Where you want to sleep often determines your choice of island. The type of accommodations you have in mind means that you should consider just some islands. Perhaps you are dreaming of napping in your personal hammock at the edge of a secluded beach right in front of your individually decorated bungalow. Your choices are very limited on New Providence and Grand Bahamas, but the Out Islands offer a lot of small, peaceful, oceanfront accommodations.
If your ideal vacation includes all-inclusive hotels and beach resorts with a wide variety of restaurants and nightly dancing, stay away of The Out Islands and head to Cable Beach on New Providence, Paradise Island, or Grand Bahama.
Certain hotels allow children under a set age to stay free or at reduced rates in a room with an adult. Many dining rooms offer menus with lower prices and smaller portions than the regular fare.
Great accommodations in CaribbeanRooms in the larger all-inclusive hotels settled in the beach resorts of New Providence, Paradise Island, and Grand Bahama are air-conditioned and come with satellite TV and direct-dial telephones. Most rooms have two double beds or one king-size bed, plus a balcony or patio. Many rooms are also equipped with irons and ironing boards, coffeemakers, mini-bars and refrigerators, hair dryers, and in-room safes. Some rooms have also Internet access and sometimes CD players. Some all-inclusive hotels have U.S. newspapers, usually from Miami.
In Bahamas most beach resorts offer, beside excellent accommodations, a plenty of vacation activities, along with restaurants, shops, salons, and water sports operators. Many hotels offer also supervised children's programs.
In you choose so, you are on your own, without on-premises restaurants or activities desks to provide information, help you set up excursions, call taxis, or assist with other arrangements. The local owners offer plenty of villas and condos for rent on the main islands of Bahamas, but first-time visitors may want to skip them because they should be familiar with the island and getting around by car. The luxury villa rentals offer maid service and in some cases, for an extra fee, even a cook. At cheaper vacation rentals, you may have to do your own cleaning and cooking.
Enjoy a luxurious vacationIf you choose to spend your vacation on Out Islands you won't find there all-inclusive hotels and crowded beach resorts. A few islands offer accommodations with rooms and facilities as snazzy as the ones on busier islands. Still, these low-rise lodgings are far less formal than upscale hotels on New Providence, Paradise Island, or Grand Bahamas. Accommodations on the less developed islands may or may not have air-conditioning... Some rooms have two double beds, but others have only one. In rare cases, some rooms offer only twin beds. On the Out Islands, many rooms don't have telephones, TVs, or radios. In the resorts that still have TVs in the rooms, the channels are centrally controlled (usually at the bar). If any of these amenities are important to you, ask about them before you make your reservation.
In many cases on the Out Islands you don't have to worry about losing your room key because you don't get one!