The Caribbean is the ultimate winter escape for Americans looking to trade freezing temperatures for warm sunshine and ocean breezes. But over the last few years, the reality of traveling to the most popular tropical hotspots has completely changed. If you book a trip to Cancun, Punta Cana, or Nassau right now, you are going …

The smell of charred jerk chicken hit me before I even reached the sand. I had just navigated the quick drive from the airport, bypassing the crowded cruise terminal, and stepped out onto the powdery white sand of West Bay. While West Bay offers the postcard-perfect luxury of powdery white sand, you are never trapped …