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3 Best 'Beaches' Caribbean All-Inclusive Holiday Resorts (2026 Guide)
If you want a five-star family holiday in the Caribbean, the 'Beaches' resorts are worth a look.
The Beaches Resorts brand has a luxury beachside location in Jamaica (Beaches Negril Resort) and another on the Turks and Caicos Islands (imaginatively called Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort). Rather remarkably, the brand won something called 'World's Leading All Inclusive Family Resort Brand' at the World Travel Awards for more than 20 years in a row.
When we first wrote this top three, Beaches also had a resort called Beaches Ochos Rios Resort. Unfortunately, it closed in 2025. We will keep this guide spluttering along with two resorts because there are plans for new Beaches resorts.
For your money, a Beaches resort gets you all the food you want at a big choice of restaurants. You also get access to several swimming pools, watersports, kids' clubs and other activities. If you can afford an upgrade, you can even have a butler.
We’ve attempted to rank the Beaches Resorts in order after spending much time looking at customer reviews, value for money, awards, location, activities for grown-ups and kids, weather and anything else we could find that was relevant.
So, here's our ranking. It currently just includes the two resorts, but we'll add the new ones when they open.
The Beaches Resorts brand has a luxury beachside location in Jamaica (Beaches Negril Resort) and another on the Turks and Caicos Islands (imaginatively called Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort). Rather remarkably, the brand won something called 'World's Leading All Inclusive Family Resort Brand' at the World Travel Awards for more than 20 years in a row.
When we first wrote this top three, Beaches also had a resort called Beaches Ochos Rios Resort. Unfortunately, it closed in 2025. We will keep this guide spluttering along with two resorts because there are plans for new Beaches resorts.
For your money, a Beaches resort gets you all the food you want at a big choice of restaurants. You also get access to several swimming pools, watersports, kids' clubs and other activities. If you can afford an upgrade, you can even have a butler.
We’ve attempted to rank the Beaches Resorts in order after spending much time looking at customer reviews, value for money, awards, location, activities for grown-ups and kids, weather and anything else we could find that was relevant.
So, here's our ranking. It currently just includes the two resorts, but we'll add the new ones when they open.
A Beaches resort holiday offers a luxury family holiday
1. Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort Villages and Spa, Turks and Caicos Islands - largest resort
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Beaches Turks and Caicos is a resort on a group of Islands called, er, Turks and Caicos.
It's the biggest and more famous of the two resorts. Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort has more than 750 rooms across four different themed villages. There’s a massive choice of 20 restaurants (plus several bars) as well as 12 swimming pools. The waterpark is large and it’s on a stretch of Grace Bay, which was voted the best beach in the world by TripAdvisor reviewers in 2018. Customer reviews for the Resort are glowing, with an average of 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor and 4.3/5 on Google Reviews (an overall average of 88%). You get lots of inclusive things such as a choice of 12 land sports and a similar number of watersports. It takes about an hour longer to reach the resort than Beaches Negril Resort, mostly because the flight is longer. When I checked, you could only fly out from the UK on Thursdays or Sundays. The weather at Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort is slightly cooler than the Jamaican resort and I personally would be more comfortable in the high 20s of the Turks and Caicos than in the low thirties at Beaches Negril Resort and Spa. Most people prefer to visit in the UK's winter months, when the heat is dry and the temperature at Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort is somewhere between 20 and 28 degrees on most days. From August to October, there's an increased risk of hurricanes across the Caribbean. The main thing which marked Beaches Turks and Caicos down was that it is often more expensive than Beaches Negril (though it does depend on dates). The range of restaurants and swimming pools is certainly more impressive than the other resorts, but the range of activities and kids clubs are similar. If you’re visiting for two weeks or struggle with heat then I’d go for Beaches Turks and Caicos. But if you’re just visiting for one week, perhaps save yourself some money or upgrade your accommodation. Price: We looked for the all-inclusive price for a family of four for a week. During UK school holidays in 2026, the cheapest accommodation available was: £8953 over Easter and £11,223 during early August. Outside of UK school holidays it was £8605 in mid-September 2026 and £10,734 in early November. You can watch videos about Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort here. |
Beaches Turks and Caicos Resort is significantly bigger than the other resorts...
...meaning that it has many more swimming pools and restaurants...
...and a very good choice of watersports.
It has some very plush accommodation - but it is more expensive than the others
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2. Beaches Negril Resort and Spa, Jamaica - smallest resort
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Now don’t get me wrong, Beaches Negril Resort is a stunning resort but it doesn’t offer the big scale of Beaches Turks and Caicos.
It’s a Jamaican resort, so it’s about 10 hours from the UK including the flight and transfer time. Customer reviews average 4.5/5 on TripAdvisor and 4.4/5 on Google Reviews, putting it slightly ahead of Beaches Turks and Caicos. It’s the smaller of the two resorts with about 180 rooms. However, it does have a waterpark and the same range of kids' clubs and Sesame Street activities that the other two resorts offer. In terms of activities, it scores very well with more land sports than the other resort. Both offer a good range of watersports but Beaches Negril Resort is the only resort to offer waterskiing and tubing (where you get dragged along behind a boat on a rubber ring). The Jamaican weather is humid and very warm in the UK summer months. The UK winter months tend to be the most popular and most expensive time to visit as the heat is drier but the temperature is still tropical so you can pack your shorts. The beach at Beaches Negril Resort was in the top 25 beaches in the world in TripAdvisor’s survey in 2018. Price: We looked for an all-inclusive week for a family of four in 2026 and found that during UK school holidays the cheapest price was £10,334 over Easter or £12,072 in early August. Outside of UK school holidays it was £7911 in mid-September and £8865 in early November. You can watch the official videos about Beaches Negril here. |
Beaches Negril Resort has a gorgeous sandy beach...
...as well as three swimming pools
However, it has waterslides and flumes overlooking the beach...
...and several watersports to try
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Hang on, that's only two resorts! Where's the third one?
Sorry about that. Beaches Ochos Rios closed in 2025 but we are keeping this page limping on as there are plans to open four new resorts.
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