Fellas... St. Maarten is the goods
highly recommend if you've never been.
Slow season for one, so my hotel (Sonesta Ocean Point, adults only) was practically empty. Service was top notch considering no crowd, so I was being attended to every few minutes. Weather was perfect, hot, but we easily cooled off in ocean and pool, which are right next to one another. And speaking of next to one another, the airport... legit 2 minute cab ride. Made heading back home yesterday stress free because we were able to enjoy the pool one last time for the morning and then head to the airport by 12 for a 2PM flight, and had plenty of time.
Food was awesome (fresh as can be seafood).. even in the hotel considering it was all-inclusive and you hear mixed reviews for the food. We ate outside of the hotel twice and both meals were well worth it.
Can't say anything bad about the trip except the flight back we hit rough air for way longer than you ever want to. Other than that it was a perfect work-week's worth time spent.
Oh, and word of advice.. LIB BALM is too necessary. I have a nice sunburnt lib because I didn't apply enough, and now it's raw skin/scab, just gross to look at.
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View of the beach from the hotel pool deck