Sept. 20, 2016---off to St. Thomas!

5 days after we got home from 4 weeks in Hawaii, I was off to catch a flight to St. Thomas.  I wasn't planning to go, but circumstances made it a perfect opportunity to  join my daughter and her husband there for 3 nights, so I happily joined them.

Originally I had booked them accommodations in a studio unit at the new Wyndham Margaritaville.  With our VIP status with Wyndham, we're eligible for free upgrades if they're available.  I kept checking and the one and only time anything else appeared it was for a 3 bedroom Presidential Reserve unit, so I immediately upgraded them.  My daughter, again, stressed that she and Josh would like me to join them, so she booked me a flight on Spirit Airlines out of ATL for about $370 rt.  Couldn't pass up a deal like that!

So dark and early, Ken drove me to the airport.  At least there isn't much Atlanta traffic at 5:30 in the morning!

I've only flown Spirit one other time---from Fll-Atl to dog sit when Angie and Josh were packing and driving their stuff up to Suwanee, but it is a surprisingly nice airline.   At least as far as the plane goes.  They do charge for everything from carry on luggage to sodas, but since I was only going for 3 nights, all I needed fit into my personal bag (beach bag) which is the only thing free you can bring.
As we were taking off from ATL---

Sept. 20-23, 2016---St. Thomas Margaritaville 3 bedroom Presidential Reserve condo:

A relatively new club of Wyndhams---Margaritavilles.  We aren't Margaritaville owners, but they let Wyndham VIPs reserve some of the excess units within something like 60 days out.  It's usually studio units, which is what I originally reserved for Angie and Josh, but I lucked into finding a 3 bedroom presidential reserve unit free upgrade a couple weeks before their trip.  With the extra bedrooms, they said I "had" to come too!  Who am I to argue with that!!????   So our first ever stay in a Margaritaville was the new one in St. Thomas.  It was gorgeous! 

The entrance to the lobby.  Love the parrots in the fountain.