Waterfront Property in the Bahamas & Real Estate Expertise

I believe that I am safe in saying that Bahamian citizens may be the most traveled, per capita, of any country in the world. This is partly due to our small population and the fact that the Bahamas boasts the 33rd highest per capita income in the world and the highest in the Caribbean region at $27,394. By comparison this is just under the per capita income of South Korea and above New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia. The other contributing factor is the convenient location of the Bahamian Islands laying just 50 miles off the East coast of Florida. Bahamians think nothing of taking day trips and long weekends to Florida to shop and with direct connections to many East Coast cities including New York and direct flights to London, it is quite common to run into Bahamians on 5th Avenue or Trafalgar Square. Believe it or not I have, on many occasions, run into Bahamians that I know in New York, San Francisco and London, but also in out of the way places such as a native market in Delhi, India, the seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, France, on the Charles Bridge connecting to the old town in Prague, Czech Republic and would you believe in a very small airport in Siem Reap, Cambodia. As you can see I travel quite a bit myself.

Unlike citizens of many countries, Bahamians have needed a travel visa to go just about anywhere, except Great Britain and some of, but not all, Commonwealth countries. This has been a tremendous inconvenience. There is not only the expense of applying for a visa that may only entitle the holder to make a single trip, but also, many times having to appear personally at the nearest Embassy which could be in Florida, New York or Washington, DC.

Fortunately, this has now changed. Effective from May of this year Bahamian citizens no longer are required to carry a visa in their passports when traveling to any of the 24 Schengen countries which include: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.

Wow. I am so excited about this that I just want to jump on the next plane and fly somewhere. Who knows I may someday run into you in Rome, Paris or on Safari in South Africa.

For properties closer to home here in The Bahamas, but no less exotic, give me a call. Visit our web site at BahamasRealty.bs and/or contact me at lroberts@bahamasrealty.bs and let me “Guide You Home 2” properties in The Bahamas.

Posted By: Larry Roberts