I do not know about taxis. We had a cruise ship stop in St Martin in January and rented a car. We drove around the island in a clock wise direction to check out the damages. Things were hopping at Maho Beach, but we just drove by. Also, there was only the North gate open to Orient Beach, and even then you could not get through to the Club Orient section. We had to drive back out and use the main road to Club Orient. Going for a week on Sunday, so I will have a better idea. I am sure Orient Beach will look a lot different in a year. It was easy to get around, but many of the directional signs were down, so we had to go by memory. When I stopped to fill up the gas tank, I had to get directions to the cruise ship dock from the attendant.