Cheap Caribbean is a travel website for booking all-inclusive vacations that include airfare throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America
Where to find the BEST DEALS on CheapCaribbean.com:
- Cheap Caribbean Coupon Codes – A current list of their coupon codes. To use one, you will enter it during your booking on the “Select Your Flight” page. You will see a “Trip Summary” on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on this next to “Savings” and you should see the Promo Code box to enter in your coupon code.
- Deal of Fortune – You pick the destination that you want to visit, such as Bahamas or Cancun, and Cheap Caribbean will choose the all-inclusive hotel and flights that are the best price. To book this deal, you need to agree to not know which resort you will be staying in until 7 days before your trip, which can be a little risky if you are picky about where you stay – but you pick the star-level (4 to 5 star resorts) and how much you are willing to pay. There is a little trick we found to see the names of possible hotels that you may get for some of these deals. First, go to the very top of the screen on CheapCaribbean.com and make sure your departure city is correct by clicking on the location icon and selecting your closest airport. This will update the deal page with the correct pricing, and the cheapest deals will be on top. Click on “Build A Custom Package” button for your desired destination and scroll down to the “Why You Should Go” box – here you may see a list of 3-4 different hotels that are included in this deal (this only works in some destinations). Cheap Caribbean says you will get one of those hotels, so you are not completely in the dark!
- Grab & Go Last Minute Deals – This is where to go if you are planning to vacation within the next 2 months. All prices on CheapCaribbean include airfare and most of them are for all-inclusive hotel stays with meals included.
- Budget Beach Finder – This is our favorite page on CheapCaribbean.com. Just go here, and scroll down to the “Best Beaches For Your Budget” in the sidebar. This is where the cheapest deals are found based on how much you can afford to spend. Simply select how much you can spend (like “Up to $1200 for 2 people) and Cheap Caribbean will show you the cheapest deals available right now. Beware that not all of these deals have meals included, so read carefully.
Make payments on your booking:
If you don’t want to pay for your entire trip up front, you can book with a deposit and make your final payment 21 days before your departure date. Cheap Caribbean will add a $25 fee to your reservation if you choose this delayed payment option.
Price Match Guarantee:
If you find a cheaper price for the same vacation that you booked on Cheap Caribbean they will refund you the difference and give you $150 to use on your next reservation – but you only have 24 hours after your booking to find a cheaper price! If you do, email them at pricematch@cheapcaribbean.com to claim a price match.
Cancellation Policy:
Cheap Caribbean doesn’t give you any window of time to change or cancel a reservation without paying fees, so make sure your travel plans are solid before you book anything. Cheap Caribbean’s fees are steep so we recommend that you obtain travel cancellation insurance here:
- $50 per person change fee if you need to change the resort you are staying at or your traveling dates
- $200 (and up) per person airline change fee if you need to change your flights
- In addition, you may need to pay a resort cancellation fee and any increase in price for the room or airfare.
What to do if you have a problem with your Cheap Caribbean booking:
Their customer service is open 7 days a week from 5:00 am to Midnight EST. You can call Cheap Caribbean at 1-800-915-2322.
CheapCaribbean.com reviews:
You can read customer reviews of Cheap Caribbean below. Overall, most people that have reviewed Cheap Caribbean say that they had a good experience and they are currently on our Top 10 Travel Sites list.
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My girlfriend and I recently booked a vacation at Riu Palace Rivera Maya, thru cheapcaribbean.com. We were happy with the price, the service, and everything else. I was worried going into it, but literally everything had been handled. The on-site cheapcaribbean rep, Jorge, was fantastic, and had a wide variety of activities and day trips for us to try when we got bored of the resort. I’m already planning on using them again.
We recently booked through CheapCaribbean to Puerto Rico. We had friends join us from another state. We all stayed at the Caribe Hilton and it was really lovely. Only problem is we payed extra for “ocean view” and neither of us got it. We complained and they moved us but stilled no ocean view. The Hotel was nice and the transportation to and from the hotel was as promised. We also used CheapCaribbean’s services to book 2 excursions while on the island and they were both handled professionally. Both couples agree we would use them again, we were disappointed in the lack of Oceanfront rooms but apart from that the service from CheapCaribbean great.
