St. Barth continues to recover quickly. The island had to take the day off on September 18, 2017 thanks to Hurricane Maria which, thankfully, passed to the south and dropped lots of rain and fairly strong winds but caused no real damage. Beneficial rain is always welcome to assist with the greening-up of St. Barth’s beautiful foliage.
The whole island is working together to restore paradise.
We need to remember that the island pretty much shuts down every year from September 01 to October 15 at the earliest, so almost every hotel, restaurant and boutique was closed when Irma hit and remains closed. Traditionally, villa and hotel bookings don’t really begin until mid-October. Some restaurants open at that time, while others wait until sometime in November. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of choices when you are vacationing in St. Barth. Julia Hurd, our concierge will be up-to date on that and happy to make your reservations for you. We all knew that when we learned that Le Select re-opened last week, that the island was in true recovery mode.
The best news for all of us who adore St. Barth is that on September 21, 2017, only 15 days after Irma, the Tourism Board announced, “The Island of Saint-Barthélemy, in full energy, is as active as an ant hill with an extraordinary solidarity: all roads are cleared, electricity and drinking water networks are being deployed in the neighborhoods, the port of commerce and the airport are operational, bakeries and the power supplies are open, restaurants and bars are gradually opening up their establishment…everything is back to life with the goal of welcoming our loyal visitors from October 30 on our island.” Mark your calendars! Keep your reservations! I’ll see you on St. Barth very soon.
Our St. Barth Properties offices in the US as well as on St. Barth are diligently checking with each and every villa owner and/or manager as to the status of their villas. We are in contact with the hotels that we represent as well.
Every day, we receive more exciting positive news such as the Les Voiles de St Barth regatta will go on as scheduled. We are continuing to keep you updated on our home page under What’s Trending, so please keep checking it.
http://stbarth.com/hurricane-irma
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Thanks for keeping us all informed about the recovery efforts. Any news on our favorite place, Tom Beach, where we are headed in November? Can’t find out how it or Eden Rock are faring. Thanks much.