Aruba is fine and a total beach only trip. You do not have to leave the beach you are on and can walk forever in the sand. Lot's of great resorts along Eagle Beach.

That said....getting a beachfront exchange is not easy during prime season...most exchanges are for resorts a block or two inland and usually require a walk across the main road to the beach so "perfect view" ain't gonna happen...

It is a different vacation and it always feels like EVERYONE comes from the East Coast....probably a bit of an exaggeration but we refer to the Island as Boston south. Not a negative but just an observation.

We always rent a car and explore the outlying, less populated beaches which is probably the SXM in us coming to the surface.