-hh

Marsi wrote:
> Folks,
> I was wondering if someone can give me an idea about the relative
> quality of the following beaches in St. Maarten for a family vacation?
>
> Great Bay
> Little Bay
> Simpson
> Kimsha
> Mullet
>
> Also, any experience with the following hotels is appreciated
>
> Divi Little Bay Beach Resort
> Great Bay Beach Hotel
> Flamingo Beach Resort
> Royal Palm Beach Resort
> Oyster Bay Beach Resort


I'm a Divi Timeshare owner and I've traded into their St Maarten
operations in Little Bay once, a few years ago.

I found their TS complex to be quite large, which meant long (and
hilly) walks down to the Dining area and beach. Also, at the time,
their scuba diving affiliation was literally on the other side of the
island (up north) and they didn't provide the transportation to get
there. In the TS unit we had, the kitchen was so tiny that one
couldn't open up the refrigerator door ... or stove's oven ... without
hitting the wall. However, Divi also screwed up our reservation - -
not the first (or second, or third) time that's happened to us with
them.

And the final clincher is that Divi is doing everything that they
legally can to get us to surrender (without compensation) our
timeshare contract at our home resort (Cayman Brac) because they're
trying to shut down the resort and get rid of all of the timeshare
contract owners there ... we have to have gotten our lawyer engaged in
order to get Divi to honor their contract.

As such, I personally consider Divi Resorts to be an unethical
corporation that I cannot recommend that anyone give any business to
any of their corporate divisions.

For St Maarten, we generally enjoyed the food up in Grand Case, and
would find a place to stay up near there to minimize driving. The "Lo
Lo" operations for lunch were cheap, filling and fun, and the town's
'restaurant row' for dinner was quite nice.


-hh