St Kitts, Aruba, or Cancun?

Mon · Post by **Mon** » April 7, 2006 1:27 pm

My sister and brother in law gave me Marriott points for my birthday. My husband and I narrowed it down to three places....St. Kitts, Aruba, or Cancun. I would prefer St. Kitts, but we can't seem to get there with frequent flyer miles on the dates we have babysitters. Do we give in and go to ARuba or Cancun or s*** it up and pay the airfare to St. Kitts?

Finsupinfla · Post by **Finsupinfla** » April 7, 2006 1:35 pm

Mon wrote:My sister and brother in law gave me Marriott points for my birthday. My husband and I narrowed it down to three places....St. Kitts, Aruba, or Cancun. I would prefer St. Kitts, but we can't seem to get there with frequent flyer miles on the dates we have babysitters. Do we give in and go to ARuba or Cancun or s*** it up and pay the airfare to St. Kitts?

If your heart is set on St. Kitts, then go there. Aruba is a fun island as well. I was there last year and really enjoyed it. Cancun still might not be back to the way it was before Wilma last year. Someone else here might know the situation there.

Mon · Post by **Mon** » April 7, 2006 2:51 pm

I'd like to go to Aruba as well, but the Marriott's there (which we are locked into) didn't really seem to appeal to me.

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 7, 2006 4:33 pm

If you're trying to stay within a tight budget, go with Cancun. If you do a little homework on where to go, it can be an insanely cheap vacation.

cocotel · Post by **cocotel** » April 7, 2006 10:12 pm

Hey there Mon!

My wife and I stayed at the Marriott there and then ventured out. Met with some locals who treated us like kings.
It is an amazing island with some incredible people. If you can swing the airfare go to St Kitts!!
We have some great contacts there and I would love to share more with you. PM me and I will be happy to share with you.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 7, 2006 10:25 pm

Hmmm. St. Kitts if I could afford it. Aruba if I couldn't.

Skip Cancun and go to one of the awesome all-inclusives in the Riviera Maya.

Mon · Post by **Mon** » April 7, 2006 10:34 pm

I guess $506/person for airfare to St. Kitts isn't TOO bad, considering we will be staying for free

It just stinks that we can get to both Aruba and Cancun with our frequent flyer miles, but not St. Kitts.

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » April 7, 2006 10:52 pm

We did Aruba for our honeymoon and LOVED it. also been to Cancun, but only for a day-long stop on a cruise. Snorkeled the whole day, so can't say much about Cancun as we didn't see much of it.

PM me if you want to know more about Aruba.

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 8, 2006 3:35 pm

buffettbride wrote:Hmmm. St. Kitts if I could afford it. Aruba if I couldn't.

Skip Cancun and go to one of the awesome all-inclusives in the Riviera Maya.

Good point on the Riviera Maya, Mal. If you really wanna see Cancun, it's only a short (and cheap) bus ride from Playa Del Carmen.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » April 8, 2006 4:50 pm

None of the above.

Give me St. Thomas & St. John in the Virgin Islands and Cabo San Lucas in Mexico

bumper · Post by **bumper** » April 9, 2006 9:33 am

Agree...CABO babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, sure they have a Marriot..somewhere in Cabo

Mon · Post by **Mon** » April 9, 2006 11:01 am

sure they have a Marriot..somewhere in Cabo

Nope, no Marriott in Cabo

Give me St. Thomas & St. John in the Virgin Islands

St. John is my fav island, but no Marriott there either

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 9, 2006 1:00 pm

Lundah wrote:
buffettbride wrote:Hmmm. St. Kitts if I could afford it. Aruba if I couldn't.

Skip Cancun and go to one of the awesome all-inclusives in the Riviera Maya.
Good point on the Riviera Maya, Mal. If you really wanna see Cancun, it's only a short (and cheap) bus ride from Playa Del Carmen.

Yup. And somehow we were too drunky to make it to Cancun the last time we were there.

Almost did the Booze Cruise but it would have had us riding a weird bus back to the resort in the wee hours and since we'd never been there before we weren't sure we'd be "safe."

Soooo, we just kept drankin' with our Irish buddies!! They were the Booze Cruise in their own right!

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 9, 2006 2:48 pm

My last trip to the area was the first time I actually stayed in Cancun versus PdC. We took the booze cruise, it was a blast! Free drinks on the boat to Isla Mujeres, a big buffet-style dinner on the beach, and fun little music & dance show. Then more drinks on the boat back to Cancun. I think it was only about $35 per person, which I thought was a good deal.

I'm finding myself making a lot of comparisons between the VI and the Riviera Maya. Mexico is WAY cheaper, and just as nice, IMHO. Plus I think that if I'm gonna spend that long on a plane getting somewhere, they should at least speak a different language when I get there (tho the West Indies dialect here almost counts anyway).

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 9, 2006 4:21 pm

The next time we go back we will probably make sure we do the Booze Cruise. It sounded like a total blast and I've heard nothing but fabulous things about it.

Seriously, though, I think we did just as much damage with our Irish friends.

We were gonna try and swing another trip to PdC this year, but it's lookin' like it'll have to wait. I'd like to go back in the springtime (next year) instead of in June like we did last year.

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 9, 2006 7:00 pm

Just avoid the month of March, the whole area is crawling with Spring Breakers. Keep me posted on the plans, we may have to turn that into a phlocking; it's been far too long since I hung out at the Tequila Barrel, and I wanna see what the new Blue Parrot bar looks like (and if it takes less than 20 minutes to get a drink now).

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » April 9, 2006 9:04 pm

We missed the Blue Parrot when we were there too. It was our honeymoon and we sooo weren't into doing anything that required leaving the resort too much. We passed by it a few times and our friends actually stayed at the Blue Parrot Hotel when they were down for their honeymoon.

I'll definitely keep in touch on what we decide. We're so flighty about vacations anyway!

I just know I wanna go back!!

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 9, 2006 9:12 pm

I know the feeling, it's been 2 years since I was there. Gotta go back to Cancun, there's a little resturaunt called "Mr. Papas", I had one of the best meals of my life there. 2 big, perfectly grilled lobster tails with all the fixin's. My bill for that meal, with 2 beers, was $15.

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Bummer... just Googled it to see if they had a website or something, apparently Mr. Papa's is no more.

Lundah · Post by **Lundah** » April 9, 2006 9:23 pm

Well damn, now I'm looking up all the old spots I loved on my previous trips to Playa and the rest of the area... I know there's an old thread, I'll have to resurrect it and post info there..

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » April 11, 2006 4:02 pm

Personally, I love St. Kitts and Nevis and would skip Cancun, Aruba, the USVI and would pay the $506.00 to go to St. Kitts. St. Kitts and Nevis isn't the tourist trap that the other places listed have turned into.

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