rsnash
Dec 5, 08, 5:59 pm
We're staying at Ocean Reef Resort & Marina in Freeport, GBI, in a couple weeks. I believe it is on the outskirst of Freeport. It is a TS condo with a kitchen, but we're likely to only make breakfast. We are trying to decide whether or not to rent a car and how to handle phone use.
If you've been there (resort or Freeport or Grand Bahama Island), what's your opinion on the necessity of a rental car? We usually rent cars so we have the freedom to go where and when we pleased, and we like to find the best restaurants (best food, not necessarily expensive or fancy). But, the resort runs a once daily grocery trip and beach shuttle (on demand I believe), and there's a public bus that stops out front. We like to explore when we visit the islands, but are a little nervous about driving on the left side of the road. At ~$500 for the rental car ($300 rental + $136 insurance supplement + gas), I think we could just take taxis/bus/tour excursions instead. How plentiful are cabs? (like if we took a bus someplace and wanted to get a taxi back)
How big is GBI, like how long would it take to circumnavigate the whole island? When we stayed on St. Martin we did that a couple times, as the main road was just one big loop of the island that wouldn't even take 2 hours to drive it you did it all in one shot without stopping.
In addition, I think we need to get an unlocked international cell phone. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations regarding this? I found this site: internationalcellphone.com (http://www.internationalcellphone.ekit.com/ekit/home) and think I could use a local Bahamas Sim in any unlocked phone, right? We're also going to Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas) in May, so I'll be able to use the phone then too.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
If you've been there (resort or Freeport or Grand Bahama Island), what's your opinion on the necessity of a rental car? We usually rent cars so we have the freedom to go where and when we pleased, and we like to find the best restaurants (best food, not necessarily expensive or fancy). But, the resort runs a once daily grocery trip and beach shuttle (on demand I believe), and there's a public bus that stops out front. We like to explore when we visit the islands, but are a little nervous about driving on the left side of the road. At ~$500 for the rental car ($300 rental + $136 insurance supplement + gas), I think we could just take taxis/bus/tour excursions instead. How plentiful are cabs? (like if we took a bus someplace and wanted to get a taxi back)
How big is GBI, like how long would it take to circumnavigate the whole island? When we stayed on St. Martin we did that a couple times, as the main road was just one big loop of the island that wouldn't even take 2 hours to drive it you did it all in one shot without stopping.
In addition, I think we need to get an unlocked international cell phone. Does anyone have any advice or recommendations regarding this? I found this site: internationalcellphone.com (http://www.internationalcellphone.ekit.com/ekit/home) and think I could use a local Bahamas Sim in any unlocked phone, right? We're also going to Atlantis (Nassau, Bahamas) in May, so I'll be able to use the phone then too.
Thanks for any advice you can offer!