Xref: utzoo rec.scuba:2271 rec.travel:10081 rec.birds:1645 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!ll-xn!vlsi!malpass From: malpass@vlsi.ll.mit.edu (Don Malpass) Newsgroups: rec.scuba,rec.travel,rec.birds Subject: Re: Request for ideas for a place to honeymoon Summary: Un-cheap, but wonderful. My standard response Keywords: US, tropical, fishes, birds, ~tourists Message-ID: <421@vlsi.ll.mit.edu> Date: 17 Jan 90 18:55:13 GMT References: Reply-To: malpass@ll-vlsi.arpa.UUCP (Don Malpass) Distribution: na Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington MA Lines: 59 In article pratt@paul.rutgers.edu (Lorien Y. Pratt) writes: > >Hi, > John and I are planning our honeymoon for two weeks in the latter half of >1990, and this note is to solicit your suggestions for a location. ---------------------------------- Lorien, Here's my standard canned response to this and similar questions. If, after getting the 800-number info, you are serious about it, contact me and I can probably get a 10% rate rebate for you. Don Malpass [Rutgers '58, EE. (back when the only computer course at RU was with an ANALOG computer!)] ---------------------------------- In article .... writes: >>In either January or February of 1989 we would like to take a trip >>to somewhere it will be warm. A few other considerations we would >>like include a nice white sandy beach, clean accomodations, good >>but fairly inexpensive restaurants, and not much night life. >>We have a whole bunch of brochures on places in the Virgin Islands, >>but a great many of these deal primarily with a younger crowd, >>honeymooners and such... >>don't want some place that we would have enjoyed 20 years ago. We're >>both in our forties. This is >>> NOT <<< a disinterested response, because we own one of the units in the place I'm about to recommend, Point Pleasant on St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. It fills your requirements, except for the fact that these days there are NOT many St.T restaurants that are inexpensive. I'll email you a file of our suggestions if you settle on StT however. There are also two of us, and we're in our 50's. And in spite of the fact that Pt.P does a LOT of honeymooner business, the fact is that it is secluded enough - as far from "town" as possible, not touristy, and a lot like a tropical woods with nature walks - it has NEVER seemed crowded to us. In Jan/Feb anything down there will be busy, so you may not even be able to get reservations on such short notice. Pt.P is nearly always above 85% even in the off-season, quite frankly because it is better run than anything else on StT. The rates are not at the bottom of the spectrum, BUT they include the FREE use of a car for up to 4-hours per day (on a signup basis), the FREE use of snorkeling gear, and FREE signup use of sunfish and windsurfers. If you (or anybody else out there) wants more info, I will be only too happy to provide it if you email your request to me. I repeat that disclaimers do not apply - my enthusiam stems from having an interest in a wonderful vacation spot. However, if you track it down in unbiased books, they too provide uniformly favorable reviews. You can call the rental office on 800-524-2300 and request the current rate sheet and descriptive info. -- Don Malpass [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa], [malpass@gandalf.ll.mit.edu] The Malpass Principle: Given a binary choice, the statistical probability of doing the right thing is 31.7% - on good days. -- Don Malpass [malpass@LL-vlsi.arpa], [malpass@gandalf.LL.mit.edu] How do I know he is going into politics? Even when I finish talking to him on the PHONE my wallet is gone! 1/90