Cheapest Caribbean Islands to Visit | 7 Budget Picks | Daily Costs

What are the cheapest Caribbean islands to visit? This budget Caribbean travel guide ranks 7 cheap Caribbean islands by estimated daily cost: Dominican Republic, Cuba, Roatán (Honduras), Cozumel (Mexico), Grenada, Tobago and the US Virgin Islands. You will also see 4 more budget picks (Jamaica, Trinidad, Belize, Curaçao), the expensive islands to skip on a tight budget, what a budget Caribbean vacation costs for a week, and 5 easy ways to travel the Caribbean on a budget. Quick answers: • Lowest daily costs: Cuba (about $35–65 a day) and the Dominican Republic (about $40–70 a day). • Best overall value: Roatán, Honduras, for world-class reef diving at budget prices (about $45–80 a day). • Budget week: about $1,200–1,800 per person in Roatán including return flights from a major US city; about $1,500–2,200 in Curaçao. • No passport for US citizens: the US Virgin Islands (domestic fares, US dollars). • Pricey on a tight budget: Turks and Caicos, Saint Barts, Anguilla. Daily figures are estimates for a mid-range independent traveller (accommodation, food, local transport) and vary by season. Full guide: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/chea... Island travel costs: Cozumel: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/cozu... Grenada: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/gren... Tobago: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/toba... US Virgin Islands: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/us-v... Trinidad: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/trin... Curaçao: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/cura... Saint Lucia: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/sain... More guides: Best Caribbean islands: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/best... Safest Caribbean islands: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/safe... Best time to visit the Caribbean: https://caribbeanislandstrip.com/best... Chapters: 0:00 Cheapest Caribbean islands to visit 0:16 What cheap really means in the Caribbean 0:41 Daily costs: 12 budget islands compared 1:17 Island 1: Dominican Republic 2:10 Island 2: Cuba 2:47 Island 3: Roatán, Honduras 3:28 Island 4: Cozumel, Mexico 4:06 Island 5: Grenada 4:45 Island 6: Tobago 5:20 Island 7: US Virgin Islands (no passport) 5:58 4 more budget picks 6:25 Expensive islands to skip on a budget 6:41 How much a budget Caribbean week costs 7:18 5 ways to save money 7:55 So which island is cheapest? #cheapcaribbeanislands #caribbeantravel #budgettravel Credits: photos and footage from Wikimedia Commons (cropped, animated and color-graded). Amaury Laporte (CC BY 2.0); Artur Staszewski (CC BY-SA 2.0); Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE (CC BY-SA 2.0); Brett Kotheimer (CC BY 3.0); Caicos Rentals (https://caicosrentals.com) (CC BY 4.0); Captain-tucker (CC BY-SA 3.0); Charles Hoffman (CC BY-SA 2.0); City Foodsters (CC BY 2.0); Coolcaesar (CC BY 4.0); Cory Doctorow (CC BY-SA 2.0); Danu Widjajanto (CC BY-SA 4.0); David Broad (CC BY 3.0); Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (CC BY 2.0); Dnamolecule (CC BY-SA 3.0); DominiqueMichel (CC BY-SA 3.0); Dr. Thomas Liptak (CC BY-SA 4.0); Eric Marshall (CC BY 3.0); Ezarate (CC BY-SA 4.0); Fraganda (CC BY-SA 4.0); Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia) (CC BY-SA 3.0); Gruepig (CC BY-SA 4.0); Hana Gaon (CC BY-SA 4.0); Ian Gratton (CC BY 2.0); James Roberts (CC BY-SA 3.0); James Willamor (CC BY-SA 2.0); Jerzy Bereszko (CC BY-SA 4.0); Johnnie Flashlite (CC BY-SA 4.0); KSI Photography (CC BY 2.0); Kaalomai Kirdani (CC BY 3.0); Kalamazadkhan (CC BY-SA 3.0); Kalamazadkhan (CC BY-SA 4.0); Kp93 (CC BY-SA 3.0); Kyle Hawton (CC BY-SA 4.0); Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0); Larry Miller (CC BY-SA 2.0); Lawrence Lansing (CC BY 3.0); Le Monde en Vidéo (CC BY 3.0); Martin Falbisoner (CC BY-SA 4.0); Matthew T Rader (CC BY-SA 4.0); Melodygar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Mikhail Volkov (CC BY 3.0); Navin75 (CC BY-SA 2.0); Oleg Yunakov (CC BY-SA 4.0); Paul Harrison (CC BY-SA 4.0); Paul Mannix (CC BY 2.0); Pi3.124 (CC BY-SA 4.0); Roatanavi (CC BY-SA 3.0); Rob Bixby (CC BY 2.0); Severin.stalder (CC BY-SA 3.0); Sharon Hahn Darlin (CC BY 2.0); Soniamonje23 (CC BY-SA 3.0); Starus (CC BY-SA 3.0); Stefan_und_Bille (CC BY-SA 3.0); Thank You (23 Millions+) views from Los Angeles, USA (CC BY 2.0); Threepaw Productions (CC BY 3.0); Timothy J. Quill (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK (CC BY 2.0); Varun Kapoor / Vkap (CC BY 3.0); Walk'nOnSunshine (CC BY 3.0); cheesy 42 (CC BY 2.0); davidpinter (CC BY 3.0); dbking (CC BY 2.0); dronepicr (CC BY 2.0); fenderstyler (CC BY 3.0); madmack66 (CC BY 2.0); onj (CC BY 3.0); sarah moolchan (CC BY-SA 3.0); wardyboy400 (CC BY 2.0); Андрей Бобровский (CC BY 3.0); Максим Улитин (CC BY 3.0) Music: original. Voice: AI narration.