The traffic can be so crazy, we have found a spot we love in Terres Basses where we can avoid most of the traffic for where we want to go. We have given up staying in Pelican or Beacon Hill in part because it's so much easier to navigate from Terres Basses, but we are pretty flexible with where we want to go. And, I always check the cruise ship schedule if we are going near Phillipsburg or even to Orient and plan our schedules accordingly! Next trip we are splitting time between there and a villa on the French side.