We spent 5 nights on the 4 Seasons Anguilla and had a tremendous time! Listed here are all the small print from our journey together with the right way to get there, the highlights of the resort, and suggestions for vacationers!
4 Seasons Anguilla: Our Journey Recap!
In the event you comply with 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 to try the video spotlight reel!)
Our vacation spot was the 4 Seasons Anguilla, and it was completely superb! Somewhat than recap our journey day-to-day, I’m sharing subject by subject so future vacationers can get an important overview.
Costume rented from Nuuly!
How we selected 4 Seasons Anguilla
This journey truly 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 present card to the 4 Seasons.
I began to look into properties to go to, and dominated out the $2500 an evening Miami property fairly shortly. There are just a few Caribbean properties, together with the Bahamas, Nevis, and Anguilla. The 4 Seasons Anguilla had the proper stability 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 amassing Chase factors all 12 months, we had a financial institution of them to spend on our flights.
I attempted to determine a method to e-book the room with half factors and half present card, however I didn’t know the right way to do it and keep away from a attainable room transfer.
So we finally e-book all 5 nights on factors and saved our present card to make use of on all of our meals, drink, and lodge fees. EPIC!!!
If you wish to be taught extra about journey rewards, learn this submit. I’ll even be sending out an electronic mail in just a few days with the precise playing cards, quantities of factors, and the way we booked this journey to my journey electronic mail listing, and you may choose in right here to get that electronic 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.
Once I researched the journey, although, the critiques mentioned 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 aircraft a really quick trip after which wait in a protracted 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 bought a bunch of $5 and $10 payments. We BLEW via them there have been so many alternative factors of tipping. So convey tons of money and bear in mind to avoid wasting for the return journey!
Funtime Ferry To Anguilla
The entire strategy of attending to Anguilla jogged my memory loads of touring to Bald Head Island.
I used to be in a position to prepare for the ferry via the 4 Seasons concierge. The whole price was $440 spherical journey (!) however there wasn’t actually a greater method to do it aside from fly immediately into Anguilla. Undoubtedly issue this price into your journey finances. I used to be in a position to cost the ferry to our room, which meant we may put it in direction of our present card.
We needed to present our passports 5 completely different occasions and after ready in a bit of open-air space, we lastly boarded the boat.
This was not an enormous passenger ferry like we we considering it might be! It was mainly a pace boat, which was enjoyable.
We met our Anguilla BFFs, Brent and John (HI GUYS!), on this boat trip. It bonded us for the week and it was nice to have associates to run into!
The boat trip was about 25 minutes (and fairly rocky over the methods!) but it surely enjoyable as a result of the had beers and rum punch and we had been in a position to chill out 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 feel they’re rebuilding it). We needed to undergo Anguilla customs which was fast however extra passport displaying. Then we had been assigned a taxi (extra cash!) to the 4 Seasons. That taxi trip was about 20 minutes.
I feel it most likely 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 collection!!
Our room was spacious with superb 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 bought in it. We did flip our large bathtub right into a sizzling tub although!
We additionally cherished 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 cherished the robes and slippers and switch down service.
4 Seasons Anguilla Swimming pools
The Sundown Pool is the gorgeous infinity pool with superb 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 convey you something you wanted from rum punch to lunch.
Almost each hour they introduced by samples of smoothies, drinks, or snacks. And as soon as a crew 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 personal.
The Two Seashores
Our favourite seaside, Barnes Bay Seaside, was the “wilder” of the 2. There have been rocks with large crashing waves!
Because the week went on, the seaside shrunk. Our good friend Yeury mentioned each full moon the tide crashes like this and put a cliff into the sand which suggests 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. Nevertheless it felt so cool.
The ocean was a bit of too tough for swimming close to the resort, but it surely was a lot calmer on the finish of Meads Bay Seaside.
The 4 Seasons had snorkel gear and different water sports activities like paddle boards, but it surely 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
- Suggestions for touring to the 4 Seasons Anguilla!
