Snowbirds Trade Vacation Homes for Winters at Five-Star Resorts
Forget the timeshare. There’s a new, cold-weather version of “summering” abroad
Source: Belmond La Samanna
When Upper East Siders Adelle and Robert Rathe boarded a flight to Saint Martin in mid-January, they left behind a typically cold New York day. By the time they return from their resort getaway in mid-April, the trees in Central Park will have started to bloom.
The Rathes are hardly the first weather-worn Northeasterners to trade puffy coats and slushy sidewalks for bathing suits and white sand. And although they once considered buying property on the Caribbean island they’ve fallen for over the decades, they’ve found something even better to splurge on: about 90 consecutive nights at Belmond La Samanna, a luxury resort that reopened in December after a $25 million renovation.