Chairs on St. John?

[Michele035]

Hi everyone, on our way in a few months to St. John.  Been many years since I have been there and my memory was for Trunk and/or Cinnamin, there were no chairs to rent.  I just looked at an excursion on Celebrity and it mentioned chair/snorkel rental at Trunk.  Has this changed? I remember only having towels to sit on  Any update would be great TIA.

[Ms411]

If you're going on your own to either beach, you should probably rent a beach chair at The Beach Bum which is a cute store upstairs as you get off the ferry. You can see the sign from the beach. They rent and sell a variety of beach accessories.

 

I think Trunk has chairs that are mostly for group excursions, but none for individual rental. Same with Cinnamon. Most people bring their own from the hotel since there are usually beach chairs at the room/rental.

 

You can take the chair on the taxi and return it before you get on the return ferry.

[Michele035]

thank you!  I have always done it on our own but I see a Celebrity excursion to Trunk that said "chairs available for rental" so now I am thinking that might be what they are speaking of  thank you!

[Ms411]

There are certain amenities the ship excursions providers are asked to offer. For beach excursions transportation, a chair, shade, beverage are usually included.

[Bella0714]

We were in St. John last February and there were lots of chairs to rent at Trunk.

[Ms411]

I think there was a time after the storms and during covid when they were offering chairs, because there were fewer options for amenities and activities. Now that things are almost back to pre storm and covid levels people have more options. None of the recent reports I've read mention chair rentals so I wouldn't count on it.