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PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
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05/23/2020 12:11 PM
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Posts: 19,198 Auburn, WA
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 12:30 PM
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Posts: 14,677 Brookfield, CT.
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Sounds good, Scuba, but call me a skeptic. When I return I want to KNOW, first of all, I will do no harm, not to myself or anyone on the island. But I also want my return to be to that of a vacation . Masks? Quarantines? I guess I’m asking for a lot but I just can’t imagine the US or the island being ready in that way by June. But that’s just me and others may have very different perspective as to what they’d be willing to accept in order to return. Good luck to everyone......
Respectfully,
pat
"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: GaKaye]
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05/23/2020 02:56 PM
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It sure does make it look all the more promising.
J.D.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 03:56 PM
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 03:57 PM
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Rock and Roll, get back to living.
Temperature scans at TSA, gate, and immigration.
Be careful, wash your hands, don’t shake hands or touch stupid stuff. Bring wipes, masks, and gloves and wear them when necessary.
My biggest worry would be people who book and aren’t feeling well but get on the plane anyway.
Need a liberal cancellation policy with a doctor’s note.
Also, if you get sick on vacation you have to fess up, isolate, and reschedule your returns at your expense.
Hopefully the medical side is ready for whatever gets thrown at them.
If your older, assess your risks, and stay home if too high.
Rock and roll, get back to living.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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05/23/2020 04:55 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 18,592 St Maarten
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"Hopefully the medical side is ready for whatever gets thrown at them."
Not even close if it is brought back here. June is madness.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 05:56 PM
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One thing that maybe someone could set me straight on . They talked about a serology test. This is pasted from the article. " She said serology tests would also have to be purchased for the airport and port to test its employees, for taxi drivers and those entering the country so within a day they will be free to roam. " So my question is about the cruse people . They are only there for one day . But the article said with in a day they could roam ?? How can that happen with them ? Please help with any clarification. Thanks
If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 06:33 PM
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Honestly....i really doubt very much that by August, people will be willing to get on a cruise ship. I live in Florida, and have lots of friends that LOVE to cruise...some monthly. They are refusing to step foot on a ship for maybe years. After what happened on those ships at the beginnning of the quarantine, and people stuck on their ships for weeks....The threat of a lot of people hitting the ships are very slim. Right now, the prices are so ridiculously small....and they are having trouble getting cabins sold. I can tell you flat out...this guy and his wife surely will NOT be taking any cruises in the immediate future! Also heard recently, that the ships will probably be doing away with ''self help'' eating....meaning NO BUFFETS. What??? And of course...those long hallways, crowded shows.....extra crowded dining rooms...the lifeboat drills.....the waiting to board in the great crowded arenas...social distancing will be impossible. Our world probably will NEVER be the same as it was.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/23/2020 08:15 PM
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I do know that my wife's sister and her husband are going on a Royal Caribbean cruse in early September . I do not know if Royal Caribbean has earlier cruses then that . They are not going To any Islands . I believe they are leaving out of Louisiana . And she did say that there would be no buffet .
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If your motto is ; If at first you don't succeed...... Maybe it would be best not to try sky diving !
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: bizzottom]
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05/24/2020 06:51 AM
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I am there with both of you.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/24/2020 08:38 AM
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Posts: 18,592 St Maarten
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For those wanting to come back right quick, perhaps you might consider bringing your own ventilators. We surely don't have enough. Have you given any though to our ability to take care of you if you get sick when the wave comes? So many were concerned about our lack of readiness when this started. What changed?
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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05/24/2020 09:20 AM
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As hard as it is, I’m even questioning my trip in January 2021. It’s a big one that I thought long and hard about since it is my present to myself for my big 5-0 birthday. Hubby and I rented a cute AIRBNB for 10 glorious days right on the water in Simpson’s Bay because as much as I wanted to do something really exotic like Thailand, St Maarten really is my happy place. My concern is for the Island. What happens if travellers bring it into St Maarten? It doesn’t sound like they are overly equipped to deal with a major outbreak. What happens if I’m an asymptomatic carrier and I infect people? I would be selfish to only think of my wants, not needs. Right now I just want the island to stay healthy and if it means shutting down tourism, then so be it.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: LoveSXM333]
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05/24/2020 12:11 PM
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Yes, I am worried about the virus. I was a germaphobe before and now I am an extra special germephobe.
But my bigger fear now is worldwide permanent job loss, large scale standard of living degradation and all that go with that. Crime, despair, drugs.
And I agree with Elaine about a ventilator, I may not be entitled to a special SXM one in June, July but someday Soon SXM supply must meet Steady state demand for these as well as everything else world travelers might need medically some day.
After all, tourists have needed medical care on SXM for heart attacks, strokes, etc.
And eventually travel/medevac insurance needs to factor in COVID-19 risks.
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Re: PM looking at mid June to open for tourism
[Re: SXMScubaman]
#227292
05/31/2020 02:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 18,592 St Maarten
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My June 18th flight on AA is not canceled yet
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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