TravelTalkOnline Forums Travel and Vacation Forums St. Maarten - St. Martin What’s the deal with hotels “below the hill” in St. Maarten?

Cubanman: It looks like the dates I am arriving are the highest priced dates for rooms. Sick rates $700 or more a night.
I have a nioce studio in the Cupecoy and will have a car. My strategy if I can't find something at a hotel will be to hoit beach bars and hotels
that have good bar scenes. Not sure if I can use their pools though if not staying there.