St Maarten

Any1 thinking of going here for your honeymoon? I wanna hear your thoughts.

We originally were thinking of Los Cabos, MX, but, there's another possibility that came up and FH and I love that Jetblue has flights to St. Maarten.

i love st. maarten. i've been there a handful of times, and we met a couple honeymooning there last july. i've always stayed on the dutch side, and we would drive to the french side for day trips.

If i went there i would rent a car (i don't know if that's what you guys were looking for). Also, there is some nightlife, but i wouldn't call it a parttty place. So I don't know if you and your FH were looking for somewhere with nightlife.

Also, it's not the kind of vacation where you live on a resort for a week or two.

HTH

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Posted by suzie411

i love st. maarten. i've been there a handful of times, and we met a couple honeymooning there last july. i've always stayed on the dutch side, and we would drive to the french side for day trips.

If i went there i would rent a car (i don't know if that's what you guys were looking for). Also, there is some nightlife, but i wouldn't call it a parttty place. So I don't know if you and your FH were looking for somewhere with nightlife.

Also, it's not the kind of vacation where you live on a resort for a week or two.

HTH

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'Also, it's not the kind of vacation where you live on a resort for a week or two. ' What do you mean by this? We wouldn't go for more than a week probably but, we are just looking for a relaxing place where they have some fun things to do (water activities, etc), nice hotel, beach and some historical places to see... I'm really familiar with it so I don't know.

If you like relaxing on the beach, drinking, shopping and some water activities its the place for you. its absolutely beautiful! I have only been there as a stop on cruises. It's not like a resort where everything is in one place. You'll have to take taxis or whatever to see things or go to dinner.

IMO, St. Marteen is amazing.

We wouldn't mind renting a car, we'd probably have to do that in Los Cabos too because the resort (Westin Regina) is not right in town...

Thanks for the suggestions ladies - I think Dutch side is where the resort would be anyway (Royal Palm)

I love St Maarten! We stayed on the Dutch side and just drove over to the French side. Everyone is so nice there and there are tons of activities.

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Posted by marisagee

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Posted by suzie411

i love st. maarten. i've been there a handful of times, and we met a couple honeymooning there last july. i've always stayed on the dutch side, and we would drive to the french side for day trips.

If i went there i would rent a car (i don't know if that's what you guys were looking for). Also, there is some nightlife, but i wouldn't call it a parttty place. So I don't know if you and your FH were looking for somewhere with nightlife.

Also, it's not the kind of vacation where you live on a resort for a week or two.

HTH

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'Also, it's not the kind of vacation where you live on a resort for a week or two. ' What do you mean by this? We wouldn't go for more than a week probably but, we are just looking for a relaxing place where they have some fun things to do (water activities, etc), nice hotel, beach and some historical places to see... I'm really familiar with it so I don't know.

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The place that we've stayed (the Pelican and Flamingo Resort) is not an all-inclusive resort. So we have to leave to go to dinner and go out. I've never been to Sandals or an all-inclusive place yet, but i think (i'm not sure) that everything is really easily accessible so you don't need to leave the resort (if you didn't want to) and probably wouldn't need to rent a car.

i think St.Maarten would be a good choice based on what you're looking for! I would highly recommend going on the 'Booze cruise,' the Banana boat, and take a boat snorkeling one day!

And you should definitely go to Orient Beach on the French side! it's worth the ~45 min drive!