TRY THE 'BOARDWALK' FOR YOUR BEST DEALS ON CIGARS, LIQUOR AND GOOD FOOD

If you came to St Maarten, just to shop- then maybe Fronstreet is the place for you, but if you're visiting to kick back and have a good time, then you have to stick to the Boardwalk. The Boardwalk, is for the tourist, who like to sample island cuisine, sip icecold Heinekens and Rum punch, and test out the freshest Cuban cigars. I intend to do a full feature on the boardwalk this tourist season.... and I will be including many local businesses....

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st maarten is one of the busiest most popular shopping destinations in the caribbean photo judith roumou

St Maarten is one of the most popular destinations when it comes to shopping for liquor, cheese, jewelry and more. You can shop in Dutch Sint Maarten or French St Martin. Many people believe that the quality bought in French St Martin is better, but I believe that all depends. You must remember that the Dutch Side uses American and the St Maarten guilder. French St Martin uses the Euro. So depending on how you convert your money, you can either gain or lose. The Dutch side with all its ports and tourist initiatives certainly is the more popular destination, but French St Martin is beautiful, and shopping in French St Martin can provide you with a variety that you can find in St Maarten. It's almost preferable that French St Martin remains, the quiet almost 'untouched' side with its historic homes and traditional Old French Ambience. The problem with Dutch St Maarten right now is problems with over development, without even a second glance at the environment. How will we continue to attract millions of tourist, when our attraction is gone?
This is something that we will target Theo Heyliger and Maurice Lake about this election year. As usual Theo is running, and Maurice is hiding.
sigh.......

I guess Boolchands is Bull- Chance.You're taking a chance with bull quality and sketchy customer service..........................

Okay, I know when I am comparison shopping for electronic and tech goods I can be a bit harsh. But I'm realizing now that many of these Tech stores are so geared towards kissing the tourist butt, that they rarely have time to bother with the local shopper. Even the local shopper who post reviews of their stores to millions. I had to get another a Tablet, tried Boolchands......tried Klass. Honestly Boolchands won because they had better pricing, and a somewhat friendlier staff. Then I had to buy a new Laptop. Boolchands promised me they had what I was looking for, not to expensive at $500. So I went to the bank and stood in line (RBT) got the cash, and came back. Only to be told to wait again, and then to be to be told that they were out of stock. So some might say I have an attitude, but I don't I'm a realist when it comes to Customer Service. I truly believe in good customer service, I guess because I learned Customer Service in the USA first as a bi-lingual telemarketer (horrible job which required you to cold call homes and sell whatever). Then I upgraded to Tele Service, where I didn't have to sell anything just provide quality customer service via the telephone to pre-existing clients. Because there is so much competition in the United States, great customer service is a must. I learned quickly that in sales, the better I was at my job, the more money I made. Even as a server/waitress I could make great money at the so called 'second rate' restaurants. Because I did not rely on commission, I relied on tips. I worked at a Steak and Shake and saved closed to $3000 dollars in two months. And let me explain to those who don't know, Steak and Shake franchises are what are considered to be "dollar restaurants". It's not high end, you receive low tips, but you serve a lot of customers. It didn't matter where I worked, if their was commissions or tips involved, I worked my butt off and provided the BEST customer service. I'm not sure whether the sales people in St Maarten rely on commissions or tips, I truly doubt it, and that would mostly be the fault of cheap owners. When you pay commissions to your staff, you give them incentive to work harder, you get more business, and more money.
I guess it would be smart for me to do an informal survey to find out whether the St Maarten sales people get commissions, I have already found out that many servers DO NOT get tips, management KEEPS their tips, so don't be surprised at the customer service you get at certain restaurants. I have to buy two new cameras. I'm hedging on Sony because when it comes to Carnival and other wild photo sessions in St Maarten, my Sony has shown that it can do some pretty good work.
I will ofcourse share my shopping experiences in search of two new, not expensive cameras that I need to cover the Carnivals and the Regattas.
I do have a VERY expensive Nikon that I got at Boolchands, and I will never do that again. Nikon might be great quality, but if I buy another one it will not be at Bull-Chance, it will be somewhere where there is actual customer service!

