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re: Honeymoon to St Lucia?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:08 am to OilfieldTiger07
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:08 am to OilfieldTiger07
We stayed at the Grande. For sure do the Joe Knows or the excel tour. There will be vendors on the beach so dont be afraid to talk to them about it. We did hike the "mountain" that is right next to the resort one morning. Dont take it lightly because it was pretty tough. Other than that, none of the other excursions really stood out to me. The drive there isnt that bad, plus you get to see real st. lucia during the drive. It is about an 1.5 hour long ride.
A couple of pieces of advice:
1. When you land at the airport and get your bags. There will be guys with dollies trying to take your luggage to the sandals resting point. Do not let them take your bag because it is literally a 10 step walk out the door and they will expect a tip.
2. Do restaurant reservations for dinner the first day you are there for the entire week. The good restaurants book up. We really liked the restaurants at the La Toc resort much better so we ate there 3 nights of the 7. You will have to do reservations for these as well. The french restaurant at La Toc was one of the best meals i have ever had. We ate there 2 nights because it was so good. I actually think the name is La Toc as well.
3. If you want to go snorkling through the resort, you need to reserve your spots at least a day before. You will probably want to do it more than one day.
If I think of anything else I will try to add it later.
A couple of pieces of advice:
1. When you land at the airport and get your bags. There will be guys with dollies trying to take your luggage to the sandals resting point. Do not let them take your bag because it is literally a 10 step walk out the door and they will expect a tip.
2. Do restaurant reservations for dinner the first day you are there for the entire week. The good restaurants book up. We really liked the restaurants at the La Toc resort much better so we ate there 3 nights of the 7. You will have to do reservations for these as well. The french restaurant at La Toc was one of the best meals i have ever had. We ate there 2 nights because it was so good. I actually think the name is La Toc as well.
3. If you want to go snorkling through the resort, you need to reserve your spots at least a day before. You will probably want to do it more than one day.
If I think of anything else I will try to add it later.
This post was edited on 6/3/16 at 11:10 am
Posted on 6/3/16 at 11:14 am to Civildawg
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1. When you land at the airport and get your bags. There will be guys with dollies trying to take your luggage to the sandals resting point. Do not let them take your bag because it is literally a 10 step walk out the door and they will expect a tip
Damn I forgot about that. Yeah, this is good advice. It's a whole racket they have going there.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 1:44 pm to Civildawg
CivilDawg thanks for the advice. Any kind of dress code for the restaurants?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 9:01 am to Civildawg
Stayed at the Grande as well and really enjoyed it.
This is the best piece of advice for sure. Also if you walk from the Grande to pigeon island fort (which I would recommend going to) there will be guys walking around trying to sell you stuff or making stupid little flowers and such from plants who will also expect a tip. If I would have been in the US I would've told them to frick off but being in a foreign country I just bit the bullet and tipped them.
That was really the only complaint I had about the place was the fact that there were locals everywhere wanting to sell you stuff and trying to get money off of you. And when you're American you stick out like a sore thumb.
Other than that we really enjoyed the place, the Grande is a fantastic resort. We did snorkeling twice which I would highly recommend. And the restaurants were great also. Book a cabana for a day and relax, that was something we really enjoyed.
This is also definitely a must and check out doing a private dinner on the beach, it was well worth it.
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When you land at the airport and get your bags. There will be guys with dollies trying to take your luggage to the sandals resting point. Do not let them take your bag because it is literally a 10 step walk out the door and they will expect a tip.
This is the best piece of advice for sure. Also if you walk from the Grande to pigeon island fort (which I would recommend going to) there will be guys walking around trying to sell you stuff or making stupid little flowers and such from plants who will also expect a tip. If I would have been in the US I would've told them to frick off but being in a foreign country I just bit the bullet and tipped them.
That was really the only complaint I had about the place was the fact that there were locals everywhere wanting to sell you stuff and trying to get money off of you. And when you're American you stick out like a sore thumb.
Other than that we really enjoyed the place, the Grande is a fantastic resort. We did snorkeling twice which I would highly recommend. And the restaurants were great also. Book a cabana for a day and relax, that was something we really enjoyed.
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Do restaurant reservations for dinner the first day you are there for the entire week
This is also definitely a must and check out doing a private dinner on the beach, it was well worth it.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 10:37 pm to Civildawg
quote:This as well. Top 3 best meals of my life and I've hit most of the majors in Nola.
The french restaurant at La Toc was one of the best meals i have ever had.
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