St. John Update: The Good and the Bad!

First I am so excited that my great friend, Mari & her husband will be joining us on our trip to STJ this fall over Thanksgiving! YAY! She found a great rate on American and jumped on it. The house is a 4 bedroom so hopefully there will be plenty of room for us to spread out.

Second I am sad to report that Delta SCREWED us. Well, they tried to. They tried to switch the departure on our connection from Thursday, the 15th of November to Friday, the 16th. Laying us OVER more than a day in Atlanta. Uh, no. Especially NO with two little kids. So I called and was able to get us moved to Wednesday, the 14th instead. So the good news is we have an extra day of vacation. The not so good news is that our house is booked up to the minute we arrive, so we are going to have to stay somewhere else.

I spent the day debating St. Thomas for a night vs. heading on over the St. John and spending 1 night at the Westin or Caneel Bay. I settled on a night at the Ritz Carlton on St. Thomas. It doesn't come cheap but after the year we had and the postponement last time, I am ok with living large a little bit for this trip & its only for a night! We got a nice ocean view room with two double beds + a crib, along with free breakfast for 2 and a $100 resort credit along with the room. Not too shabby. When I figured it all out the rate was comparable to other lesser hotels on the island. I will still look to make sure the rate doesn't drop!

All in all I can live with that compromise. We'll get in around 3, head to the Ritz, relax a little by the pool, have a nice dinner and a good sleep, wake up, have breakfast, relax a little more, clean up and head to the water taxi for St. John. We can get into our house at 11 am, so it all will work out just fine! 3 months & 3 weeks to go!