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What are the chances ...
What are the chances ...
and this question may show might height of laziness.. but ... we get off the ferry and are heading to STJ Car rental. Any chance a porter could load up our luggage and buzz it down the street or is that not permitted?
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crasherino
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Xislandgirl
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Draw straws. Whoever gets the short straw has to stay with the luggage. Everyone else gets to to walk up to the B.B., relax with a Painkiller (while the short straw waits with the luggage), then go get the car and pick up the unlucky bastard that got stuck waiting with the luggage. I know it sucks but it's the only fair way to do it.
And pray you don't get the short straw!
And pray you don't get the short straw!
For our traveling group (usually 6 to 12 THIRSTY friends) our tradition is to get off the ferry, get your bags and walk to Woody's for refreshments. We don't usually get our rental car until the next morning, depending on where we are staying. We've had some great "first day" photos on Woodys' Website with suitcases and beers/frosty beverages in hand!
Well, if the carryon rolling suitcase is a concern, you can always move things to a small knapsack. I find this is easy if I leave the towel and under-garments at home.
One of my friends has back problems and she basically won't lift anything for fear of starting an attack. I recommended they grab a table at the Mojo Cafe and wait for someone to fetch the car. Of course, you have to order a beverage while you wait. This worked out fine for them. I usually dump the gang at the Beach Bar while I get a vehicle, just to cut down on the pickup confusion.
I know packing light is hard for some folks. We have friends who travel with CPAP gear, waterpics, etc. and routinely have 5 checked bags for 2 people. We don't travel with them, but we know them.
Cheers, RickG
One of my friends has back problems and she basically won't lift anything for fear of starting an attack. I recommended they grab a table at the Mojo Cafe and wait for someone to fetch the car. Of course, you have to order a beverage while you wait. This worked out fine for them. I usually dump the gang at the Beach Bar while I get a vehicle, just to cut down on the pickup confusion.
I know packing light is hard for some folks. We have friends who travel with CPAP gear, waterpics, etc. and routinely have 5 checked bags for 2 people. We don't travel with them, but we know them.
Cheers, RickG
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Ok, I can understand the CPAP (isn't that for sleep apenea?) but the WATERPICS?!?!RickG wrote:I know packing light is hard for some folks. We have friends who travel with CPAP gear, waterpics, etc. and routinely have 5 checked bags for 2 people. We don't travel with them, but we know them.
Cheers, RickG
I thought it was bad enough when my husband took his Oral B electric tooth brush.
packing light is not my virture. nor is patience. I yam who I yam!
but I do limit it to one bag.
Our deal is we have 4 adults who have to be present to register for the cars and 1 16 year old. Don't think we are leaving her on the dock with the luggage.
So it's not really a big deal - we will get there. Just don't run us down as we are walking 5 abreast down the street to the car rental place - towing our luggage behind
thanks for the replies
but I do limit it to one bag.
Our deal is we have 4 adults who have to be present to register for the cars and 1 16 year old. Don't think we are leaving her on the dock with the luggage.
So it's not really a big deal - we will get there. Just don't run us down as we are walking 5 abreast down the street to the car rental place - towing our luggage behind
thanks for the replies
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Here's what we did last week, since our traveling companions arrived on island a few hours before us. Our villa greeter took them over to get the car (I think we used Varlack) and then took them to the villa. When we arrived and our friends collected us from the ferry, we went over to the rental agency to get us added as drivers on the contract. You could probably work out something like this to reduce dragging the bags around - maybe three stay at the bar or Mojo's with the bags while two people collect the cars, go get the other three & the bags, and then head back to the car rental with everyone to finalize the addition of the other drivers. The good thing is that once you get on island, it's all good.
On a related note, when we turned in the car they were very surprised at how clean it was. It seemed that they expected to have to charge us the clean up fee.
C&S Island Time - my husband's nickname is 'divesherpa' because he often carries and loads up our dive gear. He is my super-sweetie-divesherpa! Most people don't get the reference to Tibetan sherpas though.
On a related note, when we turned in the car they were very surprised at how clean it was. It seemed that they expected to have to charge us the clean up fee.
C&S Island Time - my husband's nickname is 'divesherpa' because he often carries and loads up our dive gear. He is my super-sweetie-divesherpa! Most people don't get the reference to Tibetan sherpas though.