We had travel plans for Montego Bay Jamaica at the Riu Aug 24-28 2012 on CheapCaribbean.com. It was planned during hurricane season so we purchased the Enhanced Travel Insurance (Cancel for any reason) for an additonal $93. 4 days before we are to leave there is a tropical storm going through the Caribbean. The weather forecast for Jamaica is heavy rain and flooding during our stay. We call CheapCaribbean to cancel our trip. They said its too early too cancel and to call back in 48 hours. The day before we are to fly out we call CheapCaribbean to reschedule our trip to sept. They charge us $700 in fees, then send us an email saying our hotel was a pro-rated and it would be an additional $540 for the room in September. CheapCaribbean states there is no hurricane hitting Jamaica it is just heavy rains and thunderstorms while we will be there. Then we try to cancel it altogether and they give us a credit of $140 for our next vacation. No refund nothing! So the travel insurance is a HUGE scam along with CheapCaribbean. So we are out our money for vacation and not taking one at all. They will refund 75% if you cancel 72 hrs b4 your departure time, though when we tried to do that they refused to cancel saying to call back in 48hrs. I will not do any further business with CheapCaribbean and I will be sure to tell everyone I know.
Booking online in Cheap Caribbean is still better compared to other popular sites since you can get some great deals or vacation packages. However, search for the best rated hotels or you may be in for a surprise.
In reply to the comment below from Steve, it seems that you are complaining about the hotel itself and not CheapCaribbean.com. Perhaps it is just not clear from your comment, but I think you were upset because the star-rating of that hotel on CheapCaribbean.com is good and you don’t agree? I looked up the hotel you stayed at on TripAdvisor (which I recommend EVERYONE do this before booking on any travel website) and they have a decent rating and reviews there, but not great. This is a good reminder to everyone to research the hotel that you are staying at by reading reviews on several travel websites prior to booking. Besides TripAdvisor, I also recommend reading reviews on Foders and Oyster.
HUGE disappointment! CheapCaribbean.com is a “Bait & Switch Company”. What you see on line is NOT what you will get.
Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort and Spa… Not clean, dirty and run-down. People were being kicked out of the pools at 5:00! Only one main restaurant that was only open at certain times. If you didn’t show up when it opened, you would be lucky to eat. Ran out of ice every night within the first hour. Staff was rude and unwilling to help…unless you had a couple $$$ in your hand. Not what most people would consider all-inclusive. Rooms were a little on the small side and very old, needed lots of repair.
Way way way over priced!!!!
NEVER USE CheapCaribbean.com!!!!!!
A friend recommended Cheap Caribbean. My husband and I booked a trip to Mexico and we were very satisfied. Their agents were very friendly and helpful. It made the entire process so easy.
I usually book through a travel agency and have them do all the work. This time, although a little nervous at first, I decided to book online with CheapCaribbean and it was amazingly easy! We stayed at the Majestic Colonial and had zero problems! Everything went very smoothly! We also saved a lot of money by not using our usual travel agency. Simply amazing! I will definitely book my next trip though CheapCaribbean! Thanks so much!
Why buy from CheapCaribbean when there are so many other places to book travel, on and off the web? The answer is simple: they take care of their customers. Thanks to CheapCaribbean.com our vacation experience was stellar! Keep up the good work, we’ll be back!
Do not ever book your vacation with Cheapcaribbean.com – they are a scam. We booked with them for a spring break family vacation to Turks and Caicos. We arrived at the resort and we were told that the room with ocean view we paid for is not available. They gave us a 1st floor smelly full of mold room. I called the travel agent at Cheapcaribbean.com who booked our vacation and I left a voice mail. I waited until the next day and no response from the travel agent. I tried multiple times with voice mails and she never called me back. We complained enough at the hotel and they moved us to another room, still no ocean view.
When we came back to US, I called Cheapcaribbean.com again. I told them the situation and I asked for a refund of the difference what I paid for and what I got at the hotel. After almost 2 months now, they have declined my request for a refund. They pointed out the fine print on the bookings agreement and they claim that I should have called them from the resort. They ignored my calls and voice mails from the resort; they are lying, they are a scam.
The price was great and the travel plans worked like clockwork. The destination was also fabulous! I will definitely travel with Cheapcaribbean again in the future!!!
We travel at least 3 times a year and after searching many online websites found the best deals with CheapCaribbean.com. They’ve made our trips to the caribbean easy and completely enjoyable from start finish. We’ll certainly be booking with them again in the near future!
we used cheap carribean for a trip to puerto plata in feb. 2012. we purchased CANCEL FOR ANY REASON INS., my wife loses her employment in dec. 2011(what is a better reason than that)i submit my ins claim JANUARY 15,2012 for a full refund, the ins. company call themselves assist-card usa(florida based, figures)i am still waiting for my money. over 77 days close to 3 months. when you call them they put you off a week at a time, never return your calls as promised. i would avoid another trip with cheap caribbean and their travel ins.
