Anguilla Transportation

Yacht is probably best. After that, for those who can afford it, private plane. For the rest, coming from most of the world outside the Caribbean, American Eagle ( a subsidiary of American airlines) has a monopoly-- and uses it to the max! Expensive tickets (eg Tampa roundtrip at over $700...). Launches from St. Martin (30 min journey) run hourly.
Virtually all visitors hire a car. Expect to pay $600+ per month, much more pro rata on weekly basis. With a foreign licence, you can get a tourist drivers' licence, which costs a few dollars and is given out by the car hire people. The best hire place I encountered, by far, is at the intersection of the main East-West road across the island with the road which turns left to the 'ferry terminal' (a jetty with launches!) at Blowing Point. You'll see a lot of cars parked there, on the righthand side of the East-West road. The hire outlet close to the airport is OK. Personally, I found the Hertz franchise, also near the airport, not at all good, surly and grasping, but I admit they were a bit fed up because my girlfriend of the time, unused to driving (having come from the former Soviet Union), managed to crash her hire car into a Jeep. But I still think they (with others) clipped me...
Remember that launches ply the waters between Anguilla (Blowing Point)and St. Martin (Marigot), about once per hour. There is also a launch doing a nonstop service between Blowing Point and Juliana Airport on St Maarten, Dutch side. Useful if your flight is from there. Once in a while (about once a week, I think), there is a daytrip service from Blowing Point to the chic and posy island of St. Barts, an unusual phenomenon: a Caribbean island without black people.Few bicycles are seen on Anguilla, but you will see a few (inevitably, American) people jogging pointlessly down the roads and lanes, especially near the hotels and rental villas.I have driven on all the unmade back roads and lanes and, believe me, some are little better than tracks in the African bush, a few feet across. Once or twice I nearly got the car stuck completely, so better keep to the surfaced roads, at least.Be very alert on Anguilla's roads. Many of the local drivers are dozy in the extreme and you will feel as if you need eyes in the back your head at times. Don't expect any cars to signal direction on or before turning; a car may just stop suddenly to talk to someone or for the hell of it. Also, beware of goats, which many locals let roam freely and without any supervision by the roadsides. You may encounter large numbers in the road, which can be a shock as you come round a bend. The locals just drive into them and hope they will scatter. sometimes they don't, which is a bit upsetting to see if you are someone who prefers to avoid hurting animals. If you advance slowly and blow the horn angrily, they will clear off the roadway quite quickly.

Anguilla Transportation

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