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Where to Go with Your Tax Refund: the Dominican Republic

March 29, 2011 at 1:31 PM | by | Comments (0)

Tax day is coming, and you are excited not because you look forward to sifting through receipts and credit card statements, but because you're getting a fat refund...probably. The economy may be on its way back up, but you should try to stretch that tax refund as far as you can.

If you crave a beachy retreat, treat yourself to a tropical trip to the Dominican Republic when that big fax tax refund comes in the mail.

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Visiting Punta Cana Airport: Among the Most Unique Airports in the World

Where: Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
May 10, 2010 at 3:43 PM | by | Comments (0)


Video of our plane taking off from PUJ, back to JFK

Only a few days ago, we gave you a quick peek into Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic, after landing on the inaugural Jetblue flight direct from New York. But now we have a comprehensive look at this extremely unique airport which, when it opened in 1984, was the world's first privately-owned international airport.

Now, with over 3 million visitors landing here per year, the airport is the third busiest in the Caribbean region, after Cancun and San Juan. Often Caribbean airports get a bad rap for having ugly terminals, out-of-date technology or just for being small and hot. You'll realize upon landing at Punta Cana however, that his airport is the complete opposite of those things. In fact, it gives major international airports around the world a run for their money.

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Do You Know That Julio Iglesias and Oscar de la Renta Own a Thatched-Roof Airport?

May 6, 2010 at 5:21 PM | by | Comment (1)

This morning, we walked off a flight and into airport paradise. You know we love a good airport with excellent facilities, and nothing could have surprised us more than what we found at Punta Cana Airport (PUJ) in the Dominican Republic. Thatched roofs of cana leaves arch over the baggage claim, Dominican dancers greet arriving flights, and the entire airport is open-air with no air conditioning (huge fans take care of that).

The Punta Cana Airport was only opened in 1984, and since then, passengers traffic to its breezy terminals has risen from some 3,000 per year to over 3,000,000. And—believe it or not—it's a privately owned airport, by the PUNTACANA group, whose chairman is designer Oscar de la Renta. Julio Iglesias also had a huge hand in the deal, but most of the credit goes to PUNTACANA President Frank R. Rainieri, a Dominican who started working on the airport in his 20s, and who obviously has a thing for thatched roofs.

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