First week of October

20 something couple

Out of NYC

Flying Continental

Looking to spend no more for $4000 for the week

Will consider All Inclusive

Need beaches, spas, good restaurants, relaxation, day excursions, romance, nightlife

any suggestions?

have you ever been on a cruise? fly to ft. lauderdale or miami and you have so many choices, and the rates are so reasonable!
we just booked a princess cruise out of san juan to the southern car. for $872/pp for a balcony cabin. just a thought...

Or you might consider PR. San Juan is very lively with lots of night life. You can also do day trips to the Spanish Virgin Islands, or even to St. Thomas/St. John.

Turks and Caicos. Meets all your requirements except nightlife. If you are keen on nightlife maybe Aruba.

Do you want upscale?

Le Blanc in Cancun fits the bill.

Added bonus: adults only!

To be honest, this time of the year, you can go to almost any island in the Caribbean for your price. Prices are now at their absolute lowest of the year. Plus, the interests you list are so vague that they'd probably apply to vitually every island but Saba, Statia, and Dominica.

If you want an AI, look at the Cancun/Cozumel/Riviera Maya area, Dominican Republic, or Jamaica.

Puerto Rico would certainly meet your needs, as would St. Thomas.

You will run a risk of a hurricane in almost all these places, however.

If you want the least chance of encountering hurricanes, look at Bonaire, Aruba, and Curacao (Aruba has the bset nightlife, as mnag points out).

Sorry, but I forgot one thing. Consider a cruise. You can get a very nice cruise to the Caribbean that leaves right from NYC or Bayonne.

We have been to a number of the islands, and have recently returned from island hopping around Grenada, St Kitts and Antigua.

On Grenada we stayed in a reasonable 4* hotel resort (the Rex), in St Kitts we stayed in the 5* Marriott and in Antigua we rented a villa in the Jolly Harbour Villa Resort.

If you want to laze by the pool, drink at the swim up pool bar, enjoy the beach, go to the on-site casino, then St Kitts maybe for you.

If you want more variety, more restaurants, more beaches, more excursions (we chartered a helicopter and flew over to Barbuda for the day) then Antigua maybe for you.

If you are also looking for privacy, dedicated service to go along with your romance, then a villa rental maybe for you.

We loved Grenada, there is lots to see and do. We went to most of the water falls, did the river rapids excursion and spent many a day snorkling.

There was a villa complex not far from the Rex that we visited called Maca Banna villas, which is also featured in the Luxury Vacations website -www.luxuryvacationsvillas.com - which seems to satisfy all of your requirements.

You guys forgot the most important criteria! They are flying out with Continental. Continental doesn't fly to most Caribbean places. So that leaves:
Bahamas

sorry-forgot to add:
or a cruise.

I answered too soon! I looked it up: choices are:
Aruba
Curacao
Cancun
Alcapulco
Cabos
Caymans
of course, Bahamas (Most of them, including Out Islands)

If you're trying to use FF points, I would base choice on what's available. I assume this because you're very specific as to the airline. It might be too late to cash in this way!

We loved Curacao! In October you would be out of the hurricane belt. Lots of beaches, although they are more cove-like, the swimming is good. Great restaurants all around the island. If you want to relax on the beach, you certainly can, but the upside is that there are many things for you to do during the day as well. We found Curacao to be romantic and there are enough 20 something people around to find a decent nightlife.