About Soca Islands
Carnival was just the beginning
Soca Islands started in 2017, taking travellers to Caribbean Carnival. Today we run small-group trips to festivals, food and cultures in 50+ countries. Our mission hasn't changed: excellent service, real connection, and travel that respects the places we visit.
Our Business Model & Operational Scope
Soca Islands LLC is an international small-group tour operator and destination management company (DMC). We design, sell and run hosted group trips of 6 to 16 travellers: Caribbean carnivals, and cultural, adventure and city trips in more than 50 countries. We also plan and run group programmes for organisations through our DMC services.
- Operating since: 2017
- Based in: 480A Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233, USA
- What we run: more than 75 small-group itineraries across 50+ countries
- Group size: 6 to 16 travellers, with a Soca Islands host throughout
- Who travels with us: travellers from their 20s to their 50s; three in four bookings are for one traveller (2022–2026)
- Ratings: 4.5 on Trustpilot (87 reviews) and 4.8 on Google (36 reviews), as of September 2026
What a Soca Islands trip includes
Accommodation, every event and activity on the itinerary (including fete tickets on carnival trips), airport arrival and departure transfers, group transport to every activity, and a host who travels with the group. Flights and carnival costumes are not included. Each trip page lists exactly what is and isn't.
How we work day to day, including our accommodation, communication and complaint standards, is on our How We Operate page.
What we are not
We are not a costume band or mas camp
Bands such as YUMA design, make and sell carnival costumes. You buy your costume directly from the band. We coordinate your registration, help you choose a section and take you to collect your costume.
We are not a ticket reseller
Fete tickets are part of our multi-day hosted itineraries. We don't sell event tickets on their own.
We are not an online travel agency or flight search site
We don't sell flights or hotel rooms by themselves. We run the trip on the ground: a host with the group, private group transport, local guides and suppliers we vet ourselves.