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So, first off, I wish I would have known about this forum back in 2013!
My wife and I first visited the island for our honeymoon May 2013 and absolutely fell in love. Our plan was to go back for our 5 year anniversary, but my wife got pregnant with our second, so we had to put that dream on hold. Over the past couple of years we have been talking with each other, family & friends and everyone wants us to go on vacation to an all inclusive with them, so the original anniversary trip slowly kept falling by the wayside. Now, I have done all inclusive and cruises before, but they just are not my thing. I'm not saying anything is wrong with them, but they are not my cup of tea. I like privacy, being able to do what I want at my leisure and not have the cattle call of activities and food at specific hours of the day. The more I started to research, the more I realized, these all inclusive packages(if I wanted to stay on the beach) are not any cheaper than our week in St Barts. In fact, many of them were more expensive. I spoke with my wife and we both agreed that it was time to stop worrying about everyone else and make that anniversary trip happen for ourselves!
(2013 trip)
I started doing research for our honeymoon back in 2011 trying to find the perfect spot for my wife and me. We are both very laid back, don't like huge crowds and just enjoy relaxing with the occasional activity here and there. Again, I was not looking for an all inclusive or any place with tons of tourist
attractions. I also believe part of why I don't really care for the all inclusive stuff is I'm not looking to get hammered and bloated off of cheap liquor and all you can eat food. I was a chef for many years, so I love being able to explore the local cuisine and make my own food with what is available. So as I was doing my research I came across St Barts(not really having any previous knowledge of the island) and saw that the only way to get there was by puddle jumper or ferry, also, there were no cruise lines allowed. The more and more I looked into SB I knew this was the place for us!
We stayed at Villa West Indies on Flamands Beach and it could not have been more perfect. It was very secluded, within walking distance to the beach and had a great view. Only downside was the pool was FREEZING...but after a couple glasses of wine and jumping straight in, we got used to it. Our trip may not have been as exciting to everyone else, but to us it was exactly what we wanted. We literally spent everyday exploring the beaches with a packed lunch of ham & cheese sandwiches, fruit, cheese, baguette, chips and a bottle of wine. We would lay on the beach for hours, take a dip in the ocean, move to another beach and repeat. We did break up a couple of the beach trips with a couple of excursions, but for the most part it was relaxing on the beach or by the pool. Out of the 8 days we spent there, we only went out to eat 3 times, but I loved waking my wife up with breakfast cooking and grilling dinner outside so we could eat with a perfect ocean view. Of course the worst part of going to St Barts is having to leave, but we knew we would be back and could not wait.
(Upcoming trip May 2020)
We are so excited! My wife and I talk all the time about how we cannot wait to go back, then we have to remind each other we still have a little over 9 months to go! We fly out/arrive on our anniversary date and are there for a full week. We wanted to stay in the same area since we loved it so much, with West Indies no longer there, so we will be staying right on the beach at Raisiniers, which looks amazing. While we are planning on doing a ton of relaxing, I think we decided we wanted to get out a little more than we did previously and try more restaurants and excursions. I'm sure a few things have changed since 2013, so I can't wait to go through the forum to do some research and see what all we have to look forward to. I am so happy I found this place!
My wife and I first visited the island for our honeymoon May 2013 and absolutely fell in love. Our plan was to go back for our 5 year anniversary, but my wife got pregnant with our second, so we had to put that dream on hold. Over the past couple of years we have been talking with each other, family & friends and everyone wants us to go on vacation to an all inclusive with them, so the original anniversary trip slowly kept falling by the wayside. Now, I have done all inclusive and cruises before, but they just are not my thing. I'm not saying anything is wrong with them, but they are not my cup of tea. I like privacy, being able to do what I want at my leisure and not have the cattle call of activities and food at specific hours of the day. The more I started to research, the more I realized, these all inclusive packages(if I wanted to stay on the beach) are not any cheaper than our week in St Barts. In fact, many of them were more expensive. I spoke with my wife and we both agreed that it was time to stop worrying about everyone else and make that anniversary trip happen for ourselves!
(2013 trip)
I started doing research for our honeymoon back in 2011 trying to find the perfect spot for my wife and me. We are both very laid back, don't like huge crowds and just enjoy relaxing with the occasional activity here and there. Again, I was not looking for an all inclusive or any place with tons of tourist
attractions. I also believe part of why I don't really care for the all inclusive stuff is I'm not looking to get hammered and bloated off of cheap liquor and all you can eat food. I was a chef for many years, so I love being able to explore the local cuisine and make my own food with what is available. So as I was doing my research I came across St Barts(not really having any previous knowledge of the island) and saw that the only way to get there was by puddle jumper or ferry, also, there were no cruise lines allowed. The more and more I looked into SB I knew this was the place for us!
We stayed at Villa West Indies on Flamands Beach and it could not have been more perfect. It was very secluded, within walking distance to the beach and had a great view. Only downside was the pool was FREEZING...but after a couple glasses of wine and jumping straight in, we got used to it. Our trip may not have been as exciting to everyone else, but to us it was exactly what we wanted. We literally spent everyday exploring the beaches with a packed lunch of ham & cheese sandwiches, fruit, cheese, baguette, chips and a bottle of wine. We would lay on the beach for hours, take a dip in the ocean, move to another beach and repeat. We did break up a couple of the beach trips with a couple of excursions, but for the most part it was relaxing on the beach or by the pool. Out of the 8 days we spent there, we only went out to eat 3 times, but I loved waking my wife up with breakfast cooking and grilling dinner outside so we could eat with a perfect ocean view. Of course the worst part of going to St Barts is having to leave, but we knew we would be back and could not wait.
(Upcoming trip May 2020)
We are so excited! My wife and I talk all the time about how we cannot wait to go back, then we have to remind each other we still have a little over 9 months to go! We fly out/arrive on our anniversary date and are there for a full week. We wanted to stay in the same area since we loved it so much, with West Indies no longer there, so we will be staying right on the beach at Raisiniers, which looks amazing. While we are planning on doing a ton of relaxing, I think we decided we wanted to get out a little more than we did previously and try more restaurants and excursions. I'm sure a few things have changed since 2013, so I can't wait to go through the forum to do some research and see what all we have to look forward to. I am so happy I found this place!