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new here
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:42 am
by tipsy
Hi, just joined this forum.
Dh & I are going to St John for the 1st time for a week next April. Booked a private house by Coral Bay, @ 100" up the mt.side.
Any tips,hints,info would be appreciated. Been to St Thomas few times on cruises. This is our 1st time staying.
We are beach people and our last cruise this past May,we snorkeled for the 1st time and are hooked now !
Thank you.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:48 am
by mbw1024
welcome!
which villa are you renting?
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:16 am
by hoosierdaddy
If you are beach people you will love St. John. More beaches than you can visit in a week. The snorkeling is great. Of course you need to rent a car and explore all the beaches you can.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:18 am
by Pia
Welcome to the forum 
I would say you need to book your car NOW if you have not done so already.
Pia
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:32 pm
by PSUWethr
Welcome...my advice is to pack light. I am always taking way too much stuff!
Any questions.....we are here for ya.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:39 pm
by vav
Welcome and enjoy your stay!!
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:09 pm
by c3p1
Welcome, I am fairly new here myself. I found reading through trip reports really helps. It give you a flavor at what is available at the beach and many times pictures are included. I stayed on St Thomas, but when we went to St John, I know what beaches I wanted to visit based on folks reports and pictures. The beaches are awesome! Have a great time!
Paul
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:10 am
by onthelake
Welcome!
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:16 am
by sea-nile
welcome! You will have fun!
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:04 pm
by Barb Y
Welcome to the forum! I am sure you will love STJ there's a bit more room between blankets than Jones. Have an awesome trip!
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:15 pm
by mindehankins
Welcome! Read this forum faithfully! You'll love it, and by the time you get on island, you'll feel like you're coming home!
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:40 pm
by tipsy
Hello again, Been off for awhile. Busy end of summer.
Thank you for the warm welcomes.
Well,our jeep is rented (by the villa management, which was a pleasant surprise & good thing went to her to ask for suggestions of which place to go to! or would have been renting 2 jeeps!) and our flight is booked. So now just have to read all the forums and be patient.
Got Feet, Fins & Four Wheel Drive and St John Off the Beaten Track books and am enjoying every page of both books. What a wealth of info and tips and pretty pics of St John. Plus alot of history added in.
With these books and the great tips from the forums,we'll be feeling like pros when get there.
Debbie
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:53 pm
by tipsy
welcome!
which villa are you renting?
Thank you, we're renting "Just Enough" in Coral Bay, @ 100' up the side of the mt. A very simple Caribbean looking cottage, 2 story - w/wrap around decks on both levels. Found it on VRBO # 51729.
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, very busy August for us.
Where in NJ do you come from?
Debbie
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:57 pm
by tipsy
mindehankins wrote:Welcome! Read this forum faithfully! You'll love it, and by the time you get on island, you'll feel like you're coming home!
Hi Minde, Wow, you're almost there !! Am so happy for you. Know you must be thrilled. Hope you'll let us know how you enjoyed yourself when get back.
Have a wonderful vacation and have lots of fun.
Debbie
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:28 pm
by Pia
We will be neighbors as I live next door (but you can't see us as there are alot of trees in the way) Hopefully my "girls" (dogs) will be good - you may hear them at times, but I promise they don't bark before 11am as we hike daily or late at night - well unless there are donkey's in our driveway
Pia