Airlines From UK: British Airways and Virgin Atlantic offer daily direct flights

Flight Time: 8 hours from London and Manchester

Getting Around: Rental cars, public buses, bicycles, and motor scooters are available and make exploring the island hassle-free. Taxi tours are also available. A visitor’s driving permit (essential when renting a car) costs only BDS$10.00 and is available at any police station, through the car rental company, or at the airport when renting a car from the agency located there upon presentation of a valid driver’s license.

Passport/Visa Requirements: Not required if one is in possession of a British passport. Citizens of the United States and Canada are required to be in possession of a valid passport to enter Barbados. Passports must be valid for the entire time that they are travelling. Cruise ship passengers considered to be “in-transit,” continuing on with cruises, are not subject to immigration control and, therefore, are not required to carry a valid passport. “In-transit” cruise ship visitors are permitted to go ashore and return to their ship without any hindrance, using their ship’s magnetic identification card. Cruise ship passengers with trips beginning and ending in Barbados or who are “in-transit” to join flights at the Grantley Adams International Airport, are required to possess a valid passport. Visas are required for citizens from Eastern European countries, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Pakistan, the non-Commonwealth countries of Africa and all South American countries except Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.

Time Difference: Barbados is 4 hours behind GMT in the winter and 5 hours in the summer

Do's and don’t's: It is illegal to wear camouflaged clothing in Barbados. As of 1 October 2010 it will be illegal to smoke in a public enclosed area.