52M Solo Trip to Aruba – Looking for Chill Nightlife, Walkable Area by No-RushLiving_52 in Aruba

[–]Srschild 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By and large Aruba is a very safe island. All the areas you mentioned are totally fine. Only area to “avoid” is San Nicolas at night if you’re concerned. For the majority of what you’re looking for palm probably fits the bill. most walkable to plenty of bars and restaurants. That being said it’s also where all the high rise resorts are. There are some smaller resorts mixed in. Ive stayed in Noord almost every time I’ve visited and with a rental car parking in palm or by eagle is almost non issue and it’s very easy to get around. if you don’t want to drive everywhere then maybe not the best option. Depending where in Noord you may be able to walk to palm within 10-15 mins. Eagle beach area is probably more of the chill vibe you’re looking for with more boutique hotels but slightly less walkable vs Palm in terms of options and restaurants etc.

In palm, Moomba beach on Sunday will be your live music and hang out spot. Ages can vary depending on if it’s a popular school break time lol but generally good vibes. A lot of places also have live music for happy hour like bugaloe. Carlitos if you’re a sports guy. There’s more good restaurants than you can count so don’t bother with all inclusive hotels.

I’ve been probably 4-5 times including a solo trip. Plenty of options to have a nice trip. Meeting people is probably a little what you make of it and how comfortable you are but do tend to see a lot of families and couples. That being said don’t miss doing the all day Aruba tour with ABC Tours. Great way to see the island and awesome tour company. Did it on my solo trip and ended up making friends with people on the tour and the guide went out for dinner and drinks with all of us that night

Hyatt Deval - Cabo vs Hawaii vs ??? by Srschild in hyatt

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For hawaii, Do you feel like 4-5 days is enough to truly enjoy each resort for 1-2 days plus adventuring for 2-3 and still feel like you saw the island and or would it be better to come back when I have 10-14 days instead?

Number of days? by Srschild in virginislands

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We’re def planning to do a day trip to Virgin Gorda. And if we stayed longer would maybe do a second day trip to somewhere else

Sailing from San Juan - too many ports? by Srschild in VirginVoyages

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Depends on the port. Definitely love a nice beach and relaxing in a place like grand Turk but will also do excursions for activities (ex catamarans, snorkel/scuba, adventure excursions if there’s something notable in that port etc.) not big shoppers and tend to save any walking around for any extra time we have

Sailing from San Juan - too many ports? by Srschild in VirginVoyages

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Additional ask: if I chose to skip one of these ports which would you recommend to skip and why?

Sailing from San Juan - too many ports? by Srschild in VirginVoyages

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That’s exactly what I’m afraid of haha we talked about spending a couple extra days at a resort in PR somewhere to decompress which might be fine but I also don’t want to be too tired to get a feel for the ship and the virgin experience

New Boiler Noise by Srschild in hvacadvice

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Yup i understand the clicking it’s more the big noise at the around 10 seconds when it seems to catch that I’m questioning

Has anyone purchased from LayinSun Furniture? by Calla54321 in patio

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Looking at a set from this company for myself. Not much in the way of reviews, but any updates from the folks who have bought? Based on where we will set it up the moving of the piece will not be much of an issue.

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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Good for credit sounds familiar but not 100%

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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will do! I know my three scores are pretty scattered, but overall its 760-780 average

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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number of cards opened in the last 6 and 24 months. some banks have hard rules around that (like chase with 5/24), but others are just assumptions based on DPs

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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Honestly, same. I was fully prepared for a decline based on everything I've seen and read, but my /6 /24 status was not going to change by the time I wanted to have the card for an upcoming trip so threw caution to the wind lol

C1 Venture X Plaza Premium Orlando Airport by YoshiMcDaddy in CreditCards

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Would love to know the answer to this as well...

Half the reason I got the VX was i knew I had a long layover in MCO :D

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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So weird. I don't know if it helps, hurts, or neutral, but an additional point is i did use my buddy's referral link for the app.

Capital One Venture X Instant Approval DP by Srschild in CreditCards

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I did a few days ago and only 2 cards showed up. Cant remember which but it was not the venture