Not true at all. Other islands find ways to employ WIs in high-level service jobs. I think the rampant (and vile) stereotyping such as the sort y...

STT/STJ has a very active sailing community for many reasons including close proximity to an abundance of inhabited and uninhabited islands and cays w...

Using an expediter such as ItsEasy to get a US passport almost doubles the cost.

The NYT article is to the point and dispels a lot of the ludicrous myths and fantasies being spread around on particularly travel forums:

It's not "illegal" to either provide your SS# or for a business to request it:

Those dropdown menus top of the page should be thoroughly absorbed as there's a ton of information there right at your fingertips. It's also wise (an...

Everybody concerned should attend the public meetings to express their concerns. It's really sad that when these meetings are held there's usually on...

Had no idea what that meant and had to look it up - hilarious! Now that's funny. I would have expected that from YoungTart not OT. Alien f...

I'm at a loss to understand why anyone wants or needs to know why someone either can't have or decides not to have children, particularly on a relocat...

"Plants in soil cannot be taken to the mainland, but many of our fruits can. Feel free to call the Department of Agriculture at 340-778-1696 with any ...

In many bureaucratic arenas anywhere outside the USVI is classified as "overseas". The guidelines say, "Goods are usually cleared informally when the...

If you took live plants out without first checking to see if they were legally able to be taken then that's not a good thing. There are sound reasons...

This may explain:

Anyone who cannot see the reality of this island has been here too long And anybody who blindly accepts your reality without question might be co...

Had no idea what that meant and had to look it up - hilarious!

... is there a "little switzerland" brand that's famously over priced and generally worn by people with more money than common-sense? ... My point i...

No more Customs forms going out any more. was this recently?

They don't spend much money anymore as they used to before 2008. The bonanza of the big cruise ship spenders was gone over two decades before 20...

i was under the impression you could travel with plants as long as they were not in dirt?? There are certain restrictions exiting the USVI into ...

Also bear in mind that your plant may well not survive here. I wasted a lot of money in my early years here importing shrubs which should have thrive...

The opening of Cuba as a cruise ship destination has been discussed for decades and has never been seen as a threat to the Eastern Caribbean ports. It...

Love City has repositioned their barge from SubBase to ply the Red Hook/Cruz Bay passage so there will now be three barges running to compensate for t...

this has later evolved into "live by the sward, die by the sward" in Gospel of Matthew. A sward is a patch of grass so I'm thinking that's The Go...

Aw shucks, haven't you been following the news? The Governor's got a new buddy at Disney who he's bringing in with a group of others to enable Disney...

So doesn't seem like it was driven by any mandatory rules but rather the individual merchants. Been a few years since I've been there so don't know ...