You can fly to Virgin Gorda's airport directly from San Juan, Puerto Rico (45 minutes), St. Martin (40 minutes), or St. Thomas (15 minutes) on commuter or charter airlines. Or you can fly to Beef Island, Tortola or St. Thomas and connect with morning or afternoon ferry services to Virgin Gorda. European visitors can also connect via Antiqua to Beef Island.

The Islands are four hours behind Greenwich Mean Time which puts them in the same time zone as New York and Toronto in the summer and one hour ahead in the winter. English is the primary language; electricity is 110 volts, 60 cycles, and currency is in U.S. Dollars.