I had a totally positive experience with CheapCaribbean and with their customer service representative. My best friend and I were leaving from two different cities, so we could not book online. We called and the rep connected us so all three of us could be on the same conversation. He walked us through our options, provided a little more insight into the hotel options, allowed us to debate the pros and cons of pre-paying for transfers and other optional services. The vacation came off without a hitch and the resort was everything we had hoped. The food was good and we had plenty of options as to what we could eat and when. It was like a cruise experience on land. We are both frequent worldwide travelers, so we can be quite discerning (i.e., bitchy!) when things do not go well. The Cancun experience exceeded our expectations. The ONLY hiccup for me was flying Spirit Air. I am not a bug fan, but it is cheap, and it was a direct flight. So, tradeoff on time vs comfort. We found CheapCaribbean through the recommendation a few of our other world traveler friends. Based on their recommendations, and our own experiences, I would definitely book through CheapCaribbean again.
Do not book with Cheap Caribbean.
They are not only NOT RESPONSIBLE for any issues you may have (which is the only thing you will hear from their customer service) but they actually make it impossible (or at least very $$$$) to fix the problem yourself. Need to change a flight, they will charge you above and beyond what the airline would charge you-significantly) in order to do this. And, you cannot contact airline directly-they have to do it!!! No assistance for bad hotel, missed car pick up. They will tell you they are a “travel wholesaler” and have no responsibility to you the traveler. Too risky to book through Cheap Caribbean. Too much left to chance-any problems whatsoever and any minor savings booking through them is lost-and generally more expensive.
Also as an aside-as a frequent traveler-I have never had an airline make flight changes so egregious. Going from a 1 hour layover to 10 hour layover when comparable flights are still listed as available on the website?!? Is it possible the airlines know they can give Cheap Caribbean fliers the shaft because they cannot change flights? Not worth it.
I have happily used Cheap Caribbean many times. Cheap Caribbean always has sales on all-inclusive vacation packages,you can save money on your first purchase.
I have used Cheap Caribbean many times. My wife and I always travel with several other couples and I do all of the booking for several trips a year. I have also booked trips for numerous others, many times using Cheap caribbean. We are presently booked for a trip for 6 people in Dec. with this travel company. For several weeks I have called my agent, Ray, who has refused to return my calls. I finally called the office but the secretary refused to relay my call to a supervisor without every detail of my question. She became very rude when I told her I did not have a major problem but I did not wish to explain my reason for calling to her and then repeat it to a supervisor later. Some customer service as advertised! My reason for calling was to make arrangements for 4 others to join us from other areas of the country. I booked them through another agency. I have booked trips for ourselves, through cheap caribbean, and nearly 50 others over the past few years. No more Cheap Caribbean for me. If I can’t get a call back from an agent when I don’t have a problem, what will happen if I really do have a problem. I don’t care to find out!
@Jersey Mike –
In reply to your comment below, TravelSiteCritic.com was created to allow users (like you) to rate and review travel websites, leaving personal opinions, complaints or praises. We welcome honest comments, and I read every single one. Apparently you have a bad opinion of CheapCaribbean, and you were heard here. As will those who share their good experiences and opinions.
Finally, although irrelevant, CheapCaribbean.com is listed on Alexa. Here is the link to CheapCaribbean.com on Alexa –
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cheapcaribbean.com
First off, Travel Site Critic Admin, you obviously don’t know what you’re talking about. Have you even read the 3 star reviews for CheapCaribbean.com on your own website? Well, I did. And I also checked Alexa to see where CheapCaribbean was ranked. And you know what? There are 6,296 websites ranked by Alexa in the “travel” category. CheapCaribbean.com isn’t even listed! So stop spreading false rumors. If you’re going to be the admin of a site, you better know what you’re talking about.
Secondly, I went to cheapcaribbean.com today to book a flight to St. John after seeing it on dealnews.com. I searched each week during the travel period (even Sunday thru Thursday as the site recommends) to see if I could get a deal under the “advertised special” and here’s what I got each time:
“Based on the above itinerary, the advertised special price is unavailable for the dates you have chosen. However, we can still offer this package for an additional $88.27 per person above the advertised rate for the flights above. We can also suggest trying another search for departure and/or return on a Sunday thru Thursday, avoiding any holiday period, or selecting a nearby departure city as an alternative. If flights are extremely full for the dates you would like to travel and causing a price increase above, please call us immediately at 800-915-2322 so we can help you with your reservation.”
