Capt Guy

Anguilla is opening this week, kind of . . .

https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/anguilla-to-begin-welcoming-tourists-from-friday

2 hours ago, lynncarol said:

If money were no object, the Viceroy Resort at Sugar Beach in St. Lucia.  Gorgeous place, great beach and of course the view of the Pitons. (Don't know about their food, as I only had a tour of the place, and didn't stay there).

It is going for about $650 USD per night right now through the end of the year . . . again, compared to a suite on a cruise ship not too bad a price. It doesn't look like all of the restaurants are open as yet. I love that view and the diving is really very nice under the Pitons.

We lived on a 50' sailboat in the Caribbean for three years and owned a 68' sailboat in the crewed charter business in the BVI for two years prior to that so we basically traveled from Puerto Rico to Grenada and back throughout the Virgins, the Windwards and the Leeward Islands. It is very difficult to pick a favorite as they all have so many wonderful things about them and they are constantly changing some for the better, some not. If you're American or British I believe you will find Puerto Rico and the VIrgins to be delightful. But it is hard to ignore St. Martin and St. Lucia for land based vacations, we still do those two at least every couple of years. And the Grenadines are incredible although a bit hard to do without a boat.

One thing you might want to consider is a crewed charter. You get a captain and chef, a boat to yourselves and you get to see a new place every day. Price runs about what a suite on a cruise line would cost per person. Some good companies to possibly use are Moorings, Virgin Island Sailing, Dream Yacht Charter and Ed Hamilton.

On the left is the Black Rose, a Hylas 49 that we lived on. On the right is Lazy Bones an Irwin 68 Ketch which we had in the crewed charter business out of Road Town Tortola. If motion is an issue you can charter catamarans, power and sail, and they are much smoother in motion.

My understanding is the BVI and USVI are allowing tourists now with some requirements such as testing. Try it, I think you'd love it.