Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 21:25     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Grand Cayman
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 21:01     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
By the end of my trip to the Exumas, I was looking at property listings there. Seriously, it is truly paradise.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 20:48     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Anonymous wrote:Catalina?


For the wine mixer?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 20:44     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Catalina?
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 20:42     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Fernando de Noronha
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 20:16     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Anguilla or Eleuthera. The former has better restaurants, fwiw.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 19:10     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Anonymous wrote:Anguilla

This is what I hear.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 19:10     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Tanna in Vanuatu. The Marquesas - all of them. Vava'u in Tonga. For an atoll, probably Fakarava - for the sharks.

All very good places.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 19:10     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Anonymous wrote:Anguilla


+1. I haven't been to St. John but it's on my list to try.

I went to Turks & Caicos 15 years ago and felt this way, but it doesn't seem as safe any more.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 19:08     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Mallorca
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 18:58     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Once I visited Hawaii 25 years ago, any mainland beach vacation was just ok. We were lucky enough to be able to move to Maui 7 years ago.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 18:35     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Galapagos. But don’t stay on the islands; instead, take one of the boats that has about 25 passengers. It’s small enough to have a ton of personal interactions with the guides but big enough to avoid sea sickness. Seeing the Galapagos totally changed me—I fell in love with earth and the ocean in a way I hadn’t expected. Truly beautiful! Worth the $$.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 18:29     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Anguilla
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 18:10     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Sicily
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 18:04     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?
Name one. Doesn’t matter the country or territory, just send me down a rabbit hole.