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Good experience with this place. We arrived late and they left us the car with our name on it and keys in it ready to go. Not too many places would do that in my experience. Reasonable rates in comparison to other places.
Rent a car right when you arrive in Anguilla. The cost of a taxi ride to our resort was a bit more than an entire day of a rental car. The cars are usually delivered to you and when you return them you can arrange to leave them down by the ferry terminal with the keys in the ignition. Pretty simple.
We flew into St Martin and took a cab to the ferry station. The ferry was easy to handle with our luggae as the crew handled our bags. Pretty easy trip, although our ferry over was much nicer than the one on our return.Once you arrive in Anguilla, try to be the first one off the ferry so you can be first to get through customs.
I flew American Airlines via Miami to St. Maarten and then took the ferry.Make sure you negotiate the taxi cost in St. Maarten from the airport to the ferrydock! It should be about $15-$20 US dollars. Just sign your name and passport number and pay your departure fee of $2 US dollars.The ferry runs about every 30 minutes and is only about 18 minutes away. The fare is$10 US dollars int he daytime and $12 US Dollars at night. Renting a car is the best way. There are several companies doing it. If you plan to off-road a bit - I would suggest a jeep (or similiar). The roads are quite bad in Anguilla.
There is a small airport in Anguilla where LIAT (Leeward Island AIr Transport) is flying to from several other islands.But the best and cheapest way of getting there is by taking the numerous boats crossing from northern St.Maarten (crossing time only 30 minutes, about 8 departures per day).If I remember well, something like 10 US$ one-way....On the island you can hitchike, rent a bike (the island is quite flat) or a car...but this last one is very expensive and you must buy a 'local driving licence' from the police station or from the rental agency (it looks like a 'tourist' trap tax).
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...
Anguilla is easily accessible from St. Martin. You can take a short ferry ride from Marigot (French side).Once in Anguilla your options are to take a taxi that will arange to pick you up from wherever it dropped you off, or rent a car or scooter from some of the private rental companies (no Hertz or Avis at the boat docks, just locals).
There are two ways of getting to Anguilla from the neighboring island of St Martin. One is to take a plane from St Martins international airport which is close to Philipsburg. It takes around 15 minutes.The other option is to get a boat from Marigot which only takes half an hour and is much cheaper. It may seem incredible, but the ferryboat leaves you at this place!!Renting a car is the best option in Anguilla. It is pretty cheap and comfortable as you can visit all the beaches in the island.Remember: You have to drive on the left in Anguilla!!!!
you can fly directly into Anguilla or take a ferry from St . Maarten for about $12.00 or so . cabs can get pretty expensive and Anguilla is more of an R and R island . many people rent scooters from their hotel and that is the best means of transportation . Anguilla is not the party animal island though the locals will give you a good show .
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