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Check web site (rates page) for further information Fully Accessible - All vehicles are wheelchair accessible Contact Brant holds the intellectual property rights for the information on this site. You may display it on your computer and print or download this information for non-commercial, personal or educational purposes only. You must credit Contact Brant as the source on each copy of any information that originates from this site. Please contact us for permission to use the information for any purpose other than those outlined here.This page contains information from Marty and Laura, and Sally and Frank. In each relationship, one person is handicapped, as noted below. This page gives you their stories about handicapped / disabled access in St. Maarten and St. Martin. First, from Laura: Three years ago, Marty and Laura Van Veen gave us a story on handicapped access in St. Maarten. Marty suffers from multiple sclerosis. Their story is below, followed by an update on the same subject from Sally and Frank, who revisited SXM in late Summer, 2012.
---contributed by Laura Van Veen My husband and I spent our honeymoon in Sint Maarten/Sint Martin. It was a wonderful week and he loves the island so much he hopes that we move there someday. Unfortunately, without some changes throughout the island, this will not be possible. My husband, Marty, has Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. What this means is that his Multiple Sclerosis symptoms will continue to progress. Currently Marty uses a wheelchair all the time. This can make some things difficult for travel. As anyone who has ever been to Sint Maarten/St. Martin already knows, the local people are big hearted, extremely friendly, and generous. Everyone that we ran into offered to help, whether it was to help Marty get in or out of his wheelchair, enter a non-handicapped bathroom, get into or out of a pool, or enter a business that was not 'handicap friendly'. We were very fortunate that we were in Sint Maarten/St. Martin; don't know if we would have been as fortunate (or should I say blessed) had we been any where else.
Sadly, Sint Maarten/St. Martin is not an ideal island for the disabled. We stayed at the Pelican Resort (now Simpson Bay Resort); Marty could not use the bathroom, since it was too small for him to enter in his wheelchair. Luckily, I found a special shower wipe made for people who are bedridden and I washed and conditioned his hair in the kitchen sink. We had a mirror for him to use so he could shave there as well. The good news is that he was clean but he was very happy to come home and take a real shower. Our stay at Pelican was due to the generosity of friends; it was their wedding gift to us, a honeymoon. We have since learned that Cap Caraibes and L'Hoste are wheelchair accessible; they have wheelchair accommodations (rooms with large bathrooms and showers) and have accessible areas throughout the premises (pathways with no stairs) and to the beach edge. Restaurants are another example. Turtle Pier has a walkway that declines as you enter. That wasn't too bad; Marty just helped me by holding on to the wheels.
There is a step to get to the bar area and the seating beyond; that was fine since the general manager volunteered the use of the staff to get Marty up and down as needed. The only problem with Turtle Pier is the bathroom; it is necessary to go up five steep stairs, meaning there is no way for anyone in a wheelchair to use the facilities. I took Marty to the parking lot; a woman would not have that option. Beaches are another obstacle. Regular wheelchairs can not go on a beach. The only beach wheelchair on the island was at Club Orient, a naturist resort. Luckily for us they were gracious and permitted us to use the wheelchair and go on the club's beach. Had they not let us use the beach wheelchair, Marty would not have had any beach time on the island. These are the suggestions I have prior to travel anywhere for people with disabilities: Speaking of friends, they are the best thing to have with you in case an unforeseen situation arises. Our best friends celebrated their third anniversary in SXM while we celebrated our marriage.
Still, Pelican might see more of my husband and I if they added some basic cement ramps leading to these rooms and also made the bathrooms handicap accessible. Another major change: beach access is needed for the disabled! I can't say it enough...for an island that has that many beaches to only have two beach wheelchairs is a travesty. Not to mention, even if Pelican had been able to provide beach wheelchairs, there was no access to the beach for someone with a disability. Again, thank God for Orient Beach and Club Orient! Remember to research as much as you can prior to going and once you get there, enjoy! SINT MAARTEN TOURIST OFFICES (Info of value to you): St. Maarten Tourist Bureau WG Buncamper Rd. #33 St. Maarten Tourist Office Av. Ipiranga 318 bl A - 5 Andar Sao Paulo - SP- CEP 01046-010 675 Third Avenue, Suite 1806 New York, NY 10017 Toll Free: (800) 786-2278 (1 800 STMAARTEN) Rodriguez Pena, 2025-9th Floor, A 1021 Buenos Aires, CF
Phone: 54 11 4816 1881 Fax: 54 11 4816 2100 Phone: 30 02 76 02 12 03 Fax: 39 02 76 00 32 17 Now, from Sally and Frank:I thought that you would like to see the growing progress of this tree since the first one that I sent to you in 2009. It's amazing how it just keeps on growing through this rock. There are many that are growing this way that are all around the golf course BUT this one sits all by itself just after Maho on the left going towards the Atlantis Casino. The island has become so saturated with traffic since we bought our timeshare at the Ocean Club in '92. You just can't get out of your own way. The quaintness and "homey" feeling is gone. Unfortunately my husband has been handicapped, in a wheelchair with oxygen for the past few years but was determined to go down this year after his absence of 5 years. However, I've been down myself a couple times. Unfortunately, there are not many handicapped "friendly" places. The Atlantis Casino is now in the process of building a handicap ramp of some sorts but wasn't finished before we left.
The Casino in Maho, however, took out the wheelchair from the trunk, parked our car and wheeled him into the casino! They also did the reverse when we were leaving and took a tip reluctantly. Restaurants along Airport Rd. are also not handicapped accessible. So, whenever we could park right in the front, we went in...such a place was Pineapple Pete's. Forget about traveling to Marigot. The farthest we got was the Marigot Market. There were handicapped parking spots there..but Frank waited outside the car in his wheelchair because we could not navigate to get to the inner part of the market...so he waited back and had a cold beer at one of the stands. Then a very nice person came over and helped me get his wheelchair back in the trunk. Friends of mine said that it took one hour to get back from the French Side because of the "road construction (destruction?)" The said they thought they were back in the states. We stay at the Ocean Club on the Dutch Side which is right across the Blue Mall.