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by mls10
Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:26 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Flight purchases - 330 day rule?
Replies: 12
Views: 9929

Re: Flight purchases - 330 day rule?

I have never found the best rates for travel at 330 days. Rates vary throughout the year and generally start out higher than they will be later. On the other hand FF flyers to the Caribbean must know the 330 day rule and be flexible as the airlines don't always stick to exactly 330 days. FF users ma...
by mls10
Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:54 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Need park & fly Chicago O'hare
Replies: 7
Views: 4765

Re: Need park & fly Chicago O'hare

We have left the car in hotel lots and stayed overnight for the early flights out, but found the early morning shuttles to be quite unreliable-packed with airplane personnel as well as passengers.
We now just take a limo both ways which, for us, is less expensive than the parking.
by mls10
Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:51 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Car rental for 20 days
Replies: 2
Views: 2966

Re: Car rental for 20 days

Since you are renting for 20 days, many places will try (or only allow you) to rent for 2 weeks and six days. Try to get a daily rate from the weekly rate (divide it by 7) and apply it for your number of days. Surprisingly almost no one will understand that and will think that you are trying to chea...
by mls10
Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:21 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Pic's Pics & Report - August 2015
Replies: 20
Views: 10196

Re: Pic's Pics & Report - August 2015

Sapphire Breeze is one of my favorite villas. There are no photos of the downstairs bathroom. Is it still beautifully bizarre?
by mls10
Fri Aug 28, 2015 9:52 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Rain?
Replies: 6
Views: 4004

Rain?

Did STJ get any rain out of Erika?
by mls10
Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:35 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: New Little Big Town Video at Soggy!!
Replies: 6
Views: 3958

Re: New Little Big Town Video at Soggy!!

Video wouldn't load for me.
by mls10
Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:40 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Sopra Mare Villa & Bordo Mare Villa
Replies: 3
Views: 3244

Re: Sopra Mare Villa & Bordo Mare Villa

If that photo is mid-December, the sun is close to its most southerly setting point. As the sun sets more and more to the north, I guess they have another month before the sunset point is behind Maria's Bluff. Nonetheless that would mean great sunsets Nov., Dec., and Jan. The owner should be able to...
by mls10
Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:02 am
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Sopra Mare Villa & Bordo Mare Villa
Replies: 3
Views: 3244

Re: Sopra Mare Villa & Bordo Mare Villa

Does the sun set over water (or Little St. James) at either villa? During what months?
by mls10
Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:33 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Villa Help - sunsets!
Replies: 34
Views: 15434

Re: Villa Help - sunsets!

Not only does Sol Inclination have great sunsets between about October 15 and February 15, the hot tub may have spoiled me forever for the night sky in STJ, but maybe that's a different thread.
by mls10
Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:53 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Villa Help - sunsets!
Replies: 34
Views: 15434

Re: Villa Help - sunsets!

Are there two or three bedrooms in the lower portion of Sol Inclination? Two, me thinks.
by mls10
Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:52 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Villa Help - sunsets!
Replies: 34
Views: 15434

Re: Villa Help - sunsets!

You need to be careful about sunset views as they change during the year. Sol Inclination has great sunsets mid winter, but around mid-February the sun sets behind Gifft Hill, not exactly the sunset over water that I want. So about 60 days before and after Dec. 21, you get sunsets over water (or dis...
by mls10
Thu Apr 16, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: What a night for star gazing on STJ!
Replies: 7
Views: 3588

Re: What a night for star gazing on STJ!

Wings over Water is located at the point of Bovocaop Point between Chocolate Hole and Fish Bay. The ambient light from STT cuts down a little on the western sky and the hill behind the house on the northern sky (can't see the Big Dipper), but still a magnificent view especially south-Canopus becomes...
by mls10
Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:40 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Survey: power outages during your stay(s)?
Replies: 17
Views: 10477

Re: Survey: power outages during your stay(s)?

We stayed for a month during January and February this year and lost power only one evening for a few hours. Last year in the same time frame we lost power only for a portion of the Super Bowl, a couple hours also. It is entertaining to see the villas with generators pop on on an otherwise dark isla...
by mls10
Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:55 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: Summers End Group grant has been cancelled
Replies: 10
Views: 3941

Re: Summers End Group grant has been cancelled

While I am very pleased that SEG has been dealt another blow, what on earth is the Fish and Wildlife Services doing granting money to marina developers?
by mls10
Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:08 pm
Forum: U.S. Virgin Islands Travel Forum: St. John
Topic: STJ on Caribbean Life on the Travel network
Replies: 4
Views: 3022

STJ on Caribbean Life on the Travel network

What a shame that there were several scenes not from St. John in the broadcast! How lazy!
Kenny Chesney might be surprised that he has been a permanent resident for 15 years!