My Fiancé proposed to me over the summer at Cinnamon Bay. It was so romantic he had contacted Cinnamon Bay months before our trip and mailed out a blanket, candles, champagne and the park rangers had organized the whole thing. It was a big surprise - it was after 7pm (sun had set or was setting) he blindfolded me walked to the beach and when he took the blindfold off they had set up the blankets with tiki torches and candles all around. Super romantic.

Good Luck.. I was so happy - dont forget to take pictures!

Thank you Angebelle for sharing your experience. Great ideas to work with!

What a guy! Sounds like a keeper!

Michael,
I will give the same advice to you that I give to all soon to be engaged young men. Women when they get together will sooner or later have the how did you get engaged conversation. You just want to make sure that your story does not suck. Just by coming down to St. John you have guaranteed that your story will not be the bad one. As Angebelle's story shows if you put forth some effort in planning and going the extra mile you will look like the hero.
Other guys will hate you as their wives glare at them while your fiancee tells your story but it is kind of fun when you have the good story.
This engagement will give you lots of leverage in the future. Your next challenge is the wedding planning process. During that I would advise to look very engaged in the process and ultimately agree with whatever your fiancee wants to do. The key is not to automatically agree with her as that makes it look like you are not as interested.

Congratulations on your wonderful choice of an "engagement destination"!

St. John is truly amazing. Like the other "poster" - we love Cinnamon & Trunk Bay is very lovely, as well.

Also, just a thought, you could always take a sunset sail & propose to her out on the gorgeous Caribbean waters.

This past April, my husband & I went on a sunset sail on The Wayward Sailor with Captain Phil Chaulker. We actually ended up being the only two people on the sail. (I am sure you could arrange to be the only passengers, as well.) Captain Phil actually performs weddings, as well and he is a wonderfully, kind man - who I am sure would "make himself scarce" at the appropriate moment - then arrive with champagne, cheese & crackers to celebrate after.

Whatever or wherever - congratulations to you both!

I think it would be beautiful on a sunset sail around the islands or an a private dinner on the beach, which they do at Cannel Bay resort.

But, to be honest anywhere on St. John will be awesome. I got married on Cinnamon Bay & had a private dinner that night on a cliff overlooking Turtle Bay Beach at Caneel Bay after a sunset cruise.

Best of luck to you!

Mike ... RUN, dont walk from this thought, hold onto your freedom like grim death...

I agree anywhere in STJ will work. It is a very romantic place

Lip!!!

Grim death?

tsk, tsk.....

Aren't YOU the man who gets to be single on STT for at least 1 month each year while you work on your villa? Yeah, Grim Death, for sure! 🙂 boooo hooo!

This is true blu... however "the bride" might question my "single for a month" status lol...but that being said, how long would i be able to come down for if i was truly single???

My husband and I renewed our vows in Oct 2006 while we were staying in the Virgin Islands. It was a total surprise for him - LOTS of hard work for me(mainly just because I am not the romantic one in our marriage).
I did the whole "message in a bottle" thing. I started with throwing a bottle out in Florida (while we were on vacation) about 6 months before our trip to the Virgin Islands. My husband had no idea what the letter inside the bottle said. All he knew was we hoped by some 1 in a million chance that it arrived in the Virgin Islands while we did. I know a little "silly" but it planted the seed. When we arrived in the VI it was very late and we were very tired. I am an early morning beachcomber so here I was before daybreak with very little sleep out on the beach putting out a second "message in a bottle" on the beach. When he woke up knew where to find me so down the the beach he comes. I had placed the bottle in the very edge of the water so that the waves would wash away the footsteps from around the bottle. He actually walked by the bottle the first time (guess he still had sleep in his eyes). When we started back to the hotel he realized something was rolling in the water's edge. He went to go pick it up and realized it was a Yahoo bottle (the same type we had thrown out in Florida) You could see the excitement in his face and he actually thought (for a split second) that it was our bottle we had thrown out in Florida. Long story short he opened the bottle and inside was a letter asking him to remarry me. He was very shocked. From there I had scheduled a day sail on the Jester. Captain Jim took care of the rest of it. It was absolutely fantastic and very romantic!!!

While laying on their towels at Magens Beach, my friend kept complaining about not being comfortable...ya know, squirming around and such...after a while, he pulled his towel up, dug into the sand and"WOW! Look what I 'found'!!!.... a very nice ring box...after opening it and and "Oohh'ing" for a coupla seconds, he stayed on his knees and proposed...pretty cool. I have to give that credit to David Eastman, Jr., from Michigan.

I wish I would have thought about proposing to my now wife somewhere romantic. I would have a great story to tell, but my story is great in its own. I was working and she came to see me we got into an argument so we went out side and stood near the dumpster. There she was mad at me because she said that my head was somewhere else ( I was trying to plan a nice nice to propose) so I reached in my car and tossed her the ring. She cried for 10 min. and then I asked for an answer. We were engaged for 3 years and now have been married for 3. So when you tell your friends you romantic holiday, don't forget about those that didn't plan, but hey I got paid to propose.

Michael-

There are so many wonderful places and great ways to propose on STJ.
Maybe you can help us by narrowing down what you'd be interested in doing.

Would you like to propose during a nice dinner, a nice breakfast, after a nap on a nice beach, during a hike out to a nice vista?
The options for proposing on STJ are endless.

I love mornings on STJ. It's so quiet. It's like a surprise every morning when you wake up and you are still in paradise. I love watching to sunrise over the BVI's.

Maybe you could consider waking up a little early, making coffee/tea, putting together a light breakfast, watching the island wake up, then proposing!

Beer Hunter: A dumpster proposal, you sly thing! I'll bet NO ONE has ever thought of that before! 😉 I'll bet you get a lot of mileage out of that story over the years, too!!

It isn't the proposal and it isn't the wedding ceremony, it is all the moments after.

East Ender: Everyone thinks it is a funny story except my wife. At first she hated the fact because all of her friends had romantic stories, but she has finally agreed that it would have been fake if I did it any other way. That was the real me loosing my temper and tossing the ring to her, and now she enjoys the story. Like you said it is the moments after the wedding that count. You look back at these things as stories, but it is the rest of your time with the one you love that makes the memories.

That's a great idea and so romantic!!!! I wish my fiancee had thought of that. I am getting married in St. Thomas soon. You could probably get them to help with a romantic proposal! I am using Paradise Bridal Consultants as my wedding planners. http://www.stthomasweddingpackages.com/ Maybe you can go back and marry there too. Congrats!!!!