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Best Marriott in Carribean?

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Looking at a last minute get-a-way somewhere warm. Didn't Marriott used to have a resort on Paradise Island?
Any suggestions on St. Thomas, St. Kitts or Aruba? in March
 
No resort in Paradise Island.

Don't forget the ones in Florida. Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm should be warm. Marco Island too, but probably too hard to get.
 
I don't think there is a "best' Marriott in the Caribbean. It depends on what you like to do. St Kitts and St Thomas are smaller locations. All three are co-located with Marriott hotels. All have sandy beaches and warm turquoise water.

St Thomas and Aruba are pretty easy to get to with lots of direct flights. The shopping is best in St Thomas but honestly you can do better on the internet for any electronic stuff. I wouldn't buy jewelry in a place I couldn't drive to if I wanted to return it but many people do.

St Thomas can get very crowded when 7 cruise ships are in port. You don't have that problem in St Kitts. Aruba has the best pools if that's what you like. Aruba and St Thomas have a very good choice of restaurants. St Thomas has the best beaches but that's my opinion. I like them because of the natural shade and decent snorkeling at some of them. The best beaches in the Caribbean are right next door in St John.

When you are in St Thomas you are on US soil. No passport required.

It all depends on what you like. They're all good.
 
Marriott used to have a TS resort in the Bahamas, in fact I think they still mention it on the MVCI video loop that they play at some resort (last saw it at Cypress Harbour a couple years ago). It was dropped, it wasn't developed by MVCI.

Marriott used to have a hotel in the Bahamas, I know it well. We spent several days there while Hurricane Floyd was hitting the Bahamas. It changed flags shortly after that and is now a Wyndham I believe.
 
St. Kitts is a very different experience than both St. Thomas and Aruba if you go off resort. St. Kitts is much more rural and not a tourist hot spot. It is a beautiful island, but you need to be careful about safety there when you get out of the mainstream areas.
 
Love St. Kitts. It's very laid back and not overdeveloped like St. Thomas. The residents are very friendlly and happy that you are there. Love the individual buildings all separated from each other and centered around the pool. Does not feel like a high rise hotel.
 
We stayed at the resort on Paradise Island when it was managed by Marriott and LOVED it! My daughters said it was their favorite resort we've ever been to. They call it the "hammock resort" because of all the hammocks. It wasn't a fancy resort, but so very relaxing and quite the contrast to Atlantis on the other end of the island. I'd go back there in a second if I had the chance, even though Marriott might not be managing it, just because it was so great before.
 
KathyPet said:
Love St. Kitts. It's very laid back and not overdeveloped like St. Thomas. The residents are very friendlly and happy that you are there. Love the individual buildings all separated from each other and centered around the pool. Does not feel like a high rise hotel.
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I'm not sure I would aree with you on this one. The locals around the resort area were fine. We toured the Island on mopeds and a lot of the locals were not impressed we were invading their turf.

Having said that, they are all nice resorts, but all very differant. It depends on what you are looking for in a get a way.
 
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