About koucou

koucou is designed for independent travelers to the Caribbean, visitors who watch what they spend and value experience over luxury. It’s for backpackers, bargain-hunters, and charm-seekers—for anyone, really, who doesn’t want to pay more than necessary.

You won’t find any all-inclusive resorts on koucou. What you will find, in addition to hotels, is information about camping, hostels, gîtes, house rentals, rooms for rent, and other money-saving tips that should allow you to navigate the world’s most beautiful region on a budget.

We’ve been traveling to the Caribbean on a budget for years, and we know that the region is much more affordable than most travel magazines and guidebooks will tell you it is. By spending some time with koucou, employing a little creativity, searching out spots off the beaten path, and, often, choosing smaller properties, you'll find that the Caribbean on a reasonable budget is not out of reach.

The Team

Alex Robertson Textor

Head Honcho

Alex Robertson Textor is a freelance travel writer and editor who specializes in the Caribbean, budget travel, and local culture. He blogs regularly at Gadling and has written for Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, the New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Rough Guides, and National Geographic Traveler, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.

Nathan R. Yergler

Code Wrangler

Nathan writes code, wrangles data, and babysits the server at koucou. Nathan also serves as Chief Technology Officer at Creative Commons, where he manages the development team and thinks about linked data, the semantic web, loosely coupled web tools, and search. Nathan holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Purdue University (Fort Wayne), and his dog has a microblog. She thinks it's weird when Nathan talks about himself in the third person.