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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
[Re: DebraL12]
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06/06/2016 11:59 AM
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Are you SURE the cruise leaves from Marigot?? I think the ship leaves from P'burg. Which means that neither of your choices is particularly "close" to where the ship leaves from--if that makes a difference.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/06/2016 12:27 PM
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I agree, pretty sure your boat leaves from P'burg However Nettle Bay to Grand Case - I would take Love Hotel and Grand Case. The 17th is a Tues, not sure if Harmony night will going by then, if so, it will be busy and maybe noisy - you may or may not like that However for 2 days, I could stay at Grand Case and not leave, food, beach - it's all there. Mercure, it wouldn't be my idea of a 2 day stay, I'd rather pick the Sonesta Great Bay over Mercure, to squeeze all the hours before a cruise
However I'd take Love / Grand Case over Mercure. If you'll look at Grand Case, I would also look at any of the Orient Beach hotels for 2 days also.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/07/2016 03:21 PM
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Carol_Hill said: Are you SURE the cruise leaves from Marigot?? I think the ship leaves from P'burg. Which means that neither of your choices is particularly "close" to where the ship leaves from--if that makes a difference. There is a cruise ship dock just after the parking lot in Marigot, down a narrow rode. We drove friends there one year to leave on a cruise---large ship but can't remember the name.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/07/2016 05:19 PM
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The Windstar website says Pburg to Pburg, so I assume, without knowing, it is correct.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/07/2016 07:48 PM
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I can't speak about the Love Hotel but we had to check in at the Mercure for the Nettle Bay Beach Club. The problem we had was that not one person behind the counter could speak English and we spoke limited French. It was the worst experience we ever had. It might have changed now but it was a problem then.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/08/2016 12:07 PM
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Sorry I got the thread off topic, but the original poster stated they were going on WINDSURF, which is a Windstar ship..
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/08/2016 09:45 PM
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According to passengers that have sailed on Windsurf, they boarded in Marigot and not Philipsburg. CRUISE Critic says Windsurf tenders off of Marigot on the French side.In fact we have often seen the smaller ships anchored off of Marigot on many of our visits.
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Re: Opinions? Love hotel or Mercure marina
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06/08/2016 09:52 PM
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OK, I don't know for sure, other than what is on their website. I don't know why the website would say P'burg if they sail from Marigot. I have also seen smaller ships in Marigot, but I would think that having an embarkation point, it would be a big deal to have to tender, versus dock. I suggest the original poster check with Windstar or their travel agent to confirm.
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