Honeymoon in the USVI?

[Tyrone777]

Hello,

I am recently engaged and starting to get the plans in motion for our Wedding and our Honeymoon. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions for a honeymoon in the USVI or there abouts? We do not have a huge budget so chartering for a week is out of the question. Thank you for the help

[sailingdog]

It would help if you said what your budget is.

[Tyrone777]

Trying to stay under 5k. Flying in from Cancun and going back to Houston.

[camaraderie]

If you are qualifiedto bareboat, then you can have a week on a 30-35 foot sailboat for less than half your budget. Other thought for a no frills but great experience is to go camping in the national park on st. john...which is a ferry ride from st. thomas. ....

http://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/hours.htm

Cinnamon Bay has a water sports center that rents snorkel gear and windsurfers, and can arrange day sailing, snorkeling and scuba diving lessons. A campground with bare tent sites, prepared sites and cottages is adjacent to the beach. There is also a camp store. Call 340-776-6330 or 800-539-9998 for camping reservations.

Lots of hikes, trails, snorkeling, beautiful beaches etc. AND you can always go into town for a nice meal or dancing etc. in Cruz Bay.

[TSteele65]

Originally Posted by camaraderie

If you are qualifiedto bareboat, then you can have a week on a 30-35 foot sailboat for less than half your budget. Other thought for a no frills but great experience is to go camping in the national park on st. john...which is a ferry ride from st. thomas. ....

http://www.nps.gov/viis/planyourvisit/hours.htm

Cinnamon Bay has a water sports center that rents snorkel gear and windsurfers, and can arrange day sailing, snorkeling and scuba diving lessons. A campground with bare tent sites, prepared sites and cottages is adjacent to the beach. There is also a camp store. Call 340-776-6330 or 800-539-9998 for camping reservations.

Lots of hikes, trails, snorkeling, beautiful beaches etc. AND you can always go into town for a nice meal or dancing etc. in Cruz Bay.

Seconded. Those beach cottages at Cinnamon Bay are a little primitive, but clean. And you can't beat the location for the price. The only drawback is they're a little far from town (if you consider that a drawback).

[wiseleyb]

On St. John: If Cinnamon Bay isn't your style (I stayed there for a month, and, it's camping, but fun, nice people, possibly too many kids) I'd suggest renting a condo if you're not going with chartering a boat. You can get pretty sweet condos for around $2K/week. They're not water front, but, with a rental car (watch out for Donkeys) it's not a big deal.

If you're there over New Years absolutely don't miss the New Years Eve party on Jost Van **** (it's on the BVI but they have boats that make the run for new years).

If you win the lottery http://www.caneelbay.com/ is where you want to stay.

[wiseleyb]

One more thing... (others may disagree) - I wouldn't stay on St. Thomas if you paid me and I've heard St. Croix is best avoided as well (I've never been there though). This was 10+ years ago, so it might have changed, but St. Thomas was a dive when I was there.

[TSteele65]

St. Thomas was ruined by cruise ships.

It is impressive watching 4-6 of them queuing up to enter the harbor at 5AM, though.

[camaraderie]

Wisely...St. Thomas is not only Charlotte Amalie...there are lots of nice places on the eastern and northern shore. But Charloote Amalie is a cruise boat trap and not safe at nite.
Nevertheless...St. John would still be my recommendation for a land based honeymoon.

[wiseleyb]

I'm sure Camaraderie is right... I should have mentioned that I was basing that on one night in Charlotte Amalie and taxi ride across the island from the airport to where you catch the St. John ferry. I think Bill Clinton staid on St. Thomas last time he was down there - so I'm sure there's something nice about it.