Here’s a new trend in travelling that is trying to help increase the relaxation and decrease the noise! A number of beaches across the Caribbean, including here on Tortola, have just gone cell phone free, imposing a ban on mobile phones.  The idea is catching on in several islands, with bans in place on some beaches in Antigua, Grenada, and St. Lucia as well.

Signs have been posted and beach goers are being reminded.  Here on Tortola, if you’re heading to the Elite Island Beach, remember to leave that mobile phone at home. It’s a sad fact, but beaches across the Caribbean have been reporting an increasing number of people bringing laptops, iPads, mobile phones and tablets right to the water side.

It’s true that we live in a mobile society now, and you can take your work with you anywhere. However, a vacation to Tortola is all about hearing the sounds of the waves and the gentle breezes, not the trill of someone else’s ring tone. The same ban on cellphones is also starting to take hold on some cruise ships, and even in vacation destinations in the U.S., which are blocking radio signals that feed Wi-Fi and mobile phone networks.

There are places all over Tortola to access the internet, but isn’t the point of a Caribbean vacation villa to relax and get away with it all?  Of course, your U.S. cell phone will work in your BVI Tortola villa rental so you can stay in touch with home, but when it’s time to head for the beach?  Leave it behind and feel free to play in the waves and the silence of a gorgeous day on any one of our breathtaking Tortola beaches.