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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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07/05/2023 02:33 PM
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The former El Zafiro property, now named CocoVaa, is at 34 White Sands Road and has 8 separate suites available for rent. A restaurant is coming soon.
Be Happy! Simply because you deserve to be. 😁
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/05/2023 03:50 PM
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bdeeley-OK, I saw a listing for the former El Z, but it was only for one unit, for some reason. I heard a rumor about someone having signed a contract for the restaurant there. Do you have a name about who will be running it?
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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SXMBND--OK, I'm not familiar with that property. Thanks for the link.
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/10/2023 05:39 PM
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Thanks for the report and photos! Beachside looks amazing. We’ve stayed at Mary’s Boon many times, and I’ve walked past Beachside a lot during morning walks, but we’ve never stayed there. We are always drawn to the French side. After this recent trip we really want to come down next spring. Maybe do half our trip on the French side and half on the Dutch. I’ll have to look into Beachside because we love Simpson Bay and I like watching the planes. Do you ever wander down to Karakter? We really like it but this time it was so hot and not much of a breeze the day we were there. It wasn’t as enjoyable as times in the past. We’ll have to see where we are budget wise next Spring. Airfare is insane.
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/10/2023 06:56 PM
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As far as Karakter, we have gone there lots of times, yes. Not sure what your question is?
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/11/2023 07:02 AM
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Sounds perfect to me but in all honesty, if I have to connect to get home, based on past experiences and even with wc porterage at Miami, the last place I’d choose would be MIA. CLT might not be great but it beats Miami by a long shot.
Happy your trip was as you wanted it to be. Now! Get back to work!! 🙃🙃 Pat, having connected through both Miami and Charlotte, I can definitely say that Charlotte is a million times better than Miami. Miami has no dedicated precheck lines after immigration; Charlotte does, and that makes a huge difference. I avoid connecting through Miami like the plague.
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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This last June we were directed to a precheck line in MIA which was very fast after immigration. That's a new development. Our last connection thru Miami was in December, and we were given a yellow card to show to the screener. We assumed that meant that the usual Pre Check rules applied with that card, but when we arrived at the line we were chastised because we didn't remove our shoes and take our liquids out. When I stated that we were Pre Check, I was told I should have read the card. Sure enough, it said we had to do those things.
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/20/2023 02:45 AM
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My morning walks from BSV ( I've never timed it, I'd say a ten minute depending on how soft the sand is that day) consist of walking down past Karakter and checking the daily specials!! Food is still good and drinks are amazing!! I remember it was just the bus and a couple of tables!! Still a fun place to spend some time or the whole day! I can't remember what day they have BOOMING LOUD music! I can't believe that Mark Cleveland from Boone hasn't done something about that???
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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07/21/2023 09:08 AM
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singbeach--sometimes it is difficult to get a response, but perseverance pays off.
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Re: Beachside Villas and Trip Report Odds and Ends
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