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Re: Is SXM truly ready for visitors?
[Re: 0810]
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02/09/2022 01:54 PM
02/09/2022 01:54 PM
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Carol_Hill
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1) As far as the Dawn Beach area, the Westin Hotel has NOT re-opened, and the casino is not open. Captain Oliver's as has also not re-opened. Otherwise, I think pretty much everything in the area has re-opened. I was never a big fan of Dawn Beach regardless. If it were ME, I'd pick somewhere in Simpson Bay or a villa on another part of the island. As far as safety, my perception is that it is not any less safe than it ever has been. The island overall seems fairly busy right now. 2) Of course, there are hassles travelling ANYWHERE these days. Please read the official rules in this link and then post any questions. Link And you also have to test to return home to the US. 3) Depends on your definition of 'working ok'. The jetways are NOT operational, but overall the airport works. 4)As far as rental cars, my perception is that there is a bit shorter supply than there used to be, but you can certainly find rental cars without any problem.
Carol Hill
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Re: Is SXM truly ready for visitors?
[Re: Mikel]
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02/09/2022 07:55 PM
02/09/2022 07:55 PM
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Mikel--It seems that it really varies, based on the time of year. We generally travel to SXM in June, and it seems that the sargassum at Dawn Beach at that time of year is often catastrophic, making the beach unusable and the views (and smells!!) unpleasant. Other times of year, it is not so bad.
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Re: Is SXM truly ready for visitors?
[Re: 0810]
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02/09/2022 08:07 PM
02/09/2022 08:07 PM
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pat
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This isn’t a factual explanation, for sure, but what the heck! We’ve known the island to experience sargassum during both our April and November recent trips but I’m inclined to think it’s more about ocean and tidal conditions at any given time rather than time of year. But the good thing is, if it’s crazy with sargassum on one side of the island we find heading to beaches on the exact opposite directions will usually see the problem disappear completely. Where we stay at BSV on Simpson Bay the staff is always out there early raking it up and carting it away so if you’re a real slug-a-bug you might not even know there was any there in the first place. They are the best!! And on another note, over almost fifty years of visiting the island we’ve never seen it on Mullet Bay Beach and yet I’ve read others relating how Mullet was buried in the stuff. Glad we never saw that……😊😊
Last edited by pat; 02/09/2022 08:13 PM.
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pat
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Re: Is SXM truly ready for visitors?
[Re: 0810]
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02/10/2022 01:12 PM
02/10/2022 01:12 PM
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We have traveled to SXM every year for 12 years...
1. We had booked a villa for Nov., 2017 at Dawn beach for the first time in that area. Are there restaurants open etc.? There are some choices for restaurants in the Oyster Pond area. Not to be missed are BZH Creperie, l'Oasis, and Mama's Pizza all of which are on the French side. It is my understanding that Big Fish and the restaurants in Oyster Bay Beach Resort are open. Hope this helps.
--ChiTownHarry
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