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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Saving on Caribbean travel

If you want to escape the winter and head towards a great beach then the Caribbean has to be your first choice. You may wonder if at all it is going to be within your price range and may consider some less expensive place. If you want to make some great savings on winter vacations to the beach then it is better to follow a few important travel tips.

Put in efforts to check out new routes:

Big savings can be made if important travel tips are followed.  Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean are the few destinations that are sunny where expansion of route networks has been done by many airlines that operate no-frill flights. You could check out routes that are new. 

For instance, the Commonwealth of Dominica is one of the cheapest places to vacation in the Caribbean. The are many fabulous eco tourist hotels and questhouses with all the modern amenities of a four star hotel. 

Vacationers travelling to Dominica can book discount travel packages through www.DiscountDominicaTravel.com . The website let you book package deals that includes whale watching, boiling lake adventure, scuba diving and lot more fun eco tourism adventures

Some of the airlines could get off the ground for enticing all the travelers and also encouraging competition by offering affordable air fares.  Great deals can be found by travelers by conducting a research on carriers that are low cost and are gradually expanding. To Caicos and Turks, planes are being sent by JetBlue from New York and Boston.

Ensure travel plan flexibility:

Besides this the airline also travels from Long Beach and Jacksonville to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Announcements are yet to be made regarding fares. Behavior of sales in the past indicates that the prices can be fairly cheaper for Caribbean travel on legacy lines. Spirit is another carrier which is expected to fly travelers from Dallas, Charleston in West Virginia, Latrobe in Pennsylvania and Niagra Falls in New York. 

AirTran offers regular flights from Baltimore and Atlanta to Bermuda. Northwest Florida Regional Airport is now being serviced by Vision Airlines at attractive fares. Ensure flexibility in plans for travel and determine the location and air fare cost in advance and save big on your destination to the beach.