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Friday, June 24, 2005

Departure Tax From Caribbean Islands

USA Today ran an article in it’s Life section today entitled The Caribbean: Leaving is taxing, which showed the departure taxes for various Caribbean islands.

The island I live on, Bonaire, is often criticized for its high departure tax of $20, but compared to Aruba ($37), Turks and Caicos ($30), St. Maarten ($30), Jamaica (soon to be $30 or 35), and others, Bonaire’s cheap.

What makes Bonaire seem expensive is that due to historical reasons, airport tax is sold independent of airline tickets, whereas most other destinations include (hide?) the airport departure tax in the ticket price you pay the airline.

Posted by Jake Richter in • Travel • Island Life
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on 01/29 at 02:37 PM

Well said - airport taxes are thouroughly confusing. Most of the time flight tickets don't even mention whether they're included, and airports worldwide change departure taxes regularly - as a travel agent it's impossible to keep up to date.