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order to make your stay with us as carefree and enjoyable as possible, we
have put together a little additional information that might help you. I
have included below information on car rentals and ferry information. After
you arrive at the airport on St Thomas (STT) you have a couple of car rental
and ferry options. Very important: You want to get a 4-wheel drive
vehicle. And a reminder: we drive on the left here in the islands!
There are two options:
1 - If you rent a car on St John, you will need to take
a taxi from the airport to the passenger ferry (either Red Hook or the
Charlotte Amalie) and then pick up your car once you get to St John (Cruz
Bay).
2 - If you rent a car on St Thomas at the airport, you
will take the car ferry to St John (Cruz Bay).
Option 1:
These are the St. John car rental companies:
Avis 340-776-6374
Courtesy 340-776-6650
Hertz 340-693-7580
C & C 340-693-8164
O’Connor 340-776-6343
St John Car Rental 340-776-6103
Passenger Ferry info:
Red Hook Ferry ($5 per passenger & $2 per luggage
item):
First boats leave Cruz Bay at 6:00 & 7:00 AM
First boats leave Red Hook at 6:30 & 7:30 AM
After that boats leave every hour on the hour both ways.
Last boat leaves Cruz Bay at 11:00 PM
Last boat leaves Red Hook at midnight
Charlotte
Amalie Ferry ($10.00 per passenger & $2 per luggage item)
Leaves St Thomas 9 AM, 1 PM, and 4 PM
Leaves Cruz Bay 7:30 AM, 11:30 AM, and 3:00 PM
Option 2:
Many people find it more convenient (and economical)
to pick up a rental car at the airport on St. Thomas, and to drive to
the car ferry ("the
barge") in Red Hook. My understanding is that only a few of the rental
companies allow their cars to go to St John. The Budget Car rental does,
and is located at the airport.
Budget Car Rental on St Thomas: 1-800-626-4516 or 340-776-5774
Budget Car Rental St Thomas-St John
Dependable Car Rental will
allow their cars to go to St John also, but does not provide service
of vehicles on St John if it were to break down. They are 3 minutes
from the airport, and offer shuttle to and from.
Dependable Car
Rental on St Thomas: 1-800-522-3076
The car ferry schedule:
Round trip with car is approximately $50, including passengers. There
are three different companies with ferries, all leaving from the same
location, with different schedules. One runs every half hour from 6:30
am to 6:30 pm from Red Hook.
The car ferry runs daily, 7 days a week. Weekends skip the first morning
run each way.
Take note of the last ferry time to St John - 6 pm - and adjust your flights
accordingly.
The car ferry schedule:
St.
Thomas, Red Hook to St. John, Cruz Bay
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| Mon-Sat |
6:15am |
8:00am |
10:00am |
12:00pm |
2:00pm |
4:00pm |
6:00pm |
| Sunday |
none |
8:00am |
10:00am |
12:00pm |
2:00pm |
4:00pm |
6:00pm |
St.
John, Cruzbay to St. Thomas, Red Hook
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| Mon-Sat |
7:15am |
9:00am |
11:00am |
1:00pm |
3:00pm |
5:00pm |
7:00pm |
| Sunday |
none |
9:00am |
11:00am |
1:00pm |
3:00pm |
5:00pm |
7:00pm |
Other Useful Information:
We have a 'Connections' on our end of the island which provides many useful services.
Click here for info:
Connections and also we now have a "KEEP
ME POSTED" even closer that provides the same services.
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