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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #40 on: March 06, 2014, 03:16:24 PM »
Good to know about the sunscreen. I totally killed my costa rica trip with a terrible sunburn so will keep that in mind. Thanks for all the tips and the TR.
Enjoy. Have a great trip. I look forward to hearing how it went...

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #41 on: March 10, 2014, 03:43:26 PM »
Would like to take my wife in June (2 days), but BA doesn't show any flights (NY or Bal to SXM). Looking to fly from Baltimore to anywher in carribean but prefer to use southwest/avios and spg for hotel. Any suggestions?
Sorry if this goes off topic.

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #42 on: April 02, 2014, 08:18:34 PM »
Radison St Martin being sold to Rui, June 2014
http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Riu-acquires-Radisson-Blu-resort-on-St-Martin/


Besides Westin Dawn, what other hotel can one use points?

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Westin Dawn New Holiday policy for points redemption???
« Reply #43 on: April 17, 2014, 09:32:44 PM »
December Xmas/New Years 2014-2015 Westin Dawn for redeeming points requires
-minimum 7 night stay, total 92,000 points
-15% tax on rack rate, comes out to $650 ( I called twice and they said these are not a tax (taxes are included in points)
-$3400 charge on credit card the day of booking, which will be refunded, not sure when
-90 day cancellation policy, if cancel before 90 days, lose $3400
-resort fee $20 night, I understand this

is above new or standard during holiday weeks??


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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #44 on: August 07, 2014, 07:53:20 PM »
Anyone got tickets via Priceline special?
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #45 on: August 12, 2014, 12:22:11 PM »
What's the best hotel available via UR points in St Martin?

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #46 on: December 31, 2014, 12:02:27 AM »
any updates? i want to hit the beaches here for a week 18th to 26th style :)
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2015, 10:30:27 AM »
Im interested as well.

Anyone know of anything?

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #48 on: January 20, 2015, 10:58:45 AM »
I have been there is you have any questions I will be happy to answer.

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #49 on: January 20, 2015, 11:24:43 AM »
I have been there is you have any questions I will be happy to answer.
Which hotel did you stay in?
Which do you recommend?
Anything nice near Maho Beach?
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #50 on: January 20, 2015, 11:48:51 AM »
Which hotel did you stay in?
Which do you recommend?
Anything nice near Maho Beach?
I stayed at the radisson blue, it was pretty nice. You can drive around the whole island in around an hour maybe slightly 1.5 hours if you do a circle around the whole island. Maho beach is great for plane watching.

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #51 on: January 21, 2015, 04:17:07 PM »
Which hotel did you stay in?
Which do you recommend?
Anything nice near Maho Beach?

I stayed at the Simpson Bay Resort and Marina, it was really nice.

The chabad there is awesome! They have a bit of kosher food (meat, cheeses, ice cream) that you can buy from them and may have shabbos meals. Call them in advance.
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Westin sint maarten dawn beach
« Reply #52 on: January 08, 2016, 12:30:06 PM »
has anyone stayed here if yes what did you do with the kosher food you brought if your brought any? Spoke with hotel and as of now they dont want to accommodate my food in there freezers.

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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #53 on: February 28, 2016, 02:27:16 PM »
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #55 on: July 05, 2016, 06:17:46 PM »
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #57 on: July 13, 2017, 11:31:39 AM »
This thread makes me hate Sandy so much.

So what's good to do here? I am going for 5 days the beginning of November. I hear there is good snorkeling, scuba diving,  jet ski tours, and zip lining.  What else is there? Which beaches are the best? Are there hostels there that I can just show up and get a bed for say $20 a night? TIA!!!
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #58 on: July 13, 2017, 12:06:19 PM »
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Re: Saint Martin / Marteen master thread.
« Reply #59 on: February 05, 2019, 11:46:26 PM »
anyone been lately and could recommend a place to stay? seems like westin was only option and thats not around anymore
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