Wow! An extra $88.27/person? Now someone tell me that this is NOT a scam.
I accidentally booked the airport transfers and called to modify the reservations with 24 hours. The told me that the $114 charge (twice the amount it would cost for a taxi) is non-refundable and were fairly rude. I had planned on booking a rental car, but may have to change plans. Very unprofessional.
Recently booked a trip to Viva Wyndham in Freeport Bahama – flights were good, hotel not so good. Food was the same no variety and not very good. Ran out of food alot. Maid service was OK also, some days no clean towels, had to ask for coffee, etc. I don’t think I would go back to that resort again, however I would travel with Cheap Caribbean. Thank you.
It’s such a shame how people are so negative when they dont get what they WANT as opposed to what the policies are. Just like with buying a car or home there is stipulations which companies are required to tell you. Most people expect to get compensation which no other company would give them to begin with. You do travel at your OWN will and there are risks. Most people even stoop to the level of lying just to get freebies. Shame on you for expecting for perfection. Usually it’s how a situtaion is handled is what is the worth. Not how or what you wanted! As an avid traveler I have had no problems with CheapCaribbean.com and have used them SEVERAL TIMES. Overall, when we did encounter issues they were addressed and taken care of in a timely manner.
Everywhere on the Cheap Caribbean website it states that travel from the airport to the hotel is not included and to contact the hotel to see if they offer it.
CheapCaribbean — I recently booked a trip with CC at a “4.5 star” newly opened all inclusive property. After reading numerous very bad reviews about the property AND after they removed this property from their website I called to ask for a refund. My travel date is still a month out, they refused to refund my money, tried to upsell me to an equivalent property for an additional $1000 and were extremely rude. This was my first and LAST time to ever use Cheap Caribbean.
we had the same experience with Cheap Caribbean, it’s definitely a scam. They tell you that airport transfers are included, but then make them unavailable so that when you are late for the airport you pay for your own shuttle out of desperation. then when you ask for a refund they say “the shuttle was a complimentary one furnished by the hotel, talk to them”.
Do not spend your hard-earned vacation dollars with this company. After a 4-day vacation to Jamaica, we were told that our flight home was cancelled. We called customer service at Cheap Caribbean for help to rebook. They told us we could rebook on the next available flight 4 DAYS LATER!!! or pay full fare to use a different airline home. Oh, and by the way, they would not cover the cost of our hotel to stay the additional 4 days. We explained that we had left our daughter with relatives who were not able to care for her an additional 4 days, and that we needed to get back in a more timely manner. They told us we “had no options” other than to pay exorbitant flight/hotel fees, and then literally HUNG UP ON US when we refused to do so. Fortunately, the guest services manager at our hotel overheard us and assisted us with changing our flight at no charge. Obviously, there were options that Cheap Caribbean did not know about or did not care to investigate. They had no interest in helping us, only in extracting money under duress. Very bad experience, have I stressed enough that you should take your vacation dollars elsewhere!
I recently booked with cheap Caribbean.com they are a horrible company. Please run for the hills. They have fees for everything. They misspelled my name and trying to change there mistake was my wake up call. They told me it was impossible to make a name change and I need to cancel and rebook. But they had to fee me 50 bucks. And wait 7 to 10 business days for my refund and then call them back and rebook. The customer service reps are completely unhelpful. They place you on hold for 10 to 20minutes with no answers. Supervisors are never around. Please people do not make the same mistake I did. Use a real travel agent in person because sometimes if it looks to good to be true it is.
I just booked a trip with Ceap Carribean. Had to change the dates of travel. Cheap Carribean is charging us $549.00 to do this. They stated that it was Delta’s charges to reissue airline tickets. After talking to Delta they stated they do not charge any secondary fees. There were no extra fees they knew of. Contacted Cheap Carribean again and they finally admitted to me that it was their fees. After complaining they said I still needed to pay their fees to rebook. I have traveled with Cheap Carribean before with 6 other people I will not travel with them again. Their fees to change anything are outragios.
To clarify for our readers, Alexa.com ranks websites based on how much traffic they receive on the internet. In other words, how many people are visiting their website.
I’m glad to hear that you have had several great experiences with CheapCarribean.com. Many people that have good experiences do not take the time to leave a comment. They are currently one of our top 10 rated travel sites by users.
CheapCaribbean.com according to Alexa.com is the top ranked website in the world dedicated to travel to Caribbean and Mexico only. If you google them, you also find out they have 200 employees and send 500,000 people each year to the island. We have used them 3 times and will use them again and again telling all friends and family to do so as well. I think many of these reviews are from competitive website trying to give a reputable company a bad name and that’s a shame.
