Welcome to the new VisitAruba.com!

We have been working very hard on a complete renovation and upgrade of our website for several months, and finally it is here!

Main changes:

Completely new site design which we feel is more representative of our Caribbean island, colorful, fun and vibrant
New VisitAruba.com logo reflecting a Caribbean flavor and the shape of our island in multiple colors ranging from water to flowers to sun
New navigation for easier access to all information
Implementation of improved search for quicker access to more specific information
Updated photography and larger header images
Ratings and reviews for hotels, restaurants, car rentals, beaches among others
Interactive Google Maps for hotels, restaurants, beaches, and diving locations
Expanding sidebar with quick access to What's New, Specials, My VisitAruba, Reviews, Recommended sites
More organized and modern advertising adhering to Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standards
Improved Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database

Finding your way around:

For those of you who are frequent visitors to our website, here are some navigation tips for finding your way around:

The Aruba Forums: in the right-side menu bar click on 'My VisitAruba' and then on 'Aruba Forums'
VisitAruba Plus: in the right-side menu bar click on 'My VisitAruba' and then on 'VisitAruba Plus discount card'
Weather: click on the 'Weather' link immediately to the right of the VisitAruba.com logo at the top of each page
FAQs: Click on 'faq' in the top small menu next to the Search box

Drop-down navigation at top

The top dropdown navigation has links to the first and second level menu items in our website. Clicking on 'About Aruba', 'Traveling to Aruba', 'Accommodations', 'Experience Aruba', 'Restaurants', or 'Getting Around' take you to the main pages for those sections. For example, click on 'Accommodations' to go to the main Accommodations page that is a doorway to all things related to Accommodations. You can also click on any of the sub menu items on those drop down menus to go to more specific pages. For example, you can click on "general facts' in the "About Aruba" drop-down menu to take you directly to that page.

Left side navigation

You will also notice that on certain pages on the left hand side there is an additional navigation menu which repeats the menu items in the drop down menu, but also can contain a third level. For example 'Weather and Climate' is a page within the 'About Aruba' section, under General Facts.

Right hand sidebar (accordion style)

On the right hand side of most pages on VisitAruba.com there is the sidebar menu that expands and contracts like an accordion. This contains:

What's New

This section contains new additions to the website and important advisories

Special Deals

this section lists the latest five specials that have been added. They can be specials offered by hotels, restaurants, car rentals, or practically any offer that comes to our attention. You can also click on 'More special deals' at the bottom of this section to go to a complete list of current specials. Specials that have an expiry date specified are automatically removed on that date.

Events

This is a clever section that updates in real time as events are added, with the latest five upcoming events showing. You can also click on 'More events' at the bottom of this section to go to the events search page where you can search for events by specific date, by range of dates or by name

My VisitAruba

This section contains links to our social networking pages such as Facebook and Twitter, to the VisitAruba.com store where you can get Aruba souvenirs, to the VisitAruba Plus discount card website, to the Aruba Forums (bulletin / message boards), to our Aruba News website and also to the Aruba e-cards website.

Reviews

This section contains links to reviews of Aruba hotels, Car Rentals, Restaurants and Beaches. Reviews are available to anyone to see, registration is required to post a review.

Recommended Sites

These are links to advertiser websites that we recommend