Passport in, flip-flops on.12 international destinations across the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe.

700 islands of turquoise water — Eleuthera's pink sand and the Pitons-of-the-Atlantic Glass Window Bridge, Paradise Island's Cabbage Beach, and Exuma's swimming pigs

Ambergris Caye and the Belize Barrier Reef — a 185-mile UNESCO reef system, the Great Blue Hole, and golf-cart-only San Pedro

The Hermosa Palms gated beachfront community south of Jaco, the Central Pacific surf coast from Esterillos to Manuel Antonio, and 11 private-pool villas with full Costa Rica jungle-and-ocean access

Roatán's Mesoamerican Reef — the world's second-largest barrier reef, a 75-foot wall dive at West End, and powdery sand at West Bay

Negril's Seven Mile Beach and Rick's Cafe sunset cliffs, Montego Bay's Doctor's Cave Beach, Dunn's River Falls in Ocho Rios, and a private-villa cluster in Ironshore

Riviera Maya — Mareazul resort condos three kilometres from Playa del Carmen's Quinta Avenida, with Cozumel ferries and Tulum cenotes on the doorstep

The Algarve coast — Falésia's red cliffs, Albufeira's old town, and Vilamoura's marina, with Faro airport thirty kilometres away

Buck Island National Monument's underwater snorkel trail, Christiansted's 18th-century Danish colonial harbor, the Cruzan Rum Distillery, and 10 gated-condo Caribbean View rentals 15 minutes from the Christiansted town walk

Barbados's Platinum Coast — Holetown, Sandy Lane, Mullins Beach, and 200+ rentals on the calm Caribbean side of the island

The Pitons UNESCO twin peaks above Soufrière, the drive-in Sulphur Springs volcano, and 49+ private-pool villas from Cap Estate to Marigot Bay

Speightstown's 'Little Bristol,' the Cherry Tree Hill mahogany road, St. Nicholas Abbey, and the calm-water beach strip from Mullins to Six Men's Bay

The Ritz-Carlton Club at Great Bay, Sapphire Beach Resort & Marina, the Red Hook ferry to Saint John, and the calm-water beaches of the eastern Smith Bay strip