Who ever told you that delays for hours or a half day to clear into the BVI and then back into the USVI, is well, how to say this nicely... Terribly mistaken! Day trip boats miraculously manage to leave the USVI every morning, transit to Spanishtown to clear into the BVI, letting the passengers visit the Baths. They depart and stop for lunch at Marina Cay, Cooper or perhaps Norman. Somehow they still have time to hit Jost for a painkiller and then clear back into St John, USVI before 5pm! I suggest you ask whomever is telling stories about hours or a halfday spent handling C&I, how do the Daytrip boats accomplish what I just described in a day. I also encourage you to search the subject right here, it's been covered many times. Above all, enjoy your vacation wherever you choose to start it from.