Good afternoon, pazd4, You will find much of the information you're looking for in the FAQ: Among other airlines, Cape Air flies from STX to ...

Great news, meowruff -- it's always nice to hear an update. Wow, 26 boxes is really impressive! I know that moment -- "remind myself that I live...

Good morning Jason, Let us know if you find a private rental arrangement and how it works out. It's not the best idea, for the reasons Betty men...

NYTimes.com and BBC.com are my favorite "real" online news sources. For trashy news ("Missing tot's mom dishes on secret rendezvous" type of thing), ...

I'll third the recommendation for AT&T. I had a Sprint phone when I first arrived on STJ, and while wandering the island with my AT&T-phone-bearing p...

That's interesting, Michael. I don't think it's necessarily the same anywhere the cost of living is exorbitantly high. I know people who live on boa...

At a certain market on St. John, expired goods sometimes have a price label applied directly over the expiration date (other times they don't even bot...

Sloop - HA! And, doesn't part of the driving test examine one's ability to drive while holding one's beer out the window so it stays cool? :@)

Almost all of these are on my list as well. One of the top ones for me is this: Not being confused with all of the choices that we don't need...

Good morning BrianG -- click on the FAQ list at the top of this page and click on Shipping Car -- here you will find everything you are looking for (e...

@Betty -- for someone with good credit, there are still deals to be found, especially as interest rates are lower than ever. Yes, even on credit card...

Welcome BA! It's always great to see someone ready to do a PMV. Congratulations! The cheapest way to stay on St. John for a short visit is ...

Betty wrote: "Cash advances on cc have a horrible interest rate." Unless you have excellent credit, in which case you can sometimes get a better ...

Google just today announced that they will be releasing e-books for purchase (that won't work on Kindle but that will give publishers more favorable t...

Thank you, everyone! Sounds like about what I was expecting, somewhere between 3 - 6 weeks. I've double-boxed my book cartons in preparation for...

dntw8, thank you! That helps ease my mind. I'm planning to send the boxes from the East Coast about 3 weeks before I hope to pick them up -- does th...

Thank you divinggirl -- I had thought about doing that, but it looks like the largest flat-rate box is 12" x 12" x 5.5" for $13.95 per shipment. Or i...

It seems like a good number of by-the-week rentals are now seeking long-term tenants these days to guard against slower times.... even through this up...

Good morning Jason, If you find someone to help you out, don't be surprised when you find that many people you contact about rentals simply will ...

The cheese and sour cream substitutes may be the hardest to come by, since they are perishables; definitely look into recipes for making your own. Th...

On St. John, Dolphin Market has the island's best range of gluten and casein-free products. They also have Kosher foods.

Hey Marty -- how did it go? Hope you had a blast and raised some $!

Good afternoon, dontw8 & Betty -- Good advice on both counts -- thank you! I will prepare accordingly.