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A few Concordia Eco-tent questions...
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A few Concordia Eco-tent questions...
As I said in my previous post, we will be staying in the eco-tents for 10 days in a few weeks...
I've thought of a few questions and would truly appreciate any answers or general tips about staying at Concordia.
1. What are temperatures like at night? If it's breezy, does it get too cool for comfortable sleeping with whatever bedding they provide? Will we need to bring warm jammies for the kids - or just summmer type jammies?
2. The "cooler" in the tent - what is it? Is it like a mini-fridge? Will we be able to keep milk in it for several days, or have to restock each day?
3. Is there anywhere available to recharge video equipment, if necessary? Are there any "regular" outlets in the tent?
4. How about drinking water and ice? Do we need to buy our own at the grocery store or is it available onsite? Is it free?
5. Is there a portable cooler in the tent that we can use to take lunches on the go? How about beach chairs? Or are coolers/chairs available to rent onsite?
6. Is there a secure place to store our passports (we may take a day trip to Virgin Gorda), or do we need to carry them with us everywhere?
A non-Concordia question:
We would like to take the public ferry over to Virgin Gorda one day just to explore the Baths (and for a change of pace one day). From my online research, my understanding is that we can just show up for the public ferry 30 minutes early and buy tickets (no reservations needed). Once on VG, we can easily get a taxi to the Baths. Also, it looks like the Top of the Baths would be a fun place for lunch and seems to be easily accesible from the Baths area.
1. Does all of this sound accurate?
2. How do we get a taxi back to the ferry dock - do we arrange a pick up when we are dropped off at the Baths, or are there taxis just waiting there?
3. Is there adequate parking at the public ferry dock in Cruz Bay?
Thanks in advance for the help/advice!
I've thought of a few questions and would truly appreciate any answers or general tips about staying at Concordia.
1. What are temperatures like at night? If it's breezy, does it get too cool for comfortable sleeping with whatever bedding they provide? Will we need to bring warm jammies for the kids - or just summmer type jammies?
2. The "cooler" in the tent - what is it? Is it like a mini-fridge? Will we be able to keep milk in it for several days, or have to restock each day?
3. Is there anywhere available to recharge video equipment, if necessary? Are there any "regular" outlets in the tent?
4. How about drinking water and ice? Do we need to buy our own at the grocery store or is it available onsite? Is it free?
5. Is there a portable cooler in the tent that we can use to take lunches on the go? How about beach chairs? Or are coolers/chairs available to rent onsite?
6. Is there a secure place to store our passports (we may take a day trip to Virgin Gorda), or do we need to carry them with us everywhere?
A non-Concordia question:
We would like to take the public ferry over to Virgin Gorda one day just to explore the Baths (and for a change of pace one day). From my online research, my understanding is that we can just show up for the public ferry 30 minutes early and buy tickets (no reservations needed). Once on VG, we can easily get a taxi to the Baths. Also, it looks like the Top of the Baths would be a fun place for lunch and seems to be easily accesible from the Baths area.
1. Does all of this sound accurate?
2. How do we get a taxi back to the ferry dock - do we arrange a pick up when we are dropped off at the Baths, or are there taxis just waiting there?
3. Is there adequate parking at the public ferry dock in Cruz Bay?
Thanks in advance for the help/advice!
Sorry, I did not see your privious post. We stayed at Concordia Eco-tents about 3 years ago with our family of 5. It was summer, so I can't comment on the winter temperature. It is very windy there, which is great in the summer.
Free ice is available from a machine outside the office. Water is there also....they provide several jugs in each tent to fill. There is running water in the tent sink, but you can't drink it...we did use it for washing dishes.
We had a small (about the size of a dorm room refrigerator) solar powered refrigrator....it stayed cold all the time and worked great. I understand that some of the older units ony had ice boxes, not refrigerators.
I don't think there are any regular power outlets in the tents.
WE did not go to Virgin Gorda, so I can't speak of that.
There are no beach chairs or coolers to rent at Concordia, and no portable cooler in the unit.
We went in the summer of 2003, so this is slightly outdated information. That was ceratinly before all of the recent construction at Concordia in anticipation of the closing of Maho Bay Camps.
Hope this helps.
Free ice is available from a machine outside the office. Water is there also....they provide several jugs in each tent to fill. There is running water in the tent sink, but you can't drink it...we did use it for washing dishes.
We had a small (about the size of a dorm room refrigerator) solar powered refrigrator....it stayed cold all the time and worked great. I understand that some of the older units ony had ice boxes, not refrigerators.
I don't think there are any regular power outlets in the tents.
WE did not go to Virgin Gorda, so I can't speak of that.
There are no beach chairs or coolers to rent at Concordia, and no portable cooler in the unit.
We went in the summer of 2003, so this is slightly outdated information. That was ceratinly before all of the recent construction at Concordia in anticipation of the closing of Maho Bay Camps.
Hope this helps.