St Thomas reception confusion!

[LadyP]

Originally Posted by JessicaLovesBrian

You can find free rum punch all over the island! You can pretty much get wasted for free if you try! Every place we went to, free rum punch! I was pregnant and couldn't drink... I couldn't get a glass of water to save my life, but the rum punch was everywhere.

That isgood to know. Let me ask you this.... What did your guest pay as non AI for hotel and airfare and numbern of days if you dont mind me asking

[JessicaLovesBrian]

Originally Posted by LadyP

That isgood to know. Let me ask you this.... What did your guest pay as non AI for hotel and airfare and numbern of days if you dont mind me asking

My mom and brother flew out (roundtrip) from Newark Airport. They stayed 3 nights and 4 days at the Bolongo (one room with two full/queen beds) and they paid about $1500 for hotel and airfare.

My cousin and her friend flew out from JFK, also stayed at Bolongo for 4 nights nad 5 days and paid about $1600 for hotel and airfare.

I think that time in May was sort of in the middle of high and low season rates. I don't know if Oct would be cheaper or more expensive.

Oh, and both my mom and cousin used Orbitz to find a hotel/airline combo discount. There were some problems with cancelled/changed flight times buut I think that's mostly because they booked a year in advance so things were bound to change, but the airline had no problem adjusting their tickets (the new flight times would have resulted in them missing their connecting flights). Also, there are hotels on the island that are less expensive than Bolongo, so your guests could pay less than my family did.

And I totally understand about wanting to keep costs down. Basically my side of family is broke and Brian's side is the one with more money to spend, so I tried to keep costs down for my family as much as I could.

Oh PS. Even though Bolonogo offers AI rates, they didn't stay as AI guests.

[IslandLover]

Im in the same situation, my family has very little money and most wont be able to afford the plane ticket, let alone hotel stay...we are trying to find a nice place, affordable for 2-3 nights...and we are helping out with the hotel stay for most of the family...it is going to be expensive!!!

Originally Posted by IslandLover

Im in the same situation, my family has very little money and most wont be able to afford the plane ticket, let alone hotel stay...we are trying to find a nice place, affordable for 2-3 nights...and we are helping out with the hotel stay for most of the family...it is going to be expensive!!!

Some hotels and villas that I was looking at that are pretty inexpensive are The Green Iguana and The Aqua Vista Villa. The green iguana goes from $105-$135 a night in the low season and the Aqua Vista Villa come out to about $105 per bedroom a night or $2900+tax a week. It accommodates up to 13 people in 5 bedrooms and a library. It is pretty much set up like an apartment. Each floor has its own kitchen, living room and dining room. The top floor has 3 bedrooms and the library and the bottom floor has 2 bedrooms. Each floor has 2 full baths. I believe it does not have air conditioning. I have not contacted them yet, but their price is incredibly reasonable.

[katrina]

i've stayed in the green iguana! it's very quaint and the owners are really sweet. and the view from the balcony is great! however i'm ont sure i would recommend it for anyone really older unless you are okay with calling a taxi to get you everywhere. you can walk into town from there but it's 100+ steps.

[DelightfulDani]

85 dollars for a reception. Did you think about having an aftertoon wedding/reception and maybe a party in the evening?