We've stayed at the Sonesta Maho, our 1st trip to SXM was there. My opinion, if it's your 1st time, maybe just a wk or 10 days, sure. I would use it as starting point to get out explore. rent a car for all or part of your stay. Make it a point to get around. So what if you pay for lunch out and the odd dinner - a Moulin Fou dinner across the road for sure. It would be a great starting point to learn more and come back again and that time stay somewhere you discovered on this trip.

J&B

Note you thru me for a loop when you said it's AI now, thought it always was, but then I remembered when we stayed guests had different col wrist bands - I asked and they delinated the trip plan, WestJet for ex did not do AI, Airtransat did, someone else did modified AI etc. - however it's been AI only for several yrs.