, Georgia which is the actual setting of Mitchell’s Civil War novel. The now cosmopolitan city is home to the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum (4).
International Destinations
Historic fiction that is heavily sprinkled with Old English diction can make many young people quickly lose interest in classic story plots. However, literature like The Canterbury Tales that was written by Geoffrey Chaucer, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas become food for the imagination when exploring the world renown cities of London and Paris in which these novels were set.
Conclusion
Great literature has always been a vehicle to escape into another time or place. Coupling classic literary works with first-rate travel is the ultimate learning experience for adults and children of all ages.
In the financial world, jet hedging is about airlines controlling fuel costs. It is like buying insurance so you can reliably budget your expenses and protect against rising fuel costs that could cost you many millions of dollars unexpectedly. For you, it is about controlling your flight costs for chartered air services. If you already possess a jet card or are a fractional owner of a jet, it is those per hour costs that really put a strain on the flight budget. Jet hedging, in this case, is having another option.
A small twin-engine jet, such as a Hawker 400 XP, costs close to $6,000 per hour to operate, using a prepaid jet cards. A heavy jet, such as a Gulfstream G450, costs about $18,000 per hour, making a flight from California to the east coast about $70,000. Taking the Hawker a short hop from Mississippi to Florida is about $11,000. Short jaunts, even in the big planes, can be cost effective when using a prepaid jet card. However, longer flights can cost almost double.
Jet hedging lets you use your card at your discretion, but it gives you an alternative to use other jet chartering options to save you a considerable amount of money for those flights that are not the best for using a prepaid jet card. For example, the cost of taking a Gulfstream G450 from California to the east coast can be cut in half using jet hedging to charter a flight not using the hours available on your card. Taking advantage of a jet hedging program lets you have your flight schedule examined to determine the most cost-effective means of flying. Over a single year of flights, this could save you hundreds of thousands of dollars in chartered jet travel costs, depending on the where you fly and what you fly in.
Your prepaid card fixes your costs with an hourly rate, fuel surcharges and applicable taxes. This gives you the overall hourly rate for flying, depending on the plane you will be flying in. Jet hedging is a program that will compare your prepaid jet card rates against chartering without using your hours. You then choose the way you want to fly and take the savings to apply elsewhere.
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Spring and summer are the best times to shirk the heat of the day by standing under a tree and gazing upon the natural world. Rome’s parks and gardens are perfect for this retreat from the heat.
Monster’s Grove in Bomarzo: playful and wacky sculptures carved from the bedrock make this a one-of-a-kind garden just outside of Rome.
The Appian Way Park: For a park that contains Rome’s earliest road and the Aqueduct Park, the Appian Way Park holds some of the deepest history for the location.
Rome’s Rose Garden: This garden was dedicated to Flora, the goddess of Spring and flowers. Here there are over 1000 different roses, and an annual rose competition.
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In a survey from the week after the recent Paris attacks, travelers with international plans have been affected.
The survey categorized travelers based on annual income and the results show that popular opinion of international travel is sinking. Middle income earners were the most likely to make changes to their travel plans, but those travelers with more income were more likely to completely cancel their trip.
Interestingly travelers with less than $40,000 annual income were more likely to make no changes to their travel plans after the Paris attack.
In a new effort to further develop airline cabin environments Thales, an in-flight experience company, is proposing the installation of large screens on the backs of seats to provide passengers with entertainment, information, and productivity while traveling.
The screens called Digital Sky can be used to browse the internet, find destination and flight information, or to play games. They even are envisioned to be able to link adjacent seats for multiplayer games.
The entire goal of the design is to increase passenger engagement, and could be the next revolution for both airlines and passengers.
Even after the terrible attack on Brussels Airport, a new trouble appears. Air traffic controllers have initiated a strike that has cancelled upwards of 50 flights.
The strike action over pensions and staffing has been brewing for months but the stoppage came without warning Tuesday afternoon as controllers called in sick, saying they were unfit to work.
Instead of trying to buy a ticket for a crowded and dirty commercial airplane, arrive in style on a private jet charter. Miami is one of the most popular places to travel to in order to enjoy these activities:
• Walking on the beach
• Local street festivals
• Museums
• Concerts
• Delicious food
• Sport venues
With its year-round warm temperatures, Miami is one of the most popular places in the world to visit, but getting a plane ticket at the last minute isn’t easy. Fortunately, it is possible to hire a private jet to travel safely to Miami to enjoy an activity such as a family wedding or to see a new sculpture exhibit at an art museum.
Benefits of a Private Miami Jet Charter
One: Saving Time
Rather than needing to arrive several hours before a flight time, anyone who hires a private Miami jet charter can wait until it is time to leave. Luggage is loaded directly onto the plane, and no one needs to have a body search before getting on-board.
Two: Flexible Flight Plans
Anyone who hires a Miami jet charter can have a flexible flight plan that is based on an independent schedule rather than a commercial airline’s timetable. Pilots have access to airports in Miami and are able to request landing permission at a variety of public or private airports.
Three: Traveling in Luxury
A private Miami jet charter includes a clean and luxurious aircraft with perfect climate-control, professional crew-members and delicious food that is prepared in a top-of-the-line on-board kitchen. The air in a private plane smells fresh, and the upholstery on the extra-wide seats is spotlessly sanitized.
Four: Bring Along Friends and Relatives
It is frequently impossible to obtain multiple seats on one flight to Miami, but with a private jet charter, it is easy to bring along a group of relatives and friends. After the plane is in the air, the pilot will give permission for people to walk around, and everyone can have a fun and relaxing time during the flight.
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The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts company has released plans for a new luxury resort to be built in Los Cabos. Openning for the resort is planned to be in 2018.
The resort will have a private marina, yacht club, and private beach for members and guests. Along with a wide-spread layout of biuldings, there will be golf-side residences and single-family beachfront villas.
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Have you had it with the tiny airplane seats in coach or even business class? Are you tired of trying to stuff all of your liquids into 3-ounce Ziploc bags, taking off your shoes and waiting for what seems like hours to go through security at the airport? Join the ranks of celebrities, athletes and millionaires by flying via private jet for your next vacation. Private jets are no longer only for the rich and famous. Here are three more surprising facts about the elite world of private jet travel. Private Jet Is an Economical Way to Travel
It used to be that private jet travel was very expensive. But, things have changed. Private jet companies are following the lead of hotels and offering last-minute deals on unused inventory. This makes it vastly more affordable for the Average Joe to fly via a private jet.
Some recent private jet flights have sold seats for as low as $90 a person, including tax from Oxford, Connecticut to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Another deal was found for a flight for four people from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This flight went for $499 for four people. That is about $124 per person. Current commercial flights from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas start at $455 per person and that does not include baggage and other fees.
Private Jets Have Access to 5 Times the Number of Airports Than Commercial Airplanes
People often think that when they take a private jet, they will be more limited in the number of airports that they can access compared to commercial travel. Actually, the opposite is true. Flying via private jet opens up access to many more airports. Charter or private jets can take off and land to more than 5,000 airports in the United States. By comparison, commercial airlines only have access to only 550 airports. Many Private Jets Are Equipped to Handle Large Business Meetings
Companies often charter private jets because they are equipped with everything that is needed to conduct meetings. This saves a lot of time and productivity. Some private jets are even equipped to handle large business meetings. The Boeing Business Jet, for example, can accommodate approximately 23 people. It has lounge spaces, a wet bar, leather reclining chairs, a drop-down flat screen television and even a bedroom on board. The galley kitchen is larger than many New York City apartments. Other business amenities often found on private jets include access to email, the internet and video conferencing.
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