Need help on St Thomas ASAP

[AndreaDM]

Yes, sorry, it was the tone of that sentence. Or the way I read it.

But, on a serious note. I bet the honeymooners were sold a bill of goods, in terms of their AirBnB and didn't know it until they got there. They probably looked at photos of their accommodations, saw it looked wonderful inside. It had a great view of the beach they could walk to right outside the window. And the price to stay there was too good to be true. And it was.

As I mentioned, there are extremely impoverished places in St Thomas. I'm talking ghetto slum-like areas, when one is not in the rich touristy areas. They probably didn't know their AirBnB was maybe smack dab in the middle of a slum area.

Backtracking, to get there, as another poster said, they get on these rickety, open-air taxis. Sort of like golf carts, no windows and barely a frame along the sides to hang onto. St Thomas has very mountainous terrain. If you've ever seen the movie, Romancing the Stone, remember the scene where Kathleen Turner is in a rickety bus and the driver is driving at break-neck speeds along very narrow, windy, twisty mountain roads, never breaking speed, as they maneuver the roads and avoid stuff. That was probably the honeymooners' driver. (It certainly was mine when I was there.) And no, one did not want to veer off the main roads into the moutainous, possibly isolated areas where they might not find their way back out of.

Add to that, they drive on the other side of the road in St Thomas. And there are GOATS randomly standing in the road in places. I remember screaming at my driver, "Don't hit the goat!" He ignored me. Also ignored the brake pedal as he swerved at top speed around the goat, narrowly missing a car coming from the other direction as he swerved back to our side of the road.

Having survived the trip from the airport, we arrive at a posh, enclosed, luxury resort. Yet, I can imagine the honeymooners instead, arriving at their slum neighborhood and watch as their driver speeds away in the distance, with people around them eyeing their luggage. Sure the inside of their AirBnB looks exactly like the photos. But, they are now afraid to go outside. And the view of the beach, yes, it's there, but even the locals don't use it. And the description of "a short walk to restaurants and shopping," is not one the honeymooners want to make.

To me, that could be why the possible sense of urgency and desperation that I read in the OP's tone.

It's not, Sapphire Beach is beautiful with a bar/restaurant right there and is a short taxi ride away from many more places to eat.

 

[pahoben]

I was in the Lukla airport in Nepal and a couple came in on their honeymoon, Dutch husband and US wife. They were going snowboarding in the Himalyas and their snowboards didnt show up. The guy was raising heck about finding snowboards.

A Sherpa told me the place they were going was not completely safe and a risky overnight bivouac was required. The Dutch guy was absolutely focused on finding snowboards and continuing on. The US girl was clearly less in love with the plan. She would say well maybe we shouldn't go, maybe better to turn back. Her new husband would not hear of it. He was absolutely focused on continuing.

I don't know how it turned out but it didn't seem like a match made in heaven to me. It may have sounded like great honeymoon while planning in the US or Europe but by Lukla reality was starting to encroach.

 

[Skywalker]

I was in the Lukla airport in Nepal and a couple came in on their honeymoon, Dutch husband and US wife. They were going snowboarding in the Himalyas and their snowboards didnt show up. The guy was raising heck about finding snowboards.

A Sherpa told me the place they were going was not completely safe and a risky overnight bivouac was required. The Dutch guy was absolutely focused on finding snowboards and continuing on. The US girl was clearly less in love with the plan. She would say well maybe we shouldn't go, maybe better to turn back. Her new husband would not hear of it. He was absolutely focused on continuing.

I don't know how it turned out but it didn't seem like a match made in heaven to me. It may have sounded like great honeymoon while planning in the US or Europe but by Lukla reality was starting to encroach.

Sure but these people are in St. Thomas USVI lol... just go to KFC

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

This is one of those things that if you made it far enough to actually be on your honeymoon on an island it means you made it to an airport, flew, etc you can certainly make it enough to know how to use your phone.

Suggestions for TripAdvisor, google, etc are places to start (TripAdvisor always a first place for me to go). It really is astounding someone would do something like this and I'm struggling honestly to know how a married couple did this. They made it to their airBNB or at least I'm assuming they did? So they got there somehow. Either they aren't as clueless as they are letting on or they are too clueless for their own good.

Also it doesn't strike me that the OP was meaning in any way some abruptness on her needing help immediately. I may be "get off my lawn" at times but I sure wasn't like that today so that part in no way affected how I felt about the situation presented. That's just posters taking their incredulousness at the situation out at the OP. Assuming this is a real situation the OP IMO doesn't deserve that taking out on. As this thread was written yesterday hopefully the couple is in better shape tonight.