St. Martin -- car rental

> They built a new dock in St. Maarten and several car rental agencies
> are present. I am assuming Disney goes to the new dock. You may want
> to ask in .cruises. Someone there would know. I do not
> have small children so I do not cruise on Disney.


Disney goes to the new dock. All the present cruiseships go to the new dock,
because it's the only dock left able to dock the ships.

Look around and tell me your thougths about the dock, because we built it.

--
RotterdamStudents
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Dulce est despirere loco
(Horatius, "Oden" 4,12,28)

I rented through Budget. Most of the big names are very close to the
airport. Budget
was the cheapest I could find and they treated me very good.

I would definitely book through them again. We were there in July. They
also
gave me their card when we left for the next trip to get the same discount
rates. I believe the entire 8 days cost us only about $125 and my
MasterCard
covers the insurance, just DON'T accept the damage waiver. Make sure to
decline
or your card will not pay. Check on your credit card's website if you are
concerned.

Orient Beach is by far the best on the island, for more reasons than one.
You can park
at Club Orient as they have security there all day, so you don't have to
worry about stuff
getting ripped off.

Have fun....definitely eat at restaurants in Grand Case at night. They're
great. Le Fish Pot, Le Tastevin, Rainbow.

Bill


"Mike Gallan" <mgallan@m> wrote in message
news:df89620b.0311291905.2a997451@c om...
> My wife and I will be taking our first trip to St. Martin in two
> weeks. We're booked at the Grand Case Beach Club for six nights, but
> haven't arranged a car rental yet. I searched through the old posts
> and found a wide range of horror stories. (Stolen cars, insurance
> scams...really?)
>
> For piece of mind, I'm leaning towards reserving ahead with a place
> like Budget, Thrifty, or Avis. Any good or bad experiences with
> these? Are the rental companies usually very close to the airport?
>
> I still need to check with my US insurer and credit card, but if they
> will cover us abroad, is it safe to waive the insurance as usual?
>
> Are ATMs widely available? Should we bring traveler's cheques?
>
> Any other suggested restaurants or sights are appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

On 18/12/03 18:24, in article JplEb.419$Vv2.211065@news1.news.adelphia.net,
"ParrotRob" <parrotrobm> wrote:

> Fortunately, I've always come in on puddle jumpers from Tortola that need
> significantly less runway than Air France's and KLM's 747's do ;-)


Tortola has a "large" airport, then take American Eagle large prop-jets.

We took one flight years ago between St Martin to Tortola in a single
engine plane which only seated about 6, I sat right behind the pilot
and there was no pilot`s cabin. I remember the "speedometer" hovering
a crusing speed at around 110-120.

Earl