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I must drink what you are drinking next time I'm at Scrub. I've never been able to see the SFDC from there. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />

Kimber - u must always be sitting at and facing the bar. After u get ur drink you need to turn around, it is right behind you! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />

Just got back and we thought Scrub was nice and we did receive the discount. I concur with the others... most of the people we met staying there were pleasant, using Marriott points, and had all kinds or questions about sailing and kinda thought we were dare devils sailing a bareboat with three kids LOL.

Of course we bought drinks/food and were very respectful. I could see them getting irritated at a cat full of parting adults carrying drinks from boat to pool acting like idiots. Best Western kinda people.

I was sad to see the upper pool closed but the kids liked the slide and the fact they could trains, go forward, backward, sideways, without lifeguards yelling at them LOL... like in the USA.

And yes... Leverick is still the best <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

Probably leave their fenders out when they sail too! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cloud.gif" alt="" />

I figured there was something I was doing wrong.

Just back from saing Abacos. Met one guy who held his nose when I mentioned sailing BVI before. He said the BVI wasn't like it used to be. I asked him "what is? And then said "well, at least BVI has wind!"

Scrub is my kind of resort if I was land based. My wife's definition of roughing it...used to be the Holiday Inn, now it's staying at the Ritz Carlton and leaving the windows open. That's why we've moved up from smaller monos to bigger cats with all the bells and whistles.

But when I'm on a boat, that is where I want to stay until the trip ends.

Are you saying you just want to motor a cat over to Scrubs dock and check into the hotel?

I will say the only thing I didn't get was having to go into the lobby to check in... it was way overkill and took almost 30 mins.

Nick's folks have you tied up, paid up, a bag of ice and in the pool with drink in hand in NO TIME FLAT...

I'll try it again...

When I'm on a boat, the boat is where I want to stay until the trip ends.

JPH

This is exactly what myself and the crew did as recently as 6/20. After turning in our cat we enjoyed our leisurely trip to Trellis and awaited our ferry to Scrub to spend the night in one of their villas (paid $ not points, although a couple of us could have pooled points).

The upper pool was open while the lower was receiving its final resurface and while slightly crowded, it didn't pose a problem.

There were many vessels on the dock, all of them good, friendly people and welcome in the pool; at least by us.

As for the resort staff, there was a "communication" error on our arrival time. Apparently if you're coming from Trellis it's advisable to tell them you have 8 people arriving from a charter rather than expecting they are sending the big ferry every time. We ended up bumping some staff and pool resurfacing staff to accommodate the guests. I called ahead and the person I spoke to couldn't comprehend I wasn't on email to let them know 2 days in advance when our crew was arriving; assuming we were arriving into EIS, instead of finishing our charter with a nice night at scrub.

Other than the ferry situation, the rest of the stay was fabulous. The staff at breakfast, pool bar, luggage bellmen, marina store/deli were all wonderful. The check-in staff was questionable as we wanted to upgrade villas with more $ to accommodate people that were in regular rooms but they said everything was occupied. Turns out the 4 bedroom next to us was vacant that night. Who knows if they prep those villas for guests like a hotel would for any standard room.

I think Scrub is still a Marriot Property? There is a very, very nice Marriot Property about a mile from my house in Napa. Just think of all the travel I could save?

They have some marketing/booking deal with Marriot but I dont believe they own it...indeed there are great places in our Wine Country of Sonoma and Napa..but the ocean aint the same!

So does anyone know if you can use Marriott points at scrub?

Met people that randomly said they were there because they had Marriott points to use...

Yes, you can use points to book a room at Scrub Island. On the random day I picked it was 45,000 points/night. It's part of their Autograph Collection (so definitely a Marriott property) and considered a Category 9 hotel.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/eisak-scrub-island-resort-spa-and-marina-autograph-collection/

Thanks Stormy! Always good to find new places to use the Marriott points since there don't seem to be any Hilton properties in the islands.

I think maybe it comes to people later in life that money doesn't always engender respect.

If Scrub exists on Marriot Points, and doesn't cultivate their opportunities for selling services for Cash at the POS, then everyone there is effectively subsidized with ghost money.
How entitled do you think you should be ?