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13 years ago today my wife and I visited S.T.J. for the first time.It was our honeymoon and to this day i'm so glad we picked that little island.Both of us had never visited a tropical island before.The only thing tropical that we knew was reruns of Gilligan's Island! "Back then" we used a travel agent to help plan our trip- you remember travel agents,don't you?We knew only of two hotels,The Hyatt, and Caneel Bay.We picked The Hyatt.I remember waiting for the Hyatt boat at the old Red Hook dock.I looked down to see fish in water that was so clear I could hardly believe my eyes.Little did I know of what was to come.We spent one week on S.T.J. and one more week on S.T.T.We wanted to give them both a try.On S.T.T. The Saphire Beach Resort was our choice.I recall looking over at S.T.J. and wishing we had spent both weeks there.Yes we liked Saphire Beach,but we just knew S.T.J. was the island for us. For those of you that want to spend your honeymoon on St.John,You've made a good choice!Have a good day...

We did it just the opposite – we honeymoon on STT and took a day-trip to STJ. We got hook on STJ during that day-trip. But I will always have fond memories of STT.

12 years ago June we also first set foot on St. John for our honeymoon too!

Did it without a travel agent, which was rather shocking at the time. It seems rather quaint that I actually picked up the phone to call the resort with questions.

One thing that hasn't changed, we are paying, almost to the dollar, the same to fly down now as our first trip in 1995, +/- $525.

It was 12 years ago July for us. We didn't use an agent, but I did buy a Fodors, and from that I chose Estate Concordia (new at the time and listed in Fodors!) and Caneel - we split the week between both places. We knew absolutely nothing about this destination that I had chosen (also our first tropical island), except to say that it sounded like our kind of place.

While at Estate Concordia, I picked up a dog-eared copy of "Feet Fins and 4 Wheel Drive" from the bureau in the room and started reading (and reading...). We used that book as our bible during the rest of our stay - and did we ever get hooked! Needless to say, although things have changed some over the last 12 years, it's still our kind of place... I now own a (newer) copy of FF&4WD which we take with us whenever we visit. Some things never change

It was 7 years ago for us this past June but we've been there 13 times since then (married there on Trunk Bay in May of 2001). In process of booking our Feburary trip - can't wait. I'm new to the forum - I love it and I'm addicted. We all have the same obsession - STJ.

Happy Anniversary!!

Happy Anniversary! We went to Fort Myers beach for our honeymoon 21 years ago. Been to alot of beaches since then including quite a few carribean islands. Then we discovered St John a year and a half ago. Guess we saved the best for last.

Hey Nancy_B, we share the same ticker! (except I don't have a ticker because I am too lazy to go thru the process)

Welcome to the forum. I see you are from Philly area. I just PMed you about an airport question.

10 years, and 12 trips for us, since we first sailed in the Islands. Our honeymoon, was also spent there. I can honestly say that there is no where else I want to go, especially if it meant, not going to the Islands for a year.

Part of me, doesn't want our November trip to come, because we don't have another trip planned until Dec. 2008.

Sydney

I'm a newbie to the forum AND the island. It's been 4 1/2 months since our first visit on our honeymoon and I'm literally counting down the days until the next one, on our 1st anniversary.

If there is a "down side" to discovering St. John, it's that I'm reluctant to use my precious vacation time to explore other places in the world. All I want to do is go back to my beloved island!

I enjoyed all of you comments,thank you.PA Girl,Your right,flights are cheaper now than years ago.I think we paid $400.00 plus back then. Casebolt,we used Fodors too!If we hadn't used that guide book we would have missed what S.T.J. had to offer.While staying at Gull Cottage back in 2000 I found a book in their library called "Off The Beaten Path" I liked it so much that I purchased one from the National Park Service. I now take that book with me every time I visit S.T.J. I will have to find a copy of "Feet,Fins,and Four Wheel Drive,i'm sure I would enjoy that too. Parafins.

Hi Parafins, Happy Anniversary! Is the 2nd the day you were married? Just wondering because that is my birthday. We finally got our 35mm picture developed of you guys - it is a good one.

Rhonda

Happy anniversary to Mr and Mrs Parafins! We were on our honeymoon a year ago at this time. We arrived 10/2 and departed 10/12. What a blissful time we had. Now only 48 days until we return!

Mary Beth

Rhonda wrote:Hi Parafins, Happy Anniversary! Is the 2nd the day you were married? Just wondering because that is my birthday. We finally got our 35mm picture developed of you guys - it is a good one.

Rhonda

Rhonda, October 1st. was our wedding day.Oh, happy birthday by the way. We didn't have a lot of luck with group pics of our family.Our best one so far was taken at Gibney by Mary Lou. Parafins...

mbw1024 wrote:Happy anniversary to Mr and Mrs Parafins! We were on our honeymoon a year ago at this time. We arrived 10/2 and departed 10/12. What a blissful time we had. Now only 48 days until we return!

Mary Beth

Thank you Mary Beth.October seems to be our favorite time to visit there.Not too busy and plenty of parking!Parafins{Dan}