I was completely unhappy with the service Cheap Caribbean provided. Their customer service people were extremely rude and offered no assistance when a travel issue arose during our vacation. They kept blaming the issue on us and told me there was no managers that I could speak with and that they did not have a corporate office. Cheap Caribbean offers travel vouchers that you can purchase ahead of time to get from the airport to your destination and back for the return, but what they don’t tell you is that you may wait and wait…and wait for the travel van to arrive and when they finally do, they will have to pick up other customers from different resorts…which could potentially make you miss your flight home. This is exactly what happended to us, so we opted to get a cab, which was $80+tip, even though we had already paid for a useless travel voucher. When we returned from our vacation, I contacted Cheap Carribean and they did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to compensate us for this incident. If you want a hassle-free vacation, book with someone other than Cheap Carribean.
When we were booking our group cruise, we were told that as long as we cancelled by a certain date, that our deposit was 100% refundable. We verified this fact 3 times with their agent, when booking our cruise over the phone. When we tried to cancel the cruise, we were told that we would be charged a $100 admin fee. After spending some time with them on the phone, we were told that this fee would be ‘waived’. I will be monitoring my credit card statements to see if this penalty charge appears. I am also hoping that I will get my $250 per person deposit back from them. I will keep you updated!
I always advise people to read reviews of travel sites here and also checkup on the hotel reviews on review sites such as TripAdvisor before they book… However, I don’t think all will be lost on your vacation to Puerto Plata. It doesn’t sound like you have taken your trip yet, and everyone has different experiences. The hotel reviews I read here on TripAdvisor are mixed, and this person said they booked on CheapCaribbean and got VIP access…
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g147290-d286726-r83191871-Lifestyle_Tropical_Beach_Resort_Spa-Puerto_Plata_Dominican_Republic.html
Very dissatisfied with CheapCarribean.com
Booked what appeared to be a super cheap vacation at the “Lifestyle Resort and Spa in Puerto Plata. Then started reading literally hundreds of reviews on Trip Advisor about dissatisfied people. Constant harassment by timeshare salespeople. Poor service if you didn’t have a gold colored wristband (gold is what the timeshare owners get), no reservations “available” for the restaurant options etc etc…
When we called them to inquire about what color wristband we would get, they said “we don’t know because they change it weekly due to security issues”. Right, then it was just a coincidence that reviews for the entire previous year (incl extremely recent reviews) all spoke of the gold band being the top one. (they knew that once we got there, there would be nothing we could do about it, as we read in so many other reviews.
I also noticed that almost all the places they do business with got very low ratings on Trip Advisor and weren’t as cheap as packages on other websites.
Have some fun and read the 300+ “real reviews” on their own website. Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY is unbelievably glowing about how fantastic they are in every way. So sad…..
Cheap Caribbean has the worst customer service ever. Went to Punta Cana and they didnt even book our flight and tried to blame it on us. Then Cheap Caribbean booked the wrong room at the hotel. Got 1 phone call from their representative while in punta cana and that was it. It made our vacation a lot more difficult and didnt even try to help us out a little. Wont be using Cheap Caribbean again, ever.
Cheap Caribbean is very deceptive, make sure you read the internet user agreement. They take no responsability over anything that happens to you or what accomondations you are given.
The Cheap Caribbean pricematch policy is bogus, I talked to their reps twice saying that their price is higher but I’d prefer to book with them since they offer a skymed insurance option to add onto the trip, everything else being the same – expedia’s price for flight, hotel and transfer was about 150 bucks cheaper. Catch is: you have to book on Cheap Caribbean before they honor the pricematch. So I booked. Go figure! Cheap Caribbean did not honor my request because the “skymed” add on was different for cheapcaribbean….
Will never book with them again!
Never book the cheap caribbean.com. They left us high and dry on our vacation to wyndham bahamas Aug 4-10 2010. No a/c at hotel and spent my vacation at front desk, moving rooms, and calling cheap caribbean. Agent never returned my call for other hotel options in area. All they gave me when i returned is apology and 100 credit on next trip. Why would i rebook with them? Horrible customer service
Great information source. Very helpful for those who wants to experience an all inclusive Caribbean vacation. Thanks for posting..
We used cheap carribean for the first time in Feb and were less than happy.
We got charged full trip amount instead of deposit in Oct 2009 and we were not going until Feb 27,2010
Their cancel anytime any reason insurance is NOT that at all! Read in between ALL the lines!