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Getting around St Barth
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09/05/2016 11:56 AM
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Posts: 229 West Chester, PA
ligot
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Taking a short trip to SXM in a couple of weeks and decided to spend a day in St. Barth arriving by ferry in the morning and leaving around 5:45 in the evening. We were going to rent scooters but a travel site comments section strongly recommended against that due to rough road conditions.
What would you suggest as another way to get to see the island in one short day. Renting a car seems like overkill for a small island and 7 hr stay.
Thanks for any feedback! Dave
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Re: Getting around St Barth
[Re: Fletch]
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09/05/2016 12:56 PM
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We've done the car rental thing there and really got hosed on the gasoline purchase. Ended up with a car on empty - asked the station attendant for five dollars. We kept saying, "five dollars, five dollars!" He get responding, "oui oui." Twenty dollars later he clicked off the nozzle.......next few trips we did the cab and driver thing and found it much more satisfactory and about the same cost factors.
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Re: Getting around St Barth
[Re: Bahston]
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09/05/2016 01:44 PM
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This was back in the late 80s - early 90s and it was the station just up the road from the airport. Back in those days it was an attended station but I can't speak to any changes that came later.
We should have known better when we returned to the rental stall at the airport and told the rental agent the car was on empty and she directed us here. I think EVERY car there was rented empty ........ And if you didn't really speak the language well, every five dollar purchase ended up that way. All in a days island adventures and a memory forever. Personally, I think the rental agency and the gas station were in collusion with each other and they probably siphoned the extra fifteen out of each returned car and kept their own vehicles filled that way. This was back in the days of the minimokes and five dollars worth of gas was enough to tour the island for a couple of days, never mind a few hours. Those were the days, My Friends........ <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />.
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"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Getting around St Barth
[Re: ligot]
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09/07/2016 03:54 PM
09/07/2016 03:54 PM
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ligot said: What would you suggest as another way to get to see the island in one short day. Renting a car seems like overkill for a small island and 7 hr stay... i think renting a car is the best way to see the island, especially for your first time...just have a loose itinerary of what you want to see/do <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
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