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truthbetold or simpledog I come up with it by living here. It is the truth most locals and newcomers are priced out of stj. There is nothing shocking in that statement. Most of the people that work there dont live there. The local live there Year Round population of stj is very small even compared to the small population of the rest of the island.

As far as being a negative know it all, I said she would make money by buying there in the long run. Will running a inn be "tons of fun" like starfish thinks. No, I've run too many and even opened one major one. It may be exciting but running an inn is serious hard work and can easily consume you. Not living on your property is always a good idea because customers or "guests" have a hard time giving you personal time.

OK Betty, we shall agree to disagree, yes? Living ON property is a must here, relying on ADT or similar along with the VIPD for backup is a joke. Jennifer has a pie in the sky idea which I addressed in another post wherein I worked very hard to try and inject some reallty outside the pink bubblewrap fantasy.

I maintain that jennifer's PR and stateside experiences are worth zilch when it comes down to doing business in the USVI and that she and her family need to both research local media and then invest in a major and intensive pmv before making ay sort of a commitment.

Agree to disagree? I didnt address anything you had said someone. I spoke reguarding truthbetold and starfish's posts.

You make a good point about crime and local police, but this is stj. There are many many vacation homes that sit empty, or only have tourists in them.

Doesn't a B&B usually mean that you have a room to sleep in and served breakfast. Many also serve drinks in the evening. The guests are on their own for lunch and dinner.
I don't think where the owners live have anything to do with it. We have stayed in a few that the owners / managers stayed next door.
B&B's usually have a more intimate feeling that a hotel. IMHO.

Yeah...we walked to the beach from the shops in town, it was fun...we also stopped by the cannel resort and walked down straing into the ocean and went snorkling....it was easy?

Yes, finally you are correct. A B&B, which I and my family have stayed in many,many,many of them all over the world is when you have a room to stay in and you are served breakfast....we would do a cocktail social hour, but at a B&B you are on your own for lunch and dinner and activities. Most B&B haev a family that is living at the house but there are a handful where the owners live in another house on property or just a few minutes away.

Now if you look at the B&B on St, John like Garden by the Sea, Rendezvous by the sea, Estate Lindholm...they are all pretty much booked up from no until the end of June and as each day passes they get more and more bookings. So that kind of tells you the B&B's in St. John are doing ok 🙂
I do my research, I have opened 3 -33,000sq ft spas and I have lived in the Caribbean.
I have friends that live on St. Thomas and other island around the Caribbean, Nevis, Culebra, PR, ect.....

Thanks for the info...I really was looking to see how were would be treated when we got there, we are a very friendly, outgoing family.
I already know how the other B&B and small hotels are "really" doing on the islands, but thank you.

You walked to Caneel from town. Let me suggest, that most wouldn't and that is why most tourists on STJ also rent vehicles while visiting. I've been vacationing there for more than ten years and have a pretty good idea of how visitors spend their time.

But I don't want to be negative, so good luck.

Yes, I have twice...it was fine 🙂

The walk from Cruz Bay to Caneel is more than most ordinary tourists would want to undertake. It's not fair to make is sound like it is a simple or easy walk. It certainly is not.

One can easily walk to a couple of beaches off the trail behind the park visitors center. It is not a long or difficult walk in from town, rather peacefull. You can hit Salomon beach and honeymoon beach quite easily. My husband and I did it every day to save on taxi fares. We found salomon beach to be much nicer than some of the others because it wasn't as busy. Though there was a small amount of nude sun bathing! In terms of walking alone. I would like to say I could in the middle of the day, but I am always weary of traveling on trails alone. Though we did not encounter many people while walking

My point exactly.

Well- The beaches did become full as the day went on. It was nice to be able to avoid the crowds at the regular beaches such as Trunk, Hawks and Cinnamon. Also there were lovely little palm trees to sit under right on the beach. I always appreciate the opportunity to take a short walk anywhere. This may not be the best with small children if you are lugging a lot of stuff but certainly adults and older children would find it suitable and a wonderful change from the other beaches. All of the other people had to get there somehow and that meant walking. By later in the morning, it was difficult to get a good place to spread out, so I think that all though there was not a whole bunch of traffic on the trail, it is well used. Consequently, while running at they gym this morning, Fox news stated that 64% of US women are overweight. Maybe they should try walking to the beach. Again I still don't know about the safety of this walk in when alone.

-----news stated that 64% of US women are overweight. Maybe they should try walking to the beach.

Yes I'm sure the overweight have never thought of exercise.....this will change the world. Most roads in the VIs do not have sidewalks or dirt trails. You take your life into you hands everythime you do so. In stx the half iron man is this weekend and it scarey for me driving into town because of all these people here for the thriatholon training on the roads. Are roads are so curvey there is no way to see around and there is no shoulder area for them to get to for protection. I'm always glad when this is over.

Yes the roads are very curvy and I would not think to walk them to get to a main beach though we saw many people doing so anyway. There are several which do not require main road walking that are wonderful to walk to simply because you can and it is recommended by park staff and locals that you do so. ran the final tune up for the 8 tuff miles on STJ back in February and the coordinator could not stress enough about saying way to the side especially when we were facing the sun!We were introduced to one of the beaches by a group of locals who also ran the tune up and then ate breakfast with after. We made some great friends that day. Next month I will be heading back to STJ for a week. It will be our third visit this year and I can't wait to get back to that beach again!