Hot Destinations to Consider This Winter

Escape the cold for a few days and plan a vacation on a balmy beach for surprisingly low costs.

An airplane landing at the Princess Juliana International Airport flying low over water at Maho Beach in Saint Martin, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean. byvalet/Shutterstock

By Star Tribune staff From Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS—Amid gray skies, barren trees and plummeting mercury, it’s that time of year when vacationing northerners swap out the woodsy cabin for the trade-winds cabana.