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Re: When was Your First Time?
[Re: gotaluvit]
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07/18/2015 08:40 PM
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Our 'first' time was November, 1973 and it's been an annual event ever since. There really are some habits you don't want to break and this would be one of them..... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: When was Your First Time?
[Re: gotaluvit]
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07/18/2015 11:17 PM
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1985, having chosen the island at random for our honeymoon. We haven't been back every year - I think our upcoming trip will be our 21st.
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 12:05 AM
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1991 on a cruise. Went back in 1994 and stayed at Divi. Many return trips since and more planned.
J.D.
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 08:32 AM
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1999 on a cruise stop was our first time there. I had researched what I wanted to do, so we grabbed a taxi and spent a beach day in front of one of the beach bars that was in the recent demolition. We did 8 more cruise stops here before finally coming for a weeks stay in 2008. We have been coming every year since. This year we will be staying 15 nights celebrating 40 years of marriage.
Wayne & Lynne
Wishing I was knee deep in the water somewhere
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Re: When was Your First Time?
[Re: gotaluvit]
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07/19/2015 09:04 AM
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Our first time to the island was on the Carnival Celebration. I think it was 87. We shopped all day and never left Front Street! My how things have changed for us--I never go downtown now! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" />
After many more cruise stops in SXM and other places, our first time staying on the island was February 95, stayed at Green Cay Villas. Seven months later, Luis came along. We visited next in February 96, stayed at L'Hoste. Club O was still in tatters...
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 09:07 AM
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I had to do a little math to figure it out, but I think it was in 2004. We went in February to celebrate our anniversary, and stayed at Le Meridien in Anse Marcel. We spent nearly every day on the beach there, only finding Orient the day before we left. The next February we stayed at Cap Caribes, and spent every day at Waikiki, until the last day, when we discovered Kakao. Every evening during both of those trips, we had dinner in Grand Case, and being the foodie that I am, I was hooked.
We then decided that we should look into timeshare because we were paying almost $3,000 for a one week stay on the French side. We saw an ad for La Vista, "Timesharing Done Right: No Gifts, No Gimmicks", and decided to go talk to them. After spending about an hour with Caribbean Al, we purchased two weeks at La Vista Beach. A couple of years later they had a half price sale, and we were fortunate enough to get a third week in our same unit, so now we spend three glorious weeks in our ocean front unit. We love knowing exactly where we'll be staying, and not having to move once we check in.
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 09:25 AM
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Lucky you, Georgia. We had been visiting basically the same time of year for about fourteen years before we finally bought our time. Twenty-five years plus now and still no regrets. Best island purchase I ever read made!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 09:44 AM
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1978 on a cruise for me which I mostly spent shopping & drinking on Front St. Then in 1990 it was Don's 1st time on a cruise. Then in 1997, a friend couldn't afford her annual timeshare maintenance fee, so we paid it for her cuz she could trade into SXM. We lived in Utah at the time so it was a trek for us to get there for only 1 week, which we spent at the now Simpson Bay Resort. We were hooked, spent 2 weeks the next year & then purchased 2weeks at the Flamingo. We've tried other islands, nothing matches SXM for us, so we're back for 2-3 weeks every March.
MB
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 11:21 AM
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It is amazing the number of people here who have been coming to SXM for 30 or 40 or more years!
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 12:07 PM
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Georgia - we are "newbies" like you & David - our first trip to SXM was May, 2004 - stayed at La Plantation - have returned every year since, except for one (that year we did an obligatory family reunion trip to Myrtle Beach!). Just wish we have "discovered" SXM way before 2004.
Gotta Caribbean soul I can barely control and some Texas hidden here in my heart...(J.B.)
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Re: When was Your First Time?
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07/19/2015 01:51 PM
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Off a Carnival cruise, 1994. Went to Mullet Beach. The resort was still there. The view coming down Cole Bay hill was unforgettable. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
Paradise is an island in the Caribbean!
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