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What GeorgeC1 said....get to St. Thomas. It will make everything easier and less stressful. We've been staying at Emerald Beach coming & going to St. John & the BVI at least 4x a year for decades and never had a problem. It has everything we need to relax right up until it's time to be at the airport....beach/bar, drinks, restaurant & pool. If we want to go shopping or eat somewhere else it's a quick taxi ride to town. You decide what time you need to be at the airport and you're less than 2 minutes away.
I hear what you're saying about the convenience of Emerald but after reading a ton more reviews last night I'm even more inclined to pass. If nothing else, the Manager's responses to bad reviews is a real turn off. He accuses every one of them of lying or never even staying there, even if the person posts pictures backing up their stores. Good management will at least post a canned apology vs always blaming the customer or accusing them of being full of it.
