Comments on: Boston and Bermuda

By: Don Beyer

Don Beyer — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:35:42 +0000

Checked my June 1976 OAG. There were two AA 707s and two DLs, a DC-8 and a 727. Industry load factor in 1979 was 63%.

By: Andrea G

Andrea G — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:29:50 +0000

My grandfather worked as a mechanic for PanAM for the entirety of his career. He and my grandmother went to Bermuda for their honeymoon. One of my favorite things in my house is a framed authentic PanAM promotional poster for Bermuda (from 1955)

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:43:05 +0000

My family and I moved to Bermuda a few years ago for my job. We love it, but it remains crazy expensive for tourists – largely I think because so many hotel rooms are occupied by business travelers due to the island becoming a global center for insurance and reinsurance since the 70s. Reliance on tourism alone would never cut it as it’s ‘too cold’ in the winter here. The very successful industry creates demand for local jobs, but drives up prices for everyone. There are still around 10-15 flights a day from the US, Canada, and UK (including AA, Delta, United & jetBlue), and with two major hotels scheduled to reopen for the first time since the pandemic, I’m hopeful more tourists will be back soon (even if they do clog up the roads on those rental scooters!)

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 30 May 2026 01:40:05 +0000

We went to Bermuda in 2017 and 2019 and absolutely loved it. However paradoxically the pandemic has sharply driven the already high prices even higher, about a 70-80% increase in hotel prices over the last 7 years. So sadly it’s only for the top 10%, not regular people any longer. I am hoping that some day the ultra-wealthy will tire of us or the Bermuda people will realize that their luxury pivot is not working out and will start trying to attract the middle class again.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:37:07 +0000

In reply to sam. Northeast Airlines. “Yellowbird” was its nickname. It's planes were painted bright yellow; a sort of Spirit Airlines of its time. They merged with Delta in 1972, I think it was.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 28 May 2026 22:11:37 +0000

Don’t forget about Yellowbird Airlines. That’s how my parents took me to Bermuda in the 70s. It was a pretty magical time.

By: wilson

wilson — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:58:54 +0000

It could be noted that this apparently delightful adventure occurred before the arrival of Markwayne Mullin. Oklahoma! The terrorists continue to win.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:38:23 +0000

My wife and I visited Bermuda on our first ever trip outside CONUS. We caught a “hop” on a C-130.
There was effectively no limit on baggage, so we each brought big suitcases and a big cooler full of food, to save on expenses. Being an E-4, we were broke.

The Naval Air Station was in its final throes, and though it was technically open, things were drastically curtailed from normal. We got a TLQ unit, which was comfy and cheap. But about a mile from where the office where shuttle dropped us. It was later at night, and no more shuttles were running out to the TLQ’s. I strapped together and pulled 2 rolling suitcases and our 2 carryon sized bags and held one end of the cooler while my young bride pulled the other big suitcase and the the other end of the cooler. The walk took forever, and we were certain this was all a dreadful mistake!

Until the next morning. I got up early, caught a shuttle to outside the main gate, rented a scooter, and picked up my wife. Then when we pulled out of the gate and made our way to the main road along the coast: IT WAS BREATHTAKING.

That was 34 years ago now, and we still talk about the impossibly long trudge with all that junk all that distance, so late at night… contrasted to the incredible beauty of the island, and the freedom of being young and in paradise!

By: Garry Perkins

Garry Perkins — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:05:48 +0000

Bermuda also became outrageously expensive as the global reinsurance market moved in. Anyone who has worked in the field has spent time there. It is easily the most expensive place I have ever been to, easily beating Tokyo, London, New York, Paris,…

Furthermore, I suspect that the Caribbean beat it out on longer trips, not to mention superior food.

By: JM

JM — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:15:51 +0000

Fellow 70s traveler to Bermuda from Boston with the family in ’76, nice article. I believe we flew an Eastern Airlines 727 direct. I remember seeing a 747 for the first time on the tarmac in Bermuda on that trip, we could just walk right up to it and take pictures!