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Get The Most Out of Your Vacation With All The Benefits of JMB Website Supporters Membership

Posted April 30, 2010


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CURRENT MEMBERS: go here to renew your membership.

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BECOME A NEW MEMBER, go here to join using PayPal


Now 55

SXM-Focused Travel Benefits

Deliver a Better St. Maarten / St. Martin Vacation

for Much Less Money.

  

Just $49 for a Full Year OR

five years for just $85

Scroll down the page to see membership benefits and to join

 

Renewals, only $13/ year

when you select our lowest-cost multiyear renewal option

NOW 55 Benefits -- Why Join?

Major St. Maarten / St. Martin Travel Benefits from

JMB Website Supporters Membership Subscriptions:

 

This is only a partial list. There are now 55 benefits in all (and more are coming).

  • SUPER LOW-COST AIRFARES: Our exclusive St. Maarten-only "Low Airfare Bulletins" tell you when great fares are available up to 330 days in advance, so you can quickly get the fares you want. We monitor fares from more than 100 cities in the U. S., Canada, and a few in Europe. Whenever we find great fares --scheduled, sale, wholesale, or charter-- we post them on our Low Airfare Grid and email you news of outstanding fares. As a member, you'll have a much better chance of paying lower fares for the travel dates and seats you want. Sometimes, they're exceptionally low fares -- like recent $259 Winter round-trips to SXM from several U. S. cities. Many of our fares for winter 2010 travel have been under $400 round trip including all taxes and fees. Low airfares alone are worth the price of subscribing.

  • FREE ADS TO SELL OR RENT OUT YOUR TIMESHARE, VILLA, OR CONDO ON OUR OWN "CONDORENTALS" WEBSITE: Sell or rent out up to 10 weeks you own in SXM or anywhere worldwide (new) per 12-month period. Many owners sell or rent their units in just a few weeks. Ads are free for members and there are NO COMMISSIONS.  If you like, you can even order highlighting to make your ad stand out in the crowd. See ads here.  You can also advertise weeks you've already banked with II or RCI (new), also for no charge.

  • FREE SUNDAY SUNSET LAGOON CRUISES aboard a Catamaran with an experienced captain: includes free beer and free rum punch; members only. 

  • CAR RENTAL DISCOUNTS: Members-only discounts give you $15 off the regular non-discounted rack rate of one of the island's top car rental companies. Available year-round.

  • BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE DINING DISCOUNTS:  Discounted access to the Caribbean Card, which brings you many buy-one, get-one-free dinners at top restaurants across the island. Your favorite restaurants are probably on the list!

  • DIRECT DINING DISCOUNTS at places like The Stone Restaurant and Bonita's Cantina, two fine award-winning restaurants.

  • THE SXM PRIVILEGE CARD for about half off, with dozens of discounts at French-Side restaurants and on Dutch Side Jewelry -- and a big Casino benefit!

  • DEEP-SEA FISHING DISCOUNTS through an experienced Dutch Side Captain. New 11/09.

  • FREE PHONE CALLS TO BOTH THE DUTCH AND FRENCH SIDES from the US for your family and associates, plus 9 to 13.5 cents a minute once you use your free calls. Lets you keep in touch with your kids, the office, or elderly relatives at home for pennies.

  • ULTRA LOW-COST CALLS HOME: We tell you how to make calls from SXM for pennies using your hotel phone or your cell phone. Hotels charge about $5/minute for calls home. How does about 32 cents a minute grab you? By contrast, Verizon Wireless from SXM is $1.99 per minute for all incoming and outgoing calls. 

  • TOP-CLASS HOTEL ROOMS OR TIMESHARE CONDOS FOR $449 PER ROOM, PER WEEK: Our exclusive discounts off Cheap Caribbean's regular low rates mean you may just pay less than the maintenance fees timeshare owners pay on the exact same units. You can take additional vacations for short money! (Members only; details on Members' Website. This rate available with "SXM Surprise" Packages only. Members-only code required.)

  • SHARP DISCOUNTS ON PUB CRAWLS AND TINTAMARRE CRUISES on the Celine catamaran (new). 

  • DISCOUNT ON THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE ABOARD THE ST. MