USVI-On-Line

Wife and I are doing a BVI/St John trip at the end of January and I really don't need or want a Jeep for the entire time of the St John portion of the trip but a day or two would be nice. Since most rent for a 5 day minimum or more during High Season, I was wondering if anyone has ever had any luck renting one for a day just as a "walk in" type customer - getting one that's inbetween rentals?

Several years ago we came over for the day from Tortola. We had to go to 3 or 4 agencies but we did find a Jeep that we could rent for the day. I think we had to wait until after 12 o'clock to pick it up.

Last January, we rented a jeep from Courtesy for one day. I don't believe we were able to make a firm reservation, however . . . it was a matter of IF they had a jeep available. They did, and it all worked out fine.

TM

Good to hear. Thanks for the feedback.

Yep, on similar island hopping trips we were able to pop in and pickup a jeep for the day.

Cheers, RickG

I think that enjoying STJ without a vehicle really depends on where you're staying (and your lifestyle). There were a couple of times when we've been able to find a jeep for a day or two by just walking up. Never tried it in peak season, though. A couple of thoughts:

--while there's a chance, there's no guarantee that you'll
find one, so it'd be wise to have a Plan B. And if you can't turn up one, will you be okay with the time you'll spend on a fruitless search when you could have been doing any number of other things?

--would not being able to get a jeep for a couple of days be such a disappointment that you'd want to consider renting one for the full week? You'd like a jeep for a couple of days, but if that's not possible, would you go with no jeep or a jeep for a week.

If you do decide to hunt for a vehicle, what we did was get into Cruz Bay early (that means early) and just walk around to the different agencies.