Gamin2008

Good reviews and only $66. per adult.   To reserve your spot, simply go on Leeward Island Charters St-Kitts website.

21 hours ago, PORT ROYAL said:

 

Relaxing?  Genteel?  

Then put distance between you Carambola and Cockershell, as destinations of T'erds.  Head for the Marriott with the TTE Protocol.

Do keep in mind, not every single passenger on a cruise would be irritated by those you call T'erds.   

In reading different posts and reviews on different sites, I have learned that many guests staying at the Marriott take the free shuttle to Cockleshell Beach and really enjoyed their day!

To reserve, simply go to Leeward Island Charters website. 

For those interested, in St-Kitts I have booked the Half-day Catamaran tour with Leeward Island Charters from 10am-2pm.   Snorkeling equipment, open bar and light lunch included.  Meeting point at the Port Zante Marina, at walking distance from Cruise Pier.  Minimum of 12 adults is required to operate this tour.

Cheers!

Thanks for the suggestions. I will have to look into that. I am a little concerned about the Mexicans since I am traveling solo. Question now, Is Los Muertos safe for solo woman?

;o)

Thank you for the input. Never been to Puerto Vallarta.

Is there any place or beach that I can go to from Pier? What is there to do if I do not book anything?

Hi,

I am a little late on booking excursions with ship...there is a waiting list for Las Caletas!

My question, are there water taxi or other services that I can take if I want to go to that Beach? Any comments would help.

Thanks

Do single people sail on cruises to Alaska?

 

Any singles planning to go on Carnival Miracle June 11 2013 to Alaska?

Life is really short! Do travel single and solo, if you have to.

I do, and I always meet interesting people. You meet people when sitting at a bar and when sharing a table at dining room. Anytime dining is great, cause you can share a table and never sit with the same people.

The only place you will feel alone is in your cabin. :)

There will be 6 ships in port the day we are in St. Maarten in Nov. from 8am-6pm. I'm worried about getting back to the ship if we take a tour because of traffic. Has anyone been there when there are a lot of ships in port? Thank you!

I would be worried too! But you can always contact the tour operator via email and ask how they handle these situations if you book a tour.

Or, book a ship excursion ahead of time. With ship excursions you can not miss the boat.

I had booked ahead on a ship excursion for St-Thomas , it was cancelled due to itinerary changes but when they reinstalled the excursion (5 ships in Port), there was limited availability. So, they handled the excursion booking order by first come first served! I was lucky I got to go since many excursions were unavailable or sold out.

Our DD's English Tutor met her boyfriend 2 year's ago while sailing Australia and New Zealand for 3 weeks with her folks on a HAL ship. Before she left we told her that there may not be any single people her age on this particular cruise. She was content to just lie out in the sun and visit the ports with her parents. Instead she got swept off of her feet and she ended up working as a Librarian on the same ship that her boyfriend works on.:)

Thanks for the story. I simply believe in.....Destiny!

Gamin2008 -

I hate to hear that you didn't enjoy Bernard's Tour - We took the tour with "Sexy" back in December - and he was much better then it sounds like - he always told us how long we had at each stop before we got off the bus, and everyone always came back - but - everyone on our trip had made reservations, I don't think we had any "walk ups" - maybe they were disrespectful of time since they hadn't researched what tour to take like most of us do?

I hear alot of solo's like sailing Norwegian, as they actually have solo cabins and a lounge for everyone to meet -

Hope you have better luck in the future!! Don't give up on cruising!

Thanks for the info. :) There weren't that many solos on my cruise. But I was cruised by a crew member though...;) Cutie too!

Do you know if Norwegian is owned by another cruise line, if so which?

What is appealing to me about St-Maarten is the fact that you have easy access to other islands...:)

Thanks for your comments.

Looks like we have the same taste. Wanted to book for this Itinerary but flights were not aligned with my availability. Of course it was much more expensive and with HAL, I am solo female in my early 50's and I was a bit worried about the atmosphere on that ship being known for the high percentage of retirees.

http://www.hollandamerica.com/find-cruise-vacation/CruiseDetails.action?destCode=C&portCode=&shipCodeSearch=&durationCode=3&dateCode=3_2014&flexibleMonths=false&noOfFlexibleMonths=1&pageNumber=1&voyageCode=N419&webItineraryIdForAudit=C411SW

I am still not sure if cruising is my thing. But it gives me a brief overview of an Island / Country. I appreciated St-John (St-Thomas) much more for its beauty and would go back to explore.

From what I saw on my first visit, though I did do the tourist tour, St-Maarten does not look appealing to me. I was not impressed with Orient Beach, I thought this looks like being in Acapulco with all the activities going on. It is very touristy but I got to swim in the ocean for 30 minutes!

Researching on the internet for my vacation, Grand Case and that area was on my list of places I would probably want to visit since it seems away from the tourist scene. Maybe next time.

But honestly, what can you do when you have 6 hours for a first visit. You end up doing what is most popular to be on the safe side.

Ship itinerary change was dealt with professionally by Bernard.

Bernard Tours were advised of changes and they contacted my email to confirm new tour date and time.

Original booking for Tour #2 was mostly in the PM and seemed very well planned out. Unfortunately, due to itinerary changes, the Tour was in the AM which reversed the tour because of traffic, as we were told. I was on time at the meeting point for 8:30, as underlined in Bernards email, but for some unknown reason we seemed to be waiting around for more passengers to walk up and book this tour. We left at least one hour later!!

And there was traffic anyways.

I suspect they just do not want all the tour buses in the same area for parking issues. It is a small island after all....thus, the tour operator's recommendations or behavior...

Our driver Sexy was relaxed and cool but did not take the lead nor respect the tour descriptions since he wanted to please everyone on board. (Perhaps for Tips)

By doing that, we ended up spending way too much time at Maho Beach, since he let everyone run free by his lack of communication and assertiveness. Two passengers ended taking a taxi, I guess they were fed up with the waiting around and waste of Tour time. I just think that when the island is overcrowded, tour operators can not control time on tours.

The tour continued once Sexy managed to gather everyone, cause some of us helped for the search of passengers.

Then we spent maybe half hour in Marigot, but beware you may spend your half hour waiting in line at Sarafina's and believe it or not, we only got 30 minutes of free time at Orient Beach (tour description says at least 90 minutes of free time at Orient Beach)....which is why I booked this tour.

Where did all our tour time go since we did not stop at Iguana Farm nor at Oyster Pond, I think Sexy did not even mention those.

The rest of the time we spent in the bus driving from one point to the other.

I think that the driver should respect the schedule since most of us want what's on the description of tour. It is for the description of tour that I've booked this tour #2.

So, to me if passengers wanted to spend more time at a site, then they should have taken some other tour. It is not up to the driver to please everyone on board since we All should know what we paid for.

BUT, beware when there are many ships at Port. The risk is that you will not get exactly what's on the menu. There is simply not enough parking space for these tour buses at one site. So, they reverse your tour and recommend you stay at a certain site.

The tour was just ok I would say, not out of this world. Even if they provide free drinks to compensate! In the end St-Maarteen is a very Touristic Island. Not my cup of tea, I guess.