so many of y'all saw my photos on instagram and are asking me christine nassau bahamas looks so
dreamy how should i plan my own trip there and to be honest after spending a month on the island i
made a lot of mistakes and i'm planning my return trip there so in this video i'm sharing with you
things that you should not do when you're planning your trip and things to do instead coming up
and if you're new here yo i'm christine lozada with where in the world is CL and I make travel
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subscribing let's talk about the first thing not to do which is don't think you're about
to create an itinerary with a million different things to do in my opinion the thing that most
people come to nasa for is to spend time on the beach and in the water in other words
the bahamas are beautiful and this is the place to lay out on the beach and go snorkeling or
go scuba diving so let's talk about that really quick a few of the beaches i definitely recommend
not to miss one would be love beach this is right next to the airport which means as you're
enjoying the sunshine you've got the planes going right overhead and that's a really cool experience
you can check that out in the other video i have linked in the description below
the other spot would be on paradise island whoa the beaches on paradise island cabbage beach
for example so insanely gorgeous really really beautiful there and then the most popular beach
which is cable beach that's where i spent the entire month it's beautiful out there and if you
are expecting to spend time on the water you you should not come here during wet season in other
words especially if you have a short vacation you want to be here during dry season so dry
season are these months versus wet season and i'll be totally honest i was there in august 2022 which
the most amount of likely hurricane activity is happening um kind of around that time and
the first two weeks of my trip i got some pretty crappy waves and the water was not that smooth at
all i i went paddling with some very treacherous conditions but this is the place to come during
dry season and spend time on the beach go snorkeling go scuba diving i love stewart's cove
a great one especially if you love shark diving do all the water sports stand up paddle go kayaking
go parasailing go jet skiing and a lot of these things i've added links in the description below
but a lot of times these guys are just set up along the beach and you can just drop in and tell
them you want to go out and if you're thinking yo christine i'm not really a beach goer what else is
there to do there are other things like cultural tours or run tours or food tours and i is this is
important i rank those by traveler rating for you see that in the description below for you to find
some other tours on the island given i was there for so long i got the opportunity to spend time
with the locals and here's the biggest mistake i made the number one thing that i plan on doing
when i come back is jumping on the boat and going over to rose island and if you're wondering what
the heck is rose island it's not that far from nassau and it's the experience where you go to the
island where you can hang out with the swimming pigs which is kind of a fun experience and i made
the mistake of saying no to my opportunity to go with the locals because on that day i did this
challenge where i walked around for 12 hours you can see that in the description below if you're
like wondering what the heck is that all about but rose island top of my list for when i go back to
nassau and if you're wondering well christine what about like airbnb or vrbo or rental houses
i've added a link to some of the top ones in the description below but one of the things not
to expect don't expect getting around nasa to be insanely easy in other words in my tips video make
sure you check that out description below i talk about getting in and getting around the island
if you're staying at the resort it's easy you jump into a cab they're all lined up that's easy
there's no uber on the island so if you want a taxi and you're not getting into a taxi
from a resort it's not easy to flag one just walking around i walked for 45 minutes one time
and actually i never ended up finding a taxi i just walked directly to the destination which
when it's 90 degrees with 90 humidity that is a hot walk and not the sexy kind either
riding a bike walking around it's kind of treacherous there's not some parts have good
sidewalks most parts do not have great sidewalks and driving if you want to rent a car i drove
around for the month you are driving on the left side people drive exactly how i would expect them
to drive on the island which is fast and furious and aggressively and gas i paid six dollars and
the second time i paid six dollars and 30 cents per gallon so that's not insanely inexpensive but
it's also kind of just for me it was kind of stressful driving around the island
on the left side with tons of roundabouts i mean it's a vacation you want to relax right so just
know that that's what you're getting into if you choose to stay at a vrbo or an airbnb and getting
around is not the easiest thing on this island versus other destinations i'm headed to bonaire
which is one of the abc islands in a couple weeks so make sure you stay tuned for those videos
which by the way if you're getting some value out of this video cheers that like button consider
