Eastern Caribbean St. Thomas - Private SUV Tour?

[saxguy71]

We are interested in hitting some of the less populated beaches, etc. by doing a private SUV tour on St. Thomas. The DCL excursion has 4 and 8 hour options, each leaving at 8:30 AM. Is there another reputable company that offers a similar experience, maybe at hourly increments and a later meeting time? Obviously the DCL tour gives us the best chance at a safe experience and getting back to the ship on time. We were also wondering if the private SUV tour provides beach chairs/umbrellas.

 

[Jennifer777]

We didn't go to St. Thomas but we did book a private driver on St. Maarten that was not through Disney. You can find these companies at pretty much every ports DCL stops at, in fact DCL actually contracts with these companies to offer their excursions. It was half the cost by booking privately, around $300 for the whole day, and we got to choose our pickup/drop off times. We loved it. Found a company on TripAdvisor that had over 100 great reviews. We just made sure we were back to the ship with a couple hours to spare since we weren't booking directly through DCL. Ours didn't include any beach chairs or anything like that though.