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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: Liliana]
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02/16/2022 11:56 AM
02/16/2022 11:56 AM
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Beach parking, if you can find it, is mostly free. Some beaches parking is easy and some places it’s almost impossible to find. Car break-ins at beaches is a very common occurrence and the customary rule is leave nothing you value anywhere in your car, even when left securely locked.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/16/2022 01:15 PM
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Scubaman--Karakter is difficult to park at when they have music in the evening, but I think someone posted here that they have a new parking system, where they basically park everyone now, so you don't get parked in? The only other place where I have had trouble parking is Mullet, if you're trying to go later in the day or on the weekend. To the original poster, do NOT try to go to Mullet on the weekend, as it is often jam packed then and you could get parked in.
Pat--when you say parking is "mostly" free, I don't recall EVER paying to park on a beach in SXM. Where have you paid to park on SXM at a beach?
On Orient, there is plenty of parking everywhere, except sometimes at Club O beach, if you come after 10:30 or so, you may have to park a bit of a ways away and walk down the beach. For other restaurants and beach clubs along Orient, there is always enough parking.
The road to get to Friars Bay is very bumpy-- think "cow pasture".
But I reiterate was most everyone else has said--do not EVER leave ANYTHING in your car, at ANY time, at ANY place. Period.
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: Liliana]
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02/16/2022 02:00 PM
02/16/2022 02:00 PM
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Carol,
Not paid parking in the sense of meters or a parking attendant and I haven’t been there lately but a few years back I thought we were asked to pay at Baie Rouge and once in Grand Case at the actual parking lot on our way to Calmos and the beach before Irma took her toll, but perhaps that was then and this is now. With regard to Mullet, if you go early - even on the weekends - you can usually back into the rocks at the first row of cars in the parking area and we’ve always been able to get out but I wouldn’t park anywhere else in that lot on a weekend.
With regard to beach parking car break-ins, we’ve made probably at the very least 75 to 85 trips to the island over our almost 50 years of annual visits and beaching is our usual activity, spending most of those days at Mullet Bay. We had never had an issue with a car break-in until just a few years ago when we got there midday and parked in the very back of the lot towards the golf course. The thing that really pi$$ed me off was we had followed the suggestions of leaving nothing in the car and locking it securely as we always did.
This time, the creeps who broke into it damaged both the power door locks and the trunk lock and all for nothing. We always rent from a Lesley Bruce aka Kenny’s and he came right away with a new car for us and had to have his car flat-bedded away to be repaired. He was great about it with us and wouldn’t accept anything from us towards the damage repairs which I’m sure were considerable. That was the first and THE LAST time we parked anywhere but in that first row by the rocks.
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: Liliana]
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02/16/2022 04:28 PM
02/16/2022 04:28 PM
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I was suggested years ago, when at the beach, keep the car UNLOCKED, and windows down if possible. This way, if it is ''broken into'', there won't be any damage to the lock, and an upcharge later for broken locks. If they want to get in, a locked door will NOT stop them.
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: Bigdaddy]
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02/17/2022 04:30 PM
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EdB is right...don't lock the car but if it's stolen tell them you had it locked. Bad advise.
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: EdB]
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02/17/2022 04:33 PM
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I was suggested years ago, when at the beach, keep the car UNLOCKED, and windows down if possible. This way, if it is ''broken into'', there won't be any damage to the lock, and an upcharge later for broken locks. If they want to get in, a locked door will NOT stop them. Lesley - what is your thought on this? I would think it voids any insurance.
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: SXMScubaman]
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02/17/2022 07:58 PM
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Also the same request to watch your car at the lot next to the Marigot Marina. Oh common man, give this poor bugger a dollar or two! He has been there for many years now and that is how he makes a living… He is very polite and not aggressive at all. $2 won’t hurt your wallet….
"Often Wrong, Never in Doubt"
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: KGB]
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02/17/2022 08:43 PM
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Also the same request to watch your car at the lot next to the Marigot Marina. Oh common man, give this poor bugger a dollar or two! He has been there for many years now and that is how he makes a living… He is very polite and not aggressive at all. $2 won’t hurt your wallet…. Pretty sure he passed away a few years ago.
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Re: Parking at beaches around the island
[Re: kim]
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02/18/2022 09:20 AM
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