First of all happy 50th when it happens, wherever it happens. What a milestone to have reached. Most sincere congratulations to you both. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
We exchanged our March SXM vacation to Antigua as the Towers has advised us it will NOT be ready for guests at that time and we’re definitely looking forward to it. It won’t be SXM, for sure, but change is sometimes a good thing and in all honesty, it may just cause us to appreciate St. Maarten even more on the next trip, hopefully November 2018.
We did Aruba once and in all honesty, it was probably our least favorite of all our Caribbean vacations but I think this was for a combination of reasons, the biggest of them being we were supposed to be in SXM but a big wind-bag named Luis doused our plans, and our problem was we kept comparing the two destinations and there really is no comparison except for them both being at least half Dutch. Our biggest mistake destination wise was in settling for a high-rise hotel among a bunch of other high rises. And there was no balcony to speak of, at least not one you could sit out on and enjoy....!
And if I was booking a vacation by choice outside the hurricane belt, I’d opt for the island of Barbados if there was any availability. No casinos and no CO beaches that I’m personally aware of (though there used to be a Bajan poster here who said they were there if you knew where to look) if that’s even of importance, but the island is beautiful and there is much to see and do. The only major drawback for us was driving on the ‘other’ side of the road. It had beautiful beaches of all varieties, people who were happy to have us vacationing there, very good restaurants, lots of different things to do and and incredibly beautiful scenery. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
