As the year comes to a close and you start thinking about vacations for 2010, the Barbados Tourism Authority wants travelers to know that Barbados isn't just a Caribbean beach destination. Sure, the sand and ocean make for sexy scenery, but the island doesn't want to rest on its beauty. The Tourism Authority released a schedule of events for '10 to show it's got some substance, or at least some cool festivals and events.

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Are you whacking your desk repeatedly with a pen because of anxiety over Memorial Day travel plans? Good; it's nice to know we're not the only ones. To relieve the stress of finding a great spring getaway for a long weekend, which will also have amazing weather during your visit, Barbados has introduced a "Perfect Weather Guarantee."

Say you book the $549 airfare + hotel + breakfast deal on CheapCaribbean.com, only to arrive to Barbados during an unexpected rainstorm. If that rain accumulates to over a quarter of an inch, and the temperature falls below 78 degrees, you'll be entitled to a $100 per bad weather day rebate.

It's free to enroll on the Perfect Weather Guarantee website, just be sure to do so before June 7 for travel between May 28th and December 18th, 2009. This might not include Memorial Day Weekend, but booking through CheapCaribbean comes with the very same deal valid now, just that they call it "SPF100 Protection." It'll be nice to let someone else worry about the weather for once.

Related Stories:
· Barbados Perfect Weather [Official Site]
· Barbados Issues 'Perfect Weather' Guarantee [Luxist]
· Flysteady Mon: Jetblue Adding Routes to Barbados, Jamaica [Jaunted]
· Baggage Fees Coverage [Jaunted]

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While Jetblue covers their bums on the east coast with the announcement of Boston- BWI flights, they're meanwhile letting it all hang out in the Caribbean. Beginning May 21, New Yorkers (and those connecting through T5) will be dusting off the sunblock for a new direct route from JFK to Montego Bay, Jamaica. Now where did we stash the tie-dye and dreads from last halloween?

That's not all, folks! The tropical love continues with another new route addition from JFK, this time to Barbados, beginning October 1 and therefore giving more options to the snow birds. Fort Lauderdale will also see some new Caribbean connections when Jetblue adds Cancun and Santo Domingo on June 18. We'll raise a Dos Equis to that, yo.

Start booking now for the new Montego Bay, Cancun and Santo Domingo routes, but hold your flip flops for a while with Barbados; there's international negotiations yet to be made and coconut milk yet to be spiked before New Yorkers get the green light on this route in fall.

Related Stories:
· "Where We Jet" [Jetblue]
· Jetblue Adding Barbados [Today In the Sky]
· New Routes Coverage [Jaunted]

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Click here to go straight to the World's Top Killer Beaches Map

And now the circle is complete. We have amassed the world's top killer beaches of 2007--told you how to get there, and even mapped them for you.

These beaches are all gorgeous and most definitely worth a visit, but if you spot a shark, get tugged by a strong current, or stung by a jelly at one of these beaches--you can't claim ignorance.

Just take precautions and you'll be fine, maybe.

Killer Beach List:
·Recife Beach
·Bondi Beach
·New Smyrna Beach
·Lambert Beach
·Papohaku Beach Park

The above photo is of Crane Beach in Barbados, another killer beach. Crane offers some of the best, most adventerous body surfing in the world. Furthermore, the locals like to jump off the surrounding cliffs, over jagged rocks, into the choppy Atlantic.

One more Crane Beach photo here, just because we have it.

Related Stories:
· Killer Beaches of 2007 coverage [Jaunted]
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