We spent 5 nights on the 4 Seasons Anguilla and had an incredible time! Listed here are all the main points from our journey together with the best way to get there, the highlights of the resort, and suggestions for vacationers!
4 Seasons Anguilla: Our Journey Recap!
Should you observe my tales and Reels on Instagram, you noticed that we spent 5 days within the Caribbean for Thomas’s fortieth birthday final week. (Make sure you try the video spotlight reel!)
Our vacation spot was the 4 Seasons Anguilla, and it was completely wonderful! Reasonably than recap our journey day-to-day, I’m sharing matter by matter so future vacationers can get a fantastic overview.
Costume rented from Nuuly!
How we selected 4 Seasons Anguilla
This journey really begins with Beautycounter! In 2021 the corporate had a year-long problem the place consultants may earn factors in direction of a prize. The prize that I earned was a $2500 reward card to the 4 Seasons.
I began to look into properties to go to, and dominated out the $2500 an evening Miami property fairly rapidly. There are a couple of Caribbean properties, together with the Bahamas, Nevis, and Anguilla. The 4 Seasons Anguilla had the right steadiness of tropical and posh, so we selected it for our journey!
Utilizing Credit score Card Factors To E book The Flights and Room
Since we’ve been gathering Chase factors all 12 months, we had a financial institution of them to spend on our flights.
I attempted to determine a approach to e book the room with half factors and half reward card, however I didn’t know the best way to do it and keep away from a potential room transfer.
So we in the end e book all 5 nights on factors and saved our reward card to make use of on all of our meals, drink, and lodge costs. EPIC!!!
If you wish to study extra about journey rewards, learn this publish. I’ll even be sending out an e-mail in a couple of days with the precise playing cards, quantities of factors, and the way we booked this journey to my journey e-mail listing, and you may choose in right here to get that e-mail.
Touring To Anguilla
Flying Into St. Maarten
We flew from Charlottesville to Atlanta and Atlanta to St. Maarten. It was a little bit of a schlep.
After I researched the journey, although, the opinions stated most individuals fly to St. Maarten and take a ferry to Anguilla.
As soon as we landed in St. Maarten, we had take a bus from the airplane a really brief journey after which wait in an extended line for customs (about 20 minutes), then we met a 4 Seasons greeter who took us to the ferry dock.
TIP ON TIPS
Anticipating tipping, I went to the financial institution and received a bunch of $5 and $10 payments. We BLEW via them there have been so many alternative factors of tipping. So deliver tons of money and bear in mind to avoid wasting for the return journey!
Funtime Ferry To Anguilla
The entire technique of attending to Anguilla jogged my memory loads of touring to Bald Head Island.
I used to be in a position to organize for the ferry via the 4 Seasons concierge. The full price was $440 spherical journey (!) however there wasn’t actually a greater approach to do it apart from fly immediately into Anguilla. Undoubtedly issue this price into your journey funds. I used to be in a position to cost the ferry to our room, which meant we may put it in direction of our reward card.
We needed to present our passports 5 totally different occasions and after ready in slightly open-air space, we lastly boarded the boat.
This was not an enormous passenger ferry like we we considering it will be! It was mainly a velocity boat, which was enjoyable.
We met our Anguilla BFFs, Brent and John (HI GUYS!), on this boat journey. It bonded us for the week and it was nice to have pals to run into!
The boat journey was about 25 minutes (and fairly rocky over the methods!) however it enjoyable as a result of the had beers and rum punch and we had been in a position to loosen up and watch the islands go by. And we had been so shut from our journey day ending.
Arriving in Anguilla
The ferry terminal in Anguilla was small and informal (I believe they’re rebuilding it). We needed to undergo Anguilla customs which was fast however extra passport exhibiting. Then we had been assigned a taxi (extra cash!) to the 4 Seasons. That taxi journey was about 20 minutes.
I believe it in all probability took about 2 hours from touchdown in SXM to arriving on the 4 Seasons.
Arriving on the 4 Seasons
FINALLY we had been there!! And we had been greeting with cool towels, ocean breezes, and welcome rum drinks.
Our Ocean View Suite
We had booked an Ocean View Studio, however we had been so grateful to be upgraded to a set!!
Our room was spacious with wonderful views of the ocean from the balcony the place we had espresso each morning.
There was a plunge pool on the balcony, which had a heater. However to be trustworthy it was fairly chilly even with the heater so we by no means received in it. We did flip our big bathtub right into a scorching tub although!
We additionally beloved the placement of our room in constructing 32. And we had been tremendous near our favourite spots: SALT (for breakfast and dinner) and the Sundown Lounge and Pool.
Our room had full-size bottles of shampoo, physique wash, and hand cleaning soap, which was appreciated (for a waste discount standpoint too!).
We additionally beloved the robes and slippers and switch down service.
4 Seasons Anguilla Swimming pools
The Sundown Pool is the gorgeous infinity pool with wonderful sundown and ocean views. It’s adults solely and wasn’t too crowded – we had been at all times in a position to get a chair.
There have been two different swimming pools – the Bamboo pool and Aleta pool – however since we like a view, we by no means frolicked at these.
The service on the swimming pools was excellent, with cushiony chairs, towels, and pleasant employees who would deliver you something you wanted from rum punch to lunch.
Practically each hour they introduced by samples of smoothies, drinks, or snacks. And as soon as a workforce from the spa got here round providing complimentary shoulder massages!
There was additionally a sunscreen station at each seaside and pool, so don’t pack any of your individual.
The Two Seashores
Our favourite seaside, Barnes Bay Seashore, was the “wilder” of the 2. There have been rocks with big crashing waves!
Because the week went on, the seaside shrunk. Our good friend Yeury stated each full moon the tide crashes like this and put a cliff into the sand which implies there’s much less room for chairs.
We spent our first few days down on the seaside, we ended our journey up on the Sundown Pool.
The sand was like strolling in snow – you’d sink in 6-12” deep! Thus seaside strolling was very difficult haha. But it surely felt so cool.
The ocean was slightly too tough for swimming close to the resort, however it was a lot calmer on the finish of Meads Bay Seashore.
The 4 Seasons had snorkel gear and different water sports activities like paddle boards, however it was a lot too tough for both of these once we had been there.
Half II coming tomorrow!
- All of the eating places, meals, and drinks we loved
- Ideas for touring to the 4 Seasons Anguilla!
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