Carribean resorts entice remote workers

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The Barbados Welcome Stamp, announced in July, will allow foreigners—including Americans—to live and work in the Caribbean country tax-free for one year. Geared toward employees working remotely, the Welcome Stamp isn’t cheap—it costs $2,000 for individuals and $3,000 for families—but allows for unlimited exit and re-entry during the year, as well as free public school access for visa-holders’ children under the age of 12. It is designed, said Eusi Skeete, U.S. director of Barbados Tourism, to stimulate the economy on the island, where tourism represents 14% of the country’s GDP.

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Bermuda is also hoping to lure long-term travelers to its shores. On Aug. 1, the British territory launched a new Work From Bermuda certificate program, which will allow travelers to live and work from its pink sands for 12 months. It costs $263 and holders will be exempt from income tax. “No need to be trapped in your apartment in a densely populated city with the accompanying restrictions and high risk of infection,” wrote E. David Burt, Bermuda’s premier, in a letter on the certificate’s application page. “Come spend the year with us working or coding on the water.”

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Resorts, too, are rolling out programs geared toward remote work, and remote schooling for the kids. In Punta Mita, Mexico, a 1,500-acre community in the Riviera Nayarit, homeowners have access to private tutors and an on-site micro-school. That perk has convinced residents like Emmanuelle Boutin Rossetto, who owns a vacation home there with her husband, to stay indefinitely with their 5-year-old son. Nearby, the Four Seasons Punta Mita now offers “schoolcations,” complete with after-school sports; the upcoming Conrad Punta de Mita, which debuts Sept. 1, will do so with packages for both parents and kids: WFP (Work from Paradise) and LFP (Learn from Paradise), which includes faster Wi-Fi and daily resort credits to spice up the hours between conference calls and geometry class alike.

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Spend a month at the Eden Roc Cap Cana, in the Dominican Republic, and you’ll get complimentary Spanish and piano lessons for the kids with the resort’s “Family Staycation” package. But keep in mind that the Dominican Republic—as well as Bermuda and Barbados—require visitors either show proof of a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival or quarantine for 14 days.

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