Barbados - September

[gotoPzero]

I have some virgin points and a voucher I want to get rid of and I was thinking of using them for a trip next month to Barbados.

I have never been. Google tells me its likely going to be hot and might get afternoon rain.

Is September ok?

Any suggestions on hotels? I would probably want to go for a week to 10 days. Maybe budget for hotel c.£300-400 a night?

[DeejRC]

We always do our Carib trips in Sept…cheapest month, you get maybe 2 days out of 7 day week where you get 30mins of rain sometime mid afternoon’ish.
I think we did Sugar Bay last a cpl of yrs ago.

[Doggleg]

September is peak hurricane season but the risk is very low and you'll get plenty of notice. They tend to form towards Cape Verde and move west so you get less notice in Barbados than the rest of the Caribbean. It never bothers us, we always travel during hurricane season as you get great deals and it's less crowded.

Can't comment on Barbados specifically.

[gotoPzero]

Hm, yeah ok good point.
Will have a think about it - since I posted Mrs has had an appointment for surgery come through which might clash so maybe look to next sept now.

[catso]

gotoPzero said:

I have never been. Google tells me its likely going to be hot and might get afternoon rain.

It's always hot

September is fine, might be more rainy than other times but generally Barbados avoids hurricanes etc. as it's further out in the Atlantic than the Caribbean and they normally miss the Island.

Been a few times, favourite hotel got to be Sandy Lane which is fabulous. It was always expensive but, in recent years has become excessively so.

Also stayed at Discovery Bay, just a little way up the coast from Sandy Lane which was very reasonable but many years ago so can't comment on how it is now.

West coast is classic Caribbean, i.e. white sand & warm, calm sea. East coast is Atlantic with big waves, good for surfing etc. if you're into that.

[DeejRC]

Agreed on Sandy Lane Catso. Pre Covid you could usually get some decent deals there, that whilst expensive we’re just about on the “worth it” side of the line. Post Covid and the prices are very much the other side of that line. It’s nice and good, but it’s not *that* good for the price they want to charge. On the plus side, it’s not Sandals!

[StevieBee]

gotoPzero said:

Google tells me its likely going to be hot and might get afternoon rain.

That applies pretty much every day!

Hotels? Well, you have a vast choice and at the price point you're looking at, you'd be unlucky to find a bad one so really comes down to location.

East coast is very ragged, not the sort of beaches you'd want to relax on but spectacular to look at for a while.

South Coast is the liveliest part, I'd say - Christchurch has some nice spots. Southern part of Bridgetown too.

West coast is the posh bit.

I have a project running there have a made a few trips over the last year or so. Normally use Air B&B but tow hotels worth a look is the Hotel Indigo in Bridgetown. Has only recently opened but had a sneaky look round and does look really nice.

Also organised a conference at the Accra Beach Hotel in Rockley. Didn't stay there but from what I could see was a nice place.

[Jonmx]

I'm heading back in November, but I've spotted 14 days in September '27 for £1300 pp for flights+hotel in Southern Palms which is my usual haunt. So I'm trying to resist booking that (I'm a solo traveller so it's pretty affordable). I've always gone any time between late September through to late November and found Virgin has pretty good pricing.
Don't let the weather worry you, you'll get more than enough sunshine and the rain is warm anyway.

[gotoPzero]

Cheers, just trying to decide what to do. Might have to delay a year as I think being realistic its too close to the mrs having an operation - prices are tempting though.