Thread: St. Maarten
View Single Post
  #5  
Old October 29th, 2008, 09:28 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
SwissCruiser
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 22
Default St. Maarten

On 29 oct, 05:14, Rosalie B. wrote:
Joseph Coulter wrote:
"G&V" wrote :


Does anyone know of a car rental company close to the cruise ship pier
in St. Maarten


Avis Hertz Budget, IIRC all are there.


There's a whole line of kiosks right at the pier.

However, traffic is absolutely awful. *We rented a car and because of
construction we couldn't figure out how to get to where we wanted to go.


Hi,
When we were in St Maarten last January 1st (HAL Noordam) I had tried
to book a few weeks in advance a car at the pier and everything was
sold out. Only option left was Thrifty at the Divi resort (10 mins
drive to other side of Philipsburg). The guy from that rental location
came to pick us up at the pier and took us to Divi where we got the
car. Same on the way back.
Driving in St Maarten was a real pleasure, maybe the fact that it was
January 1st was favorable for us. We drove to the French side
(Marigot) - 45 mins maximum, did some shopping there, had lunch at
waterfront café, then on to Orient Bay for two hours of beach
pleasure. Would do the same again if going back there.