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Re: Lunch at Be Cool Before the marina fire Dr Phil SXM 5 hours ago
Yes, Who would’ve known.
I had lunch Friday, April 11 and the fire at the marina was on Saturday, April 19. The area where the fire took place was pretty bleak before the fire. Probably an accident waiting to happen.

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Re: Parking in Miami ruralcarrier 6 hours ago
Originally Posted by DannynGinger
At the Nashville international airport they have accessible parking for handicap autos with either hangers or permanent handicap tags. All you do is send in the paperwork and they send you the sticker and membership card in the mail.
When we come to St Maarten for 3 weeks it is over $700.00 and we never have to pay a penny.
Free to all that join the program.
Also the handicap parking is always close to the main terminal.
You should check to see if your airport offers this if you have a handicap hanger.
This must be specific to just a very few airports, with Nashville being one. From what I could see, it is limited to 10 days. I checked a few other airports and basically none of them offered this, unless there was free parking for others. I guess it is a good deal in your case.

https://flynashville.com/airport-accessibility/accessible-parking-program
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Re: Looking for recent reviews of Alamanda wct49 16 hours ago
stayed there last April and I would again. The 2 bedrooms are tight and ceilings are angled and low but you dont stay in bedrooms much.
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Re: AAA car rental Carol_Hill Yesterday at 06:48 PM
Alain's email is TRIPAAASXM@GMAIL.COM

Not sure what's on the sponsors page. Sorry.
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Re: Mrs. Scatliffe's Restaurant Manpot Yesterday at 06:02 PM
We stopped there on our first trip to Tortola in 1984.Mrs S. gave us a hard time for not calling ahead so we never got to try her cuisine.I ran into a relative quite recently and they said there was talk of it reopening.I believe Mrs S passed away a few years ago.It would be great to get a good local place back in Carrot Bay..I miss Gene's (now in Sea Cow's Bay)and Palm's Delight. Coco Plums from Apple Bay was going to open there but ran into Gov problems..boy do I miss those skillet mushrooms!!
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Re: Tariff Exemption WLE Yesterday at 04:26 PM
Well, the grandfather clause made this happen. Surprised they didn't try to void it like everything else !
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Re: Car rental CaroleS Yesterday at 03:36 PM
Thank you!
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Re: SXM Entry Card OrientBeach_jimbeach Yesterday at 01:34 AM
From what I experienced we were all sent to the same line, no separation. However, I will say there were really no directions.
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Parking tickets in the village OrientBeach_jimbeach Yesterday at 01:27 AM
Hello all, for the last two days security in the Village of Orient beach has been writing multiple tickets for people parked along the stretch of "Yellow Sub" and "La Peite" convince store. Another cruise ship was in today plus the holiday made beach access a challenge. Also they are asking people going to Orient Beach (club O) parking area if they want to rent chairs / umbrellas and charging $30 at the gate/rope. I don't think you have to pay if you bring your own chairs. First day here I just waved and drove in to park. Then I thought maybe I should park outside the gate in the lot so they could make money.
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Re: Quick visit OrientBeach_jimbeach Yesterday at 01:22 AM
It was partly cloudy and windy off the ocean. The breeze was cool and some left early afternoon because the sand was blowing. Sea weed (Sargassum SP?) is also getting worse.
Hope tomorrow will be better.
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Brief Trip Report SXMBND 04/21/2025 09:52 PM
Short notice trip to paradise from 4/8- 4/15, the stars aligned for a cheap non-stop R/T on Jet Blue from Boston, and BSV had an opening during that window....... it was a no brainer. Even though we had just left there on 2/6 we can never get enough island time.

Flight: Jet Blue RT Non-stop from Boston, great wheelchair service and early flight. Arrived @ PJA before 11:00 a.m.
Lodging: Beachside Villas in Beacon Hill, great location and staff.
Car Rental: Alain at AAA great price and service.
Activities: Rain Forrest chair lift (fantastic views) Rendezvous' Sunday Jazz (great performances by all) Sand Gravity (can't get enough, what can you say???)

Restaurants Good:
JAX, never disappoints great French onion soup with surf and turf (Maine lobster) and Lamp lollipops for the boss.
Lee's, first time at newer location, pleasantly surprised, 3# grilled lobster smothered in garlic butter and 1st taste of grilled Wahoo for the boss. Great friendly service.
BBB, Arrival grilled cheeseburgers and fries hit the spot, surprisingly good service for how busy they were. Would never swim at Kim Sha......
The Palms, Filet grilled to perfection, garlic mashed could have used some help, ribs for the boss. (she loved them)
Tortuga, two great breakfasts and one fantastic thin crusted pepperoni pizza. (best we've had on the island) Great friendly service with fantastic views.
ZeeBest, two great breakfasts as usual along with the service. Did not realized that they have added indoor seating with bath access, nice addition.
Re'veil Matin, Great breakfast and service (super large portions, could not do it daily)
Altro, Decent sirloin and Lamb for the boss. Nice setting with good service.

Restaurants Bad:
BBB on a Sunday afternoon. Completely different quality and service than the arrival lunch. Well underdone cheeseburger and a skewer of shrimp in the boss's chicken & beef bbq. Waiter disappeared from the premise after he delivered incorrect orders and forgot the boss's wine.
Sunset Beach Bar, no front row seating unless you order food and somewhat pushy waitstaff. I'll take Tortuga any time.
Driftwood, feel like I need a shower after going there, but not there. Porta Potty and no real wash sink is a big turnoff for us, but not for the overflow over served crowd.

Great week of weather only rained briefly one morning, remainder of the time mid 80's with a nice cooling breeze. Already planning for the next trip.
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Re: Fire at Marina Royale Marigot taraavo 04/21/2025 07:30 PM
Yikes. We just had lunch at Main a la pate and shopped afterwards, a couple of weeks ago.
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