Unconfigured Ad Widget

Collapse

Unconfigured Ad Widget

Collapse

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Which island in the Caribbean

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • #16
    pssst It is St John (no "s")
    Changed it, thanks.
    Angela

    If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

    BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

    Comment


    • #17
      Originally posted by ArtsieAng View Post
      I'm going to St Thomas in Feb 09. I know that you can take a ferry to St John. What other islands/day trips, are available from St Thomas?
      Bring your passport and take the New Horizons BVI day tour - see the Baths and do a little snorkeling, visit Jost Von Dyke(sp)
      We LOVED it!
      Pat
      *** My Website ***

      Comment


      • #18
        Originally posted by lawren2 View Post
        I agree with Steve although the one criteria SXM will not meet is the one that has me never wanting to go back. It is very very crowded and developed on the dutch side where the majority of timeshares are.

        Still it hits every other point you are looking for and no other island will do that.
        That's why I have stayed on the French side every trip after my first one to SXM. When I have used timeshare, it has been Cottages de Lonvilliers, which is in a secluded location with a nice uncrowded beach at a neighboring hotel that you have access to, and a short drive to Grand Case, the restaurant capital of the Caribbean or to Orient Beach. Unless things have changed, the French side also does not have the timeshare tax that the Dutch side does.

        Comment


        • #19
          I can't find any timeshares on the French side. What exchange company did you use?

          Comment


          • #20
            Originally posted by GrayFal View Post
            Bring your passport and take the New Horizons BVI day tour - see the Baths and do a little snorkeling, visit Jost Von Dyke(sp)
            We LOVED it!
            Sounds great! I'm getting excited!
            Angela

            If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

            BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

            Comment


            • #21
              Originally posted by jericap View Post
              I can't find any timeshares on the French side. What exchange company did you use?
              Cottages de Lonvilliers (#3143)
              Anse Marcel
              San Martín, 97150
              Netherlands Antilles
              590-874465

              Nettle Bay Beach Club (#4824)
              Be the first to write a review
              BP 4081
              San Martín, 97064
              Netherlands Antilles
              Lawren
              ------------------------
              There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
              - Rolf Kopfle

              Comment


              • #22
                There's also a fast ferry to Tortola, from St Thomas......

                Tortola - St. Thomas Fast Ferry
                Angela

                If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

                BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

                Comment


                • #23
                  Looks like a nice place......

                  Cottages de Lonvilliers, St Martin, West Indies

                  Accodations....

                  St.Martin: residence - hotel on St.Martin/St.Maarten island.



                  Originally posted by lawren2 View Post
                  Cottages de Lonvilliers (#3143)
                  Anse Marcel
                  San Martín, 97150
                  Netherlands Antilles
                  590-874465

                  Nettle Bay Beach Club (#4824)
                  Be the first to write a review
                  BP 4081
                  San Martín, 97064
                  Netherlands Antilles
                  Angela

                  If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

                  BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

                  Comment


                  • #24
                    Oyster Bay thru Interval is just south of the French side but with the new hotel resort on Dawn Beach and relative remoteness from Marigot I wouldn't recommend it.
                    Lawren
                    ------------------------
                    There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
                    - Rolf Kopfle

                    Comment


                    • #25
                      Lawren,
                      Do these ever come up? I'm not planning on going until next fall or early 2010.

                      The woman I spoke to today at II said she has never confirmed anything in Tortola...

                      Comment


                      • #26
                        Originally posted by jericap View Post
                        Lawren,
                        Do these ever come up? I'm not planning on going until next fall or early 2010.

                        The woman I spoke to today at II said she has never confirmed anything in Tortola...
                        This is what I see right now for mid-OCT08 & 09 and out 10 weeks. Pretty typical.

                        Cottages de Lonvilliers (#3143)
                        Anse Marcel
                        San Martín , 97150 Netherlands Antilles
                        590-874465
                        ansema@wanadoo.fr Member Rating



                        - Exchange Unit(s) Available


                        Unit Options Select Unit Type Max Occ/Privacy Kitchen Check-in Date Check-out Date
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 10/18/2008 10/25/2008
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 12/13/2008 12/20/2008
                        Studio 2 / 2 Mini 10/17/2009 10/24/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 10/24/2009 10/31/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 10/31/2009 11/07/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 11/07/2009 11/14/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 11/14/2009 11/21/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 11/21/2009 11/28/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 11/28/2009 12/05/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 12/05/2009 12/12/2009
                        1 Bedroom 4 / 4 Mini 12/12/2009 12/19/2009
                        Lawren
                        ------------------------
                        There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
                        - Rolf Kopfle

                        Comment


                        • #27
                          jericap

                          The woman I spoke to today at II said she has never confirmed anything in Tortola...

                          Not sure what that means?
                          Angela

                          If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

                          BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

                          Comment


                          • #28
                            The reviews look pretty scary...are they better than what is written. The beach at the Cottages looks gorgeous!!

                            Comment


                            • #29
                              Originally posted by jericap View Post
                              The reviews look pretty scary...are they better than what is written. The beach at the Cottages looks gorgeous!!
                              I think this one has more of a european appeal than most americans are used to getting on certain islands. The more glitzy and amenitied resorts will be on the dutch side.

                              We stayed at Royal Islander Club la Plage last time and if you head away from Phillipsburg toward Grand Case and Marigot you escape the traffic and fast food chains. Plus the nicest casino is right across the street as is a supermarket. Honestly the beaches of SXM are gorgeous and you would have to drive to those no matter where you stay on the island.

                              I didn't mean to turn you off towards St Maarten. I just preferred the SXM of 18 and 13 years ago to the one I visited 4 years ago. It has plenty of fans.
                              Lawren
                              ------------------------
                              There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
                              - Rolf Kopfle

                              Comment


                              • #30
                                No, you didn't scare me off at all. I really don't like crowded and commercialized places. I like to go to a place and know it's in the Caribbean as opposed to having everything we have here. I don't mind being out of my comfort zone.
                                No, reading the reviews of the Cottages in RCI scared me off; that's why I was asking about the Cottages.

                                Although after the issue I just had with RCI, I don't know if I want to use them!!

                                Comment

                                Working...
                                X