Hi fellow travelers! We hope you are doing well. We wanted to share about our amazing trip to Beaches Turks and Caicos in case anyone was curious about traveling there. If you love turquoise water and powdered sugar sand beaches read on to learn more.
We took the red eye to Miami and hung out in the Admirals Club for our 5 hour layover. We highly recommend that. I have status at the moment due to a past work trip to China and we were flying internationally so it was free but you can buy day passes and I highly recommend it.
When we arrived in Turks and Caicos and made it through customs, transportation to the resort was easy peasy. They had many taxi vans waiting to go to Beaches.
I skipped over some important info though- let’s talk about the requirements to get to the island because of COVID. We had to get COVID tested 72 hours prior. Then upload our results to a website where they are processing travel authorizations for the island. It states that you will receive your documents well before 24 hours before you leave. Well that didn’t happen and I spent 4 hours calling to make sure we were good to go. We finally got it processed and could take a deep breath to start our vacation. That was a bit stressful so we did some family yoga breathing before heading to the airport for our red eye. 🕉
Our room was Concierge Level, which gets you a dedicated check in desk, better room options, and whatever you want alcohol-wise in your room. We had to wait a bit in the open air lobby to get checked in but we were able to get an extra rum punch while we waited. It was yum.
Our room was nice. It had a separate bedroom with a king bed and the sitting area had a twin daybed with a twin trundle. Both are key for us. We like a king bed and the kids don’t like to share if they don’t have to. There was a small table where the kids played cards while we got ready for dinner and 2 large balconies. Although we did not have views of the ocean, it was still nice to sit out there with a glass of wine while we got ready in the evenings. One night an electric Sesame Street parade went by!
A parade from our balcony!
The food was ok. And I temper that comment with the additional layer of- I’m a food snob so take that into consideration. It was ok. The sushi at Soy was great! The teppanyaki show at Kimonos was fun. We found ourselves at Mario’s quite a bit for dinner because it was easy, decent, and a great location for the evening activities. The best breakfast was at Bayside for the spectacular views. And they have mimosas if you ask for them!
All in all it was a great vacation. I’m glad we went and I look forward to exploring more of this part of the world.
Happy Travels!
DNOK
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