Best beach in St. Thomas without sales people

[Tennant]

We are looking for a great beach in St. Thomas without sales people hassling you all day to buy stuff. Thanks!!

[mraven]

Assuming you'll drive yourself:

 

Lindquist - no refreshments there, so bring your own. ($4 entry fee/pp)

Elysian condos - they have food and let you use the loungers

[runner15km]

I really don't recall any beach having the walking vendors in St. Thomas. There is a guy selling rum drinks from a coconut at Coki Beach.:D

[tsahall01]

Secret Harbor is a nice beach--you can rent lounge chairs and they have an excellent bar/restaurant. Snorkeling there is also very good. Morning Star beach at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef is also nice, close to where the ships dock in Havensite (Secret Harbor is a good 20 to 30 minutes away from Havensite)--the food and beverages are pricey there, and the snorkeling is not good. If you stay close to the Sand Bar, I think that the lounge chairs may be free (NOT sure about that) if you purchase food & beverage from them.:D

[karena1]

Really vendors are not a problem in STT. We go to Magens, Coki, and never have any problem. use to love Sapphire, but they don't have anything there any more.

 

Vendors are part of island life-some islands have more than others, but we have always found a simple no thanks works great. But in STT probably less than any other island as far as vendors go.

 

OR you can pay the $$$$ and over to St John to Trunk or Cinnamon. Then you just have to deal with the rude National Park workers and lousy beach chairs that you have to put a huge deposit down to rent. But there will be no vendors. We never go over there anymore, STT beaches/snorkeling are just as nice and lots let expensive. Locals are WAY more friendly than the workers at the parks over in St John.

Edited March 27, 2015 by karena1

[Arzeena]

Really vendors are not a problem in STT. We go to Magens, Coki, and never have any problem. use to love Sapphire, but they don't have anything there any more.

 

Vendors are part of island life-some islands have more than others, but we have always found a simple no thanks works great. But in STT probably less than any other island as far as vendors go.

 

OR you can pay the $$$$ and over to St John to Trunk or Cinnamon. Then you just have to deal with the rude National Park workers and lousy beach chairs that you have to put a huge deposit down to rent. But there will be no vendors. We never go over there anymore, STT beaches/snorkeling are just as nice and lots let expensive. Locals are WAY more friendly than the workers at the parks over in St John.

 

We have NEVER found the national park workers in St John (or the locals), rude to deal with! They have always provided us service with a smile.

We enjoy the beaches in St John.....they are some of the best! We believe it is well worth the trip.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Arzeena

[Erwende]

We just came off the Getaway. We did he day pass at Frenchmens Reef! NO sales. Great beach,restaurant,chairs with umbrellas etc. highly recommended

 

 

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[tiggerfan616]

We were at Coki in Feb and had a great time, no vendors that I can recall. We rented lounge chairs and an umbrella and were assigned a waitress for drinks and food.

[Lanzador]

We liked Coki and had no one trying to sell us stuff. Also, Coral World is attached.

[fishin' musician]

Agree with previous posters; locals hawking junk does not seem to be an issue at St. Thomas beaches. I've been to Meagan's Bay, Sapphire Beach, some small beach on the east side, Water Island's Honeymoon Beach and St. John's Trunk Bay and don't recall even being approached. I've been to some islands where hawkers have a heavy presence, but most will move on with a considerate, "no thank you". These guys pale in comparison to their Turkish counterparts who simply do not know the meaning of "no".