Holiday to St Maarten

CaptainSkidmark

please dont move this topic to travel as its a Aviation holiday

Has anyone been there or know of someone that has?

IM just trying to find a good company to book a holiday there with

iPlop

Im still trying to get the misses to go ,I would love to go there and play chicken with a 747.Id like to jump into the sea then see how fast it takes to dry my body with jet blast:pac:

Plowman

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PurplePrincess

A lot of cruise ships stop on St.Maarten. It's a beautiful island.

The boards on cruisecritic have a wealth of information on the islands.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93

veetwin

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

please dont move this topic to travel as its a Aviation holiday

Has anyone been there or know of someone that has?

IM just trying to find a good company to book a holiday there with

Yeah was there once about 5 years ago. At the time I was a frequent flyer with KLM so got 2 business class tickets for free! Booked the hotel separately and hired a moped to get around the island which is quite congested traffic wise.I don't ever remember seeing the island advertised by any Irish travel agent and from being there you meet very few if any Irish or British. You may have to just look at Air France/KLM and go independent.From an aviation point of view it's well worth the trip. And yes there is a bar at the end of the runway on Maho Beach. At the time I was there they used to have a happy hour about 5pm (topless ladies drank for free!!)

CaptainSkidmark

veetwin wrote: »

Yeah was there once about 5 years ago. At the time I was a frequent flyer with KLM so got 2 business class tickets for free! Booked the hotel separately and hired a moped to get around the island which is quite congested traffic wise.I don't ever remember seeing the island advertised by any Irish travel agent and from being there you meet very few if any Irish or British. You may have to just look at Air France/KLM and go independent.From an aviation point of view it's well worth the trip. And yes there is a bar at the end of the runway on Maho Beach. At the time I was there they used to have a happy hour about 5pm (topless ladies drank for free!!)

if carlsberg did beach bars......

veetwin

Yeah you can literally stand right behind a 747 or A340 as it powers up for take off and it will blow you accross the road onto the beach and into the ocean! Not for the faint hearted..

The bar alone is worth the 9 hour+ flight!

Tenger

veetwin wrote: »

Yeah you can literally stand right behind a 747 or A340 as it powers up for take off and it will blow you accross the road onto the beach and into the ocean! Not for the faint hearted..

The bar alone is worth the 9 hour+ flight!

Someday I will be there. My missus has already agreed in theory......

Lapin

veetwin wrote: »

Yeah you can literally stand right behind a 747 or A340 as it powers up for take off and it will blow you accross the road onto the beach and into the ocean! Not for the faint hearted..

I'm definetly going there someday.

But I often wondered from watching clips on You Tube etc, would the fumes emitted from the jet engines at such close proximity not leave you feeling somewhat light headed, or even sick?

IrishB.ie

Lapin wrote: »

I'm definetly going there someday.

But I often wondered from watching clips on You Tube etc, would the fumes emitted from the jet engines at such close proximity not leave you feeling somewhat light headed, or even sick?

No, there the effects from staying too long at the beach bar...:D

Steyr

Topless women get free drink all day too, what more do you want Jets and women!

pajoguy

I was there this time last year on a stop on a cruise. Maho Beach where the planes arrive is better than an amusement park. Got the jet blast from an American Airlines 757 as it took off and a mouthful of sand! Stood under a KLM 747 as it landed. Well worth it. I think I got lucky as alot of heavies arrived that day. Air france a340-300 also arrived while I was there. If you really want to go there to see planes. One day on the island would do. From what I saw of the island a week might be a bit much there.

EchoIndia

Try contacting this photgrapher, who is Irish. He may be able to offer advice.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6983315

lord lucan

I'd love to go there but sadly the wife is none too impressed by the idea. In fairness,showing her videos like this probably didn't help!:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RILkG2yhAAM