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Re: Airbnb choices??
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To ME, Cole Bay is not really a touristy area. I would be careful booking in that area and get a very exact location. Some areas are what I would probably call Simpson Bay, not Cole Bay, even though the actual address for a local would be Cole Bay. Also, I would be very concerned about parking in that area, unless there is designated--and hopefully GATED--parking. Be aware that some car rental agencies may not rent to you in that area unless there is gated, secured parking.
ALSO, there is NO guarantee that GEBE's woes will be fixed by this winter. I would be extremely wary of booking a long term gig on the Dutch side anywhere, unless you have been assured there is a generator on the property.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Scotty--You should do some homework before you book. Many of the larger resorts have generators, but not nearly all. I would suspect that very few of the Airbnb units do. You can start with reading this thread linked below here and do a search for other GEBE posts here. To make a long story short, currently the Dutch side has been enduring constant load shedding for the past couple of months, in which power is regularly off for 2 or 3 hours, sometimes 2 or 3 times PER DAY. And sometimes power has been off for 8 hours continuously, or even longer, as was just the case with parts of Simpson bay and Cupecoy within the past week. The situation is expected to get slightly better in a couple of months, but I have no idea when it will get better long term. Link
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Scotty--I'm not sure where you've been looking, if you haven't seen anything about GEBE recently. It has been all over this summer. We went to SXM in June this year and the electric was off at least once every day for a couple of hours, sometimes more than once. And not while we were there, but there have also been some water outages this summer.
French side does not have electricity issues nearly as bad as the Dutch side, although the French side does have some water issues.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Scotty--I'm not sure where you've been looking, if you haven't seen anything about GEBE recently. It has been all over this summer. We went to SXM in June this year and the electric was off at least once every day for a couple of hours, sometimes more than once. And not while we were there, but there have also been some water outages this summer.
French side does not have electricity issues nearly as bad as the Dutch side, although the French side does have some water issues. Apparently I haven't been looking at the right things or the right places. Thanks so much for this info. I wish I had some insight on if this would be fixed by Jan or not. This was going to be a special trip planned for my wife as she just retired and it has been since 2017 since she and I have been able to vacation to SXM together. I don't want power outages and water outages to be part of our experience. I guess I will start looking elsewhere if that is the case. Shoot, I was really looking forward to experiencing SXM again.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Scotty--I wish I could tell you the situation would be resolved by January. I believe it will be somewhat better than it is right now, but that isn't saying much. As far as electric, if you stay in one of the big resorts, like Royal Palm, Flamingo, Simpson Bay Resort, they have generators. They would cost more than a B & B place, but at least you wouldn't have to worry about electric there. Best wishes.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Scotty--I wish I could tell you the situation would be resolved by January. I believe it will be somewhat better than it is right now, but that isn't saying much. As far as electric, if you stay in one of the big resorts, like Royal Palm, Flamingo, Simpson Bay Resort, they have generators. They would cost more than a B & B place, but at least you wouldn't have to worry about electric there. Best wishes. Well, shoot Carol. I was hoping you were a fortune teller and you could tell me if it would be better this winter. LOL. If so, I was also going to bring you along to the casinos too. HAHA. I may just look at going to another island this winter, as I don't want to mess with any of this crap unless some of the places I'm looking at can tell me if they have a generator or not. Thanks again for your great insight on all of this. You have been and always will be the best.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Ah, I don't think my fortune telling skills will help you in the casino, as they don't normally work that well for me either!!
Best wishes.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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I have no idea whether any of that is true or not, so I assume it is. However, I do know that there have been quite a few issues on the French side with provision of water, so everything is not totally hunky dory on the French side.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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I Iived there for several years, never had a blackout or no water. Times have changed.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Times may have changed,but we have been staying somewhere in Orient Bay for 20 years and have never been without water. Maybe we are just lucky,but we will continue our love affair with Orient.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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Times may have changed,but we have been staying somewhere in Orient Bay for 20 years and have never been without water. Maybe we are just lucky,but we will continue our love affair with Orient. Is it possible that your lodging has a cistern? When we stayed at a French side villa recently, we never experienced any water outages, but the villa had a cistern that automatically kicked in if the water went out, so we would have been blissfully unaware of any water problems.
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Re: Airbnb choices??
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bob--as others have said, your place may well have had a cistern. I haven't heard many reports recently, but there have been numerous reports of water outages over the past couple of years. Sort of like the Dutch side, the demand has outgrown the supply at times.
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