subscribing and i'm still planning my return trip so add your tips in the comments below we're all
community and let's help each other out i just thought of something here's another way you can
still enjoy the resorts without paying for them in full in other words if you're doing the vrbo
airbnb route consider doing a day pass you can do day passes to just about every single resort
and it's a really great way to be able to enjoy it without having to stay there so that's something
you can consider here's another tip around setting expectations on how much you're going to spend on
food and drinks don't expect this to be a cheap eats vacation this is not your southeast asia trip
food can be very expensive on this island whether going to the grocery store getting a random bag of
groceries that doesn't even include alcohol in it for a hundred and sixty dollars i share that
my other tips video or some of the places i ate around the island uh full video on that as well
in the description below but things like lunch for one person definitely over 50 bucks even just like
coffee and pastries is around 15 per person um you can just expect to pay more on this island
if you're traveling like a lot of my friends are from new york city san francisco the places i
used to live at then it's what you pay every day but if you're coming from somewhere else
the sticker shock might be full exactly that a little bit of sticker shock does it mean you
can't find a cheap eat same thing as new york city you can find that amazing dollar pizza
eat the patties the patties the bahamian patties on this island they're so freaking delicious i
personally love the beef ones i really love the beef patties from the swiss pastry shop that's
closer to sandals resort super tasty but don't miss out on those also don't expect to lose any
weight and while you're dining out and enjoying all of those restaurants one thing not to expect
as well is don't expect great customer service it doesn't mean you won't find it especially at the
resorts it's easier to find really great customer service we love our bartender at pizza lab
but for the most part bohemian culture isn't one with amazing customer service and so do expect to
pay 15 percent gratuity and 10 that or 10 tax every single time and do expect them to expect
more tip on top of that but don't expect the best customer service that was just my experience i'm
gonna be totally honest and this next one is one that's not easy for me to share but i also know
all my ladies out there are gonna ask me christine i saw you traveling out there alone is it safe to
travel solo to nassau bahamas and my answer is no it's not and this is just my experience there are
uh nine nine countries i've been to traveling alone and for the most part i freaking love it
i'm all about it and i will still continue to do it but in nassau bahamas my experience was the
men being very aggressive and you know catcalling that stuff not a big deal and if i were to repeat
some of the things that i wrote down that they said to me i my channel will likely be banned
so i'm not going to repeat those things but it's one thing to be catcalled not a big deal you can
just ignore that but it's another thing when the culture is one where the personal space
is not respected and when people are right in my face and inside my personal space within inches
i ain't okay with that and so i had that happen a lot i also ran from somebody actually caught
that on video link to that in the description below don't really want to promote that again
this is just my experience and this is just my advice which is i would not advise solo female
travelers it's why i stopped walking around the island i stopped using the bird scooters
and i just stuck with driving thereafter it helped me to feel a little bit safer and there are things
like oh man i really wanted to catch the sunset at jaws beach if you look at it on the map
it's on them on the side where you'll get the best sunset but there were a lot of muggings there
recently and so there are parts of the island that are a little bit more remote and a lot of
the locals that i was hanging out with were saying nah like do not go there alone as a woman even at
sunset you know i wouldn't stay there after the sunset i would just capture the sunset and then go
um but these were my experiences and that's my advice which if you're a woman who has traveled
solo to nassau and had a good experience please add that in the comments below it's important
for other people to see your experiences and make the best decision for themselves
so on that difficult note is it worth traveling to and would i recommend it yeah i would i'm planning
my return trip nassau is beautiful it's a really awesome place and i'm also planning on going to
the exumas which every time i spent time with the locals or people who are born on the island
they're all like nasa whatever go to zuma's so that's top of my list as well and i know a lot
of people who are asking me for these helpful travel tips don't really care about the tips
they just want the itinerary so if you want to hear i mean again it's in the works right now
i'll be looking for your comments below and also your comments on other platforms where you're
helping me to build my itinerary on instagram on tiktok on facebook etc um but i'm gonna share
right now what my literal itinerary looks like so join me over in that video and if
you found some value here choose that like button and i'll see in the next video ciao