Most affordable Caribbean islands

Puerto Rico ranks first for affordability on TripAdvisor's Caribbean TripIndex. The average cost for a trip for a group of four in March or April? $4,609.

Jamaica ranks second for affordability. With average round-trip airfare, seven nights in a hotel, six dinners and a snorkeling excursion, the cost for a group of four is about $4,631.

The same trip in Trinidad and Tobago runs about $4,771.

In the Dominican Republic, the group of four would pay about $5,315.

On the Dutch/French island of Sint Maarten/Saint-Martin, the getaway would run about $5,566.

In the Bahamas, the cost would be $5,815 ... not including golf.

The tab would run about $5,833 for the same trip in Curacao.

In Bermuda, which made the list despite its Atlantic Ocean location, the trip tops six grand at $6,064.

In Aruba, expect to pay $6,260 for your group of four.

Grenada's cost runs about $6,622 for the same trip.

• TripAdvisor's TripIndex looks at the cost of vacations to the Caribbean in March and April


• Puerto Rico provides the most affordable getaway of the locations priced


• St. Barthelemy is the most expensive destination on the list

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TripAdvisor has priced 20 beautiful, primarily Caribbean, island destinations with its TripIndex Caribbean, comparing the cost of a one-week trip for a group of four for the period from March 1 through April 30. Included in the price analysis is the average cost of round-trip airfare from the continental U.S., a seven-night hotel stay, six dinners and a half-day snorkeling excursion.

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Here are the top 10 value destinations, with the cost of a weeklong trip for four:

1. Puerto Rico - $4,6092. Jamaica - $4,6313. Trinidad and Tobago - $4,7714. Dominican Republic - $5,3155. St Maarten-St Martin - $5,5666. Bahamas - $5,8157. Curacao - $5,8338. Bermuda - $6,0649. Aruba - $6,26010. Grenada - $6,622

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By comparison, the cost of a weeklong stay at the most expensive destination TripAdvisor looked at -- St. Barthelemy -- is nearly $12,500.

Here are priciest destinations, for travelers with deeper pockets:

1. St. Barthelemy - $12,4862. Anguilla - $10,7093. British Virgin Islands - $9,7124. Turks and Caicos - $8,8125. St. Kitts and Nevis - $8,6686. Cayman Islands - $8,0827. Antigua and Barbuda - $7,9728. St. Lucia - $7,6279. U.S. Virgin Islands - $6,78210. Barbados $6,710

TripAdvisor used spots with the most visits from U.S. travelers on TripAdvisor between November and January to create its Caribbean TripIndex.

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