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*Hi,
I booked a quick flight to St. Thomas/St. Johns in 5 days and will be staying for 1 week.
The catch is-I have a 7am flight out of
St. Thomas and the first ferry from
St. Johns is 6am. I would not catch my plane. I may need to look into catching a later flight but before I do thought
someone may have another more affordable
idea.
I know there are private water taxi's and perhaps I could get one for 5am?
I could also book a room on St. Thomas
for my last night but have accomadations on St. Johns as well as my family.
Any other ideas are welcome.
Thanks.
T
You can book a room at Best Western Emerald Beach, which is literally 1 min from the STT airport. It runs about $125 - $150 in season. Nothing fancy (typical BW), but all rooms are beachfront and on a nice beach. No planes during the night, no worries.
Not sure about the water taxi option, but I seriously doubt you can catch one at that hour of the morning. Also you need to be at the airport 2 hours before flight (to clear customs, trust me they won't let you on if you aren't there 2 hours prior), so you're looking at relying on a water taxi to leave around 3:30 - 4:00 am or so. Plus I'm sure this is expensive.
I'd book a later flight or spend 1 night on STT.
You might call Per Dohm Water Taxi at 340-775-6501 for their rate. Remember that if your flight out of St Thomas is 7AM you have to check in a couple of hours before then. If you can't get a later flight you would probably be better off staying overnight on St Thomas. Emerald Beach (emeraldbeach.com) and Carib Beach (caribbeachresort.com) are Best Western resorts right next to each other on the beach minutes from the airport. Neither option is going to be inexpensive but hope this helps.
Oh, PS, it's St. John - no "s"!
Followup note on Dohm Water Taxi... their website is http://www.viwatertaxi.com/.
--Islander
