Cheap Bahamas

The Bimini islands in the Bahamas are a source of legends and larger-than-life characters. During the American Civil War, the Confederates used Bimini to get past naval blockades. During Prohibition, smugglers bound for the US loaded their boats with bottles of rum. When he wasn't big game fishing, drinking or brawling, Ernest Hemingway wrote To Have and Have Not while he lived here in the late 1930s. It also served as a hideout for Congressman Adam Clayton Powell during a congressional investigation in the 1960s

Spirit is the USA's largest privately-held airline. It moved its headquarters to Florida in 1999 and has carved a niche for short-haul international flights to the Caribbean and Mexico. Spirit now flies a new fleet of Airbus aircraft with leather seats, primarily Airbus A-319s with 138 seats.

Spirit can has lower rates because it charges separately for amenities that were usually included in a ticket price. This is a good way to save some money on your airfare - after all, why pay for something if you don't use it?

As of May 2007, Spirit charges:
$1 for soda, juice or water
$2 for bagels, muffins, chips or cookies cookies
$5 Alcoholic beverages
$10 Checking in two bags online
$20 Checking in two bags at the airport
$100 Checking in a third bag

The former governor's mansion and one-time holiday home for the reggae legend Bob Marley, has been turned into a 16-suite resort by the Marley family. Located on Cable Beach in Nassau, the new resort features plenty of history in a lush, rustic atmosphere.