I don't respond to or even check this board often any longer, but I wanted to chime in to say you should go for it and try St. Lucia/Martinique. While SXM and St. Barts are wonderful, I always think it's wise to try somewhere new after repeating a vacation destination. We went to SXM something like 5 times in a row... to the point we actually got tired of it (I know! Blasphemy 'round these parts!). We tried St. John/BVI and I loved it. I didn't want to go anywhere else for a while and almost cancelled a trip to Costa Rica in favor of St. John. Well, that would have been a HUGE mistake as our trip to CR was certainly one of our best!

Don't get me wrong, there is something very relaxing about returning to the same vacation destination, but St. Lucia has been on my short list forever - it has a lot to recommend it, especially the natural beauty in the Soufriere area.