Recs needed USVI

The only real resort on St. John is the Westin. There are more options for sure on St. Thomas.

I'm sure you meant to respond to the OP. I am well aware of all of the options available on St. John.

It was just a general comment. Don't crucify me, I know you are the residential USVI guy. You have also given me info since I haven't actually been. But I have done a ton of research. Just trying to help OP if they wanted other options than the Westin.

It's good. Apologies if I was harsh.

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I really hope they open up travel while I'm there. I want to go to JVD and Foxys. Not to mention the Batholites. I definitely want to see that...I just don't think I'll be able to.

For OP, if you ever go back with family make sure to have passport. There are so many places you can go from STJ.

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I wanted to do BVI when I was there, but couldn't.
Honestly, it wasn't that big of a deal. I had plenty of fun and plenty of things to do on St John.

As an adult trip, we didn't mind doing even more beach time/ relaxing than we'd typically want to do with kids the age of the OP.
However, you can still do boating, even if it isn't to BVI. Snorkeling, sunset cruises, fishing charters. Lots of options.

Yea, there really are tons of options. We ended up chartering a boat for Sunday to take us hopping around. Not sure where we will go, but we have the boat for 3 hours. Since JVD is probably out of the question we went ahead and locked that in.

I think being 8 months out there might be a chance things open back up.
Have fun OP, please post pics and update about how they are with COVID when you go.

I was there during a hurricane.
We still went to the beach and drank.
Not much different than louisiana and a hurricane. Lol.

I've been to both st john and Hawaii (Maui).
St john has more of an outdoors person appeal to it. Better hiking and beaches. More relaxing and appreciating the beauty of the place.

Maui had a more modern feel to it. Golf courses. Spas. Mini malls. It does have beautiful scenery. It has the pomp of the Hawaiian dance shows. You can swim in waterfalls. See humpback whales. Maui was more of a sightseeing adventure. But it'll cost you 3-5-10-20x as much to go to Hawaii.

You honestly can't go wrong with either option.
I'd recommend doing both before kids leave the nest. Just depends on which vacation you are looking for.

Hawaii is an adventure in paradise with modern amenities.
St john is a relaxing getaway where you can see the beauty of an island preserved nearly the way God intended. It does have restaurants, groceries, etc, but it's not commercialized yet.

You know your family best and what you'd enjoy more. But I'd do St john now and Hawaii later (I'd want more than 5 days to do hawaii).

Anyone should feel free to correct me if they feel differently.

What are the can't miss beaches or sights if you have a jeep? Staying in Coral Bay so not afraid to drive.

I liked little cinnamon the best, but trunk and maho are 1, 2 on the can't miss list.

Skinny legs for sure.
Lime out sounds cool... if they are opened back up.
Bushwackers, pain killers. Rinse, repeat.

Lots of look outs to hike to. Basically, st john is a post card dream. Trunk might be the most photogenic beach there is (especially when there's nobody on it).

I'm fond of this little gem for photogenic with a rock formation in the shape of a dragon.