THERE'S ALWAYS A PARTY IN ST MAARTEN! YEAR END BRASS BAND CELEBRATION DOWN MAIN SHOPPING STREET photos judith roumou

I have a lot more photos and video the year end, new years celebration 2013/2014 in St Maarten. Spontaneous music, dance and entertainmet is common in St Maarten. I haven't quite recovered yet, but I will be posting lotsa cool photos and videos, Mainstreet and beyond. The above photo is Mainstreet Philipsburg, Dutch St Maarten. And there's always a good time in Philipsburg.

Happy New Years

I don't recommend many places, this is a good deal store here

I've had my issues with the st maarten shopping trip, and I've dealt with some true &*^% when it comes to electronics etc. This store did a great job in 2014 The Caribbean Camera Center. Got me great deals on my camera and equipment, didn't play those games Klass Electronics and The Music Man plays. The manager at the Music Man threatened to sue me, because I asked him about his customer service strategy, I told him to Google my name. He NEVER threatened to sue me again. Because the #1 rule: YOU CAN'T SUE, WHEN IT'S TRUE. Happy Holidays!

WHEN SHOPPING IN ST MAARTEN DON'T BUY THESE ASS T-SHIRTS, YOU MIGHT GET JUMPED

These T-shirts caused controversy in St Maarten. I can't say I disagree with the T-shirts, but some people were upset. I think they were more upset that Indians living off St Maarten were profiting by calling St Maarteners asses.  Now I know many in this family including Jack and Dumb, Lazy I've run into, Smart and Wise must be shy, because I've never met them in St Maarten

st maarten during the Heineken regatta shopping, discounts and lots more

I have to ask Dick about this, he actually takes part. The Heineken Regatta is a pretty huge event in St Maarten, with all its harbours and ports. Many sailors around the world come to participate in the regatta races. Me and my photog people, what we do is try to discover the best camera angles and locations. So a great day during the Regatta means, going Little Bay Hill, to Simpson Bay, to Pelican Hill, to Sonesta Maho, to Cupecoy...... Then we go home and process all the videos and photos. I'll be doing my part alone in 2014. Larry makes it back to St Maarten, then twice the photos :)

VIDEO THE YORKS STEEL PAN PHILIPSBURG ST MAARTEN VIDEO judith roumou

I have to verify on each blog, that I'm using my original content. This was a very nice day in Philipsburg St Maarten, Wednesday December 18th 2013 8+1 cruise ship in port. As soon as I got off Cannegieter road and walked to Backstreet I could see the heightened police presence. The police were everywhere. Why? Because with 9 cruise ships the population of St Maarten has a significant albeit brief increase. With 40.000 cruise ship passengers, and tens of thousands of other tourists, there has to be an increase in security. As soon as I heard the Yorks were playing on the Mainstreet, the only thing I wanted to get recorded was The Mighty Isidore Yorks "Christmas Morning in St Maarten", one of the best Caribbean carols of all time. I got than one song. I also managed to record "Ho Ho Ho, how will Santa Get Here? and "Guavaberry" So I got some of the best Caribbean Carols on Steelpans and posted them to my Youtube channel: SXMISNICE

I even have videos there with Dow and his son during Christmas 2009.

Enjoy the video, and subscribe at my Youtube Channel to see over 400 St Maarten videos.

THIS VIDEO SHOWS PHILIPSBURG WITH 38,000 VACATIONERS IN PORT, MUSIC, SHOPPING DANCING VIDEO judith roumou

I love when the Mainstreet brings out live artists. There were 8 cruise ships in port, so the streets were packed in Philipsburg, there was live music playing, people dancing, people singing. Yes, this is Christmas in St Maarten. There are many more video to come about shopping in St Maarten.

ST MAARTEN BOARDWALK 4 CRUISE SHIP DAY all photos judith roumou

Welcome to the Philipsburg Boardwalk on a busy day. This man is snitching out illegal workers to the Inspectors/Police that patrol the Boardwalk. It's NOT locals who call the immigration and police on illegals....it's othe IMMIGRANTS and ILLEGALS who do it. Other than this snitch ratting out his people to the police, there's great live entertainment on the Boardwalk. Steelpan, Live Bands, One Man Bands it's great on the Boardwalk on a busy day.