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by emmarose
Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:50 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: New to forum, planning first trip to St. John... Advice?
Replies: 18
Views: 5654

My husband and I were newbies this July. I didn't discover this forum until shortly before we left, so there were many things we didn't know. We thought the food was very expensive....a case of bottled water was $16! We did bring meats, seafood, lunch meats and cheeses frozen in a bag inside our sui...
by emmarose
Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:44 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: construction noise on the island?
Replies: 11
Views: 2601

Thanks for the advice. We love the Caribbean so I am sure we'll be back some day. This is all just very fresh right now...I'm sure we'll get over it. Next time we'll check a forum like this. We didn't call the property manager while on the island because the person he hired to check us in was aware ...
by emmarose
Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:02 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: construction noise on the island?
Replies: 11
Views: 2601

Thanks for the insight. I understand both sides of the destruction/construction and noise issues...Unfortunately they don't tell you this when you are watching St. John on House Hunters! This was our 30th anniversary celebration and we decided to really treat ourselves. We were looking for some quie...
by emmarose
Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: construction noise on the island?
Replies: 11
Views: 2601

construction noise on the island?

We just returned from our first visit on St. John. We stayed in the Great Cruz Bay area. There were two properties with construction work in our area.....one was right next door.:( The street below the villa sounded like a highway as the workers arrived and left each day. Thankfully we couldn't hear...
by emmarose
Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: techni ice?
Replies: 9
Views: 2580

techni ice?

I just learned about this product from reading this forum! We are leaving for St. John on Saturday. Our plan has been to check a suitcase with frozen meats and other groceries wrapped in ice sheets/packs ...we have a freezer bag it will all go in. Has anyone done this? Is there somewhere we can purc...