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Ok gents, I have a trip to St. Martin booked for later this month. I know some of you folks have been there, so let me have it.

I am looking for info regarding things to do, places to stay (and where not to stay), as well as any ops info that you think one ought to know.

I am told we will be on the Dutch side vs. the French side. We will be there 8 days.

Thanks in advance for some more great info.
 
orient beach is a must see, also a good place to get food is a place called captian olivers i believe is on the dutch side, also, maho beach..nothing beats watching a 757 40 feet above you.
 
Jeff775621 said:
orient beach is a must see, also a good place to get food is a place called captian olivers i believe is on the dutch side, also, maho beach..nothing beats watching a 757 40 feet above you.
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A 747 40 feet above the runway beats the 757
 
Just be sure to get over to the French side to eat. Grand Case is a must do for good grub. Le'Alabama is a good place to start. Have fun.

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SXM is one of my favorite vacation spots. Check out the Sunset Beach Bar near the airport (they have a live cam you can view online, just google for it). The French side has some world class dining (it is considered the French Riviera of the Carribbean). Orient Beach is nude so be prepared. The Dutch side is not but there is still plenty to do and see (they have Casinos). You basically get two cultures by visiting SXM. Go to www.traveltalkonline.com and you can get a world of info on the island. Have fun! We hope to vacation there again this July (Summer is the off season down there).
 
I have always stayed at the Maho Beach Hotel. It is close to the airport and within walking distance to the Sun Set Beach Bar. In the immediate area of the Maho Beach Hotel there are quite a few excellent restaurants and there is a casino directly across the street. There are reasonably priced rental cars that can be rented at the hotel and I would highly recommend to you renting a car.

Now for the Sun Set Beach Bar. This bar is probably the most famous bar in the world aviation wise. No trip to St. Maarten (Dutch spelling of the island) would be complete without a visit to this bar. Not only can one view extremely low flying heavy airliners landing at the airport there is a sign in the bar that states,

TOPLESS WOMEN DRINK FREE.

And they are not kidding.

Have a great time, I always have.:beer:


One more thing, be careful on the French side at night. There has been a sudden increase of crime against tourist in the last few years.
 
Dinger,
My only advice is to allow PLENTY of time for fueling!!! Even w/ a handler it can take forever. It might be a good idea to go out and fuel on one of your down days. Also, it is not uncommon for the airport to stop accepting arrivals and make you hold on the arrival for awhile.

Have fun-
 
SCT said:
Dinger,
My only advice is to allow PLENTY of time for fueling!!! Even w/ a handler it can take forever. It might be a good idea to go out and fuel on one of your down days. Also, it is not uncommon for the airport to stop accepting arrivals and make you hold on the arrival for awhile.

Have fun-
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I would recommend Sheldon at TLC, they are first rate. We fueled the morning before departing, the fuelers usually only fuel airlines afternoon so be aware of that.
If arriving in the afternoon, plan on maybe a few turns at SLUGO
 
most all the beaches on the island are nude so watch out, dutch is officially clothed and french is officially clothing optional, i forgot where we went fbo wise but we went out the day b4 departure to get gas and the lav serviced, took 3.5 hours. oh and the handler and fbo dudes told us that the fbo indoors is for pax only, wouldn't even let us go in, even though it was 95 degrees outside. also our plane was way out near the commercial side and pax were arriving through the fbo, took 2 hours to get tugged over there.
 
TLC is the way to go. Fuel on arrival or day before departure, corporate comes last on the fuelers list, but TLC does fairly well at getting you some Jet A.

MAHO area is fine, food is descent, resturant upsatirs and across from the casino has the best ceaser I have ever had.

Open air, over water stages, adult establishment at end of the street at MAHO is worth the visit, mostly eastern EUR, and Russian gals. (at least that is what I have heard).
 
That's right, amigos.....one stop shopping......great info that is critical to ops as well as where to go to get some good eye candy.....of the planes over the beach, of course.

Any more info.........keep it comin'
 
Great Place!

I like to stay at the Esmerelda Beach Resort on Orient Beach. Coco's Beach cafe on the beach at the Esmerelda has great beach food, cold drinks, and is fairly close to Grand Case, home to many terrific French restaraunts. Pretty low key place, Orient is a "clothing optional" beach however unless you "hang out" at the far end, most are wearing at least something. Jet skis, kite surfing, sail boards, parasailing, Hobicats, ete... are all available. Simpsons Bay is a great place to rent jet skis, you can take them out into the ocean too. There is a place to water ski as well. Marigot is where all of the good shopping is. There is a ferry over to Anguilla for those that will be there longer than a few days, $12.00 US one way and they have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world!

For the biz end of things, Arindell is a great handler. They are constructing a new FBO for biz aircraft. Call Henke and tell him it's your first time there. he will tell you what you need as far as GEN DECs ete.. Make sure to call ahead and get parking reservations!!!! If you go at the end of December, the beginning of high season, parking is VERY limited.

US dollars and EUROs both work there. AMX and VISA/MC are accepted at most places. I'll second a cold beer at MAHO Beach, Sunset Beach Bar is kind of fun. Just a little distracting seeing the topless women on short final.

Good luck and have a great time!
 
Have a great time in St. Maartin. I owned a time share there and went there for my honeymoon. The Royal Islander was where I used to stay.

However since this is a small island perhaps rent a jeep or car for the day and go all over the island. Bars are great, Orient Beach is clothing optional. There are some great gambling spots too, if that's what you like. Enjoy your trip.
 
TLC is definitely the handler you'd want to use. Forget Arindell, they deserve the fantastic competition they now get from TLC. It couldn't have happened to lazier and more non-responsive guys!!!!
 
AvMgr has that right, Sheldon and company left brand X to start TLC and have been doing a better job ever since. Spend your money wisely and use TLC, you get WAY more than you pay for!!!!!!
 

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