3. If we end up having difficulty reselling it before we leave would it be possible to have someone there sell it for us? Since no one has addres...

Virgin Fire on STJ offers the Himalayan salt block as an app. Check it out next time you're over here. 🙂

While some families take the barge over regularly, plenty do not. It depends on whether you will save more than the $50-$60 barge cost, or whether yo...

CAR - If you come in April, season will be slowing down and you may be able to get an island car fairly inexpensively that will last you a couple of m...

Since you've never been here and don't know how long you will be here, if I were in your shoes, I would save my $$ and not ship any furniture for at l...

Thank you. No sense in attacking *why* I don't have an ID. Just for logic game fun- owning a set of keys with a Cost U Less card doesn't imply that I ...

It is not a requirement to have a VI Drivers License to live here. I know many people who do not drive and still live here. Other forms of ID must be...

Do you pay taxes through the IRB? If so, then you are definitely a local with a legitimate complaint. I see a lot of "residents" who retain state...

I agree but the bottom line is that the OP did have a VI DL to prove and get the local discount and didn't. Regardless of race that's wrong. I...

Saw it yesterday afternoon anchored in Salomon Bay, STJ.

So unfortunate all the way around. Especially too bad he's the only one they nabbed... so many others among our fine legislative representatives "sud...

Wouldn't they ask to turn in your license while you're there? Why would they? Plenty of part-time residents register cars here.

Yes, since the recent fee increase, that sounds about right. In the last 5 years on private charters, I have paid everything from $7 to $35+. I'm ce...

It also depends on what day of the week it is and whether it's a BVI holiday. And, as far as I can tell, it may also depend on whether the customs of...

You've hit on two of the newcomer challenges that aren't often talked about. (1) Gaining social acceptance in a very small town, where the locals...

And any rider with even half a brain knows better than to listen to advice from PEOPLE WHO DO NOT RIDE. Come on, OT; can the insults. Yes, it's impor...

Also, Tom, the quotes you are seeing are likely based on the bike already being in Florida. You'll have to send it cross country to ship if you buy s...

less expensive to maintain that cars (I could be wrong) In some ways yes, in some ways no. It is more challenging to find a bike mechanic than ...

Lots of us ride motorcycles - safely. I still say it's easier to avoid the potholes with two wheels than four. I think it's safer riding here than up ...

And, if you need cash, as someone else mentioned -- don't forget to factor in ATM fees... in most cases you will have to pay a fee from your own bank ...

Ah yes... welcome to island banking. What everyone has written here is true. Local banks tend to hold stateside check funds for quite a while, 5 bus...

It's so interesting how companies' free shipping offers to here change all the time -- when I shopped BestBuy for a printer a year ago, they wanted to...

More info to come if I can find a computer printer cheaper shipped than bought locally. I bought a printer from Walmart.com last winter, but they...

Ms Information is spot on about the "hidden" costs of condo ownership. Make sure you'll like what you're getting into -- talk with other current owne...