Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 10:34     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Anonymous wrote:People who are saying Anguilla or Cayman, please explain why.


For Anguilla it’s the beaches. Just stunningly beautiful.

https://www.fodors.com/world/caribbean/anguilla/experiences/news/photos/10-incredible-beaches-to-visit-in-anguilla

Grand Cayman has been on my list for years and we are going in March. We will see how it stacks up.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 10:24     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Kokomo Private Island Resort.
Wakatobi DIve Resort (snorkeling too)
Four Seasons Hualalai, Auberge Mauna Lani or Fairmont Orchid on Kohala Coast of Hawaii Island.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 10:03     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Anonymous wrote:Cayman is beautiful and safe and easy to navigate on your own with a rental car.

St. Lucia has rough water and is not a safe island for tourists to navigate alone.


Kiiinda. It's easy if you don't have any issues getting over the hump of driving on the opposite side of the road including going through constant roundabouts. I do ok with that but it totally stressed out DH. It is beautiful and safe!
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 09:47     Subject: Re:What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Agree with any one in Fiji, Sicily, Fernando de Noronha, and would add
Gili Trawangan.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 09:28     Subject: Re:What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

British Virgin Islands - best done by boat.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 07:35     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Cayman is beautiful and safe and easy to navigate on your own with a rental car.

St. Lucia has rough water and is not a safe island for tourists to navigate alone.
Anonymous
Post 08/10/2025 07:16     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

People who are saying Anguilla or Cayman, please explain why.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 23:46     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

^Forgot Cayman Islands
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 23:45     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

So many...

St. Lucia
Nevis
St. Kitts
St. Maarten
Azores (it's an archipelago)
Turks + Caicos
Jamaica ( certain parts)

Aruba
Barbados
St. Croix
Bahamas
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 23:37     Subject: Re:What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Catalina
Maui
Any island in Fiji
Sicily
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 22:58     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Anonymous wrote:I love your post OP! lol

So there's def really amazing once in a lifetime islands I can name that I love like Tahiti or Nectar.

I think more accessible would be St Lucia or BVI (Tortola). But I also fell in love with pedestrian Costa Rica I also loved Italian Ischia and Ponza.



What is St. Lucia like? I know some people don’t care for it but others love it.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 22:47     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

I love your post OP! lol

So there's def really amazing once in a lifetime islands I can name that I love like Tahiti or Nectar.

I think more accessible would be St Lucia or BVI (Tortola). But I also fell in love with pedestrian Costa Rica I also loved Italian Ischia and Ponza.

Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 21:48     Subject: Re:What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Anonymous wrote:Isle of mull


+1000
That was heaven to me too. Probably not what the OP is looking for though.
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 21:29     Subject: Re:What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Isle of mull
Anonymous
Post 08/09/2025 21:29     Subject: What island is going to change my life and make me never want to take another mainland USA beach trip again?

Terre de haut - les petit saintes