Actually, that worked very well when the exchange was $1.46! Now that it is par or close, it won't help you any more.....

Back in 1996, we were on our first t/s exchange to the island and the Sapphire was a brand new sparkling jewel. We were willing to go on the tour, but nope - Canadians don't qualify for the t/s promo tour. OK. Further down the street we were approached by another young lady to tour at what is now OBBR. OK, kind of a rainy day and a free meal, why not?

Long story short - fell in love with the location, didn't care if the place ever got built (the jr suites that have since been torn down were good enough for us) and we've been happy owners ever since.

Every year when we visit SXM, I raise my eyes to the sky and say "thank you" that Verdier didn't like Canadians! Plus it was just too funny that several years later we traded into Sapphire with our South African week and were able to throw that in the face of the t/s sales people that when they kept pestering us! LeAnn