St.John, St.Croix, or St.Thomas

Honeymooned at the Ritz Carlton on St. Thomas and enjoyed it. Didn't care too much for the island but we took the ferry over to St. John for snorkeling one day and hired a driver to take us bar hopping around the BVI's another day. Great trip.

St. John was awesome but don't know where to stay

Never been to St. Croix

St John is the way Togo. Check the sticked thread, a lot of reviews on USVI.

Definitely St John

I've been to all ofthem. If you do decide on St. John or St. Croix just ask. I've spent a fair amount of time on both. More on St. John. I've also spent time on St. Thomas.

The right answer is St. John and have your wife find out what she can do to get on the ferry and go to the BVI for a day trip or two from St. John. There are ways to do it without having a passport.

Been to St. Croix 14 times working at Hovensa. Since they closed the plant down. The area has gone down hill. So stay away from St. Croix.

Agree. I was down there for work as well quite a bit in 2014. I'm really not sure how much has changed, but there was plenty to do on St. Croix.

In limited time in STJ and STT, here's my take on the three islands:
- St. Croix - the more residential island of the three, but great food
- St. Thomas - most touristy of the three, and when cruise ships are in, it can be a bit annoying. More hotel options here though
- St. John - most beautiful and definitely more remote; I think there are only a handful of hotels on the entire island (most of it is a natural park). Also most expensive by far

They are all awesome and have great beaches. If you want something more remote and more private, so St. John if you don't mind spending more $$

Or you could book a few nights at each. Not too hard to get back and forth with ferries, sea planes, and Cape Airlines.

St. John is really suffering. Cell service is just now getting restored for a lot of people, and most of the pics & updates I've seen the past couple of days are heartbreaking. There literally isn't a leaf left on the island.

St. Croix was relatively left unscathed.

Yeah same thing I'm hearing. They had some initial crime issues last weekend but National Guard troops and St. Croix cops came in and nipped it in the bud.

Most are leaving the island to Puerto Rico to fly out to the US Mainland until resources can be restored. Wish I had the means to help the locals. We may try and plan a trip there in the Spring if there's a place for us to stay. Combine a vacation with a bit of a rebuild if we can.