But this spring, I switched up my routine and used $200 to take a solo day trip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Bimini, a small island chain in the Bahamas roughly 50 miles east of Miami.

This full-day tour starts with private transportation ... Amanda Norcross previously visited Pig Beach during a press trip to the Bahamas. Disheartened by tourists' mistreatment of the pigs ...

Check first with a local or with a frequent Bahamas visitor (like a travel adviser) to determine which stall is the best for the day. With 25 years in the same location, McKenzie, a former conch ...

A four-day weekend in Nassau, the Bahamas’ capital city, is a great way to get a taste of the colonial city and explore some of the surrounding islands. Over 3.5 million people pour off cruise ...

Check first with a local or with a frequent Bahamas visitor (like a travel advisor) to determine which stall is the best for ...

Beneath the surface of the Bahamas' waters lie ... $110 and $185 per person. Full-day dives are also available for roughly $290 per person. Meanwhile, boat tours that include snorkeling excursions ...

Ships sailing from Baltimore, New Orleans and Galveston will also head there this year. Carnival Conquest, which does three-and four-day trips to the Bahamas, will be the first PortMiami-based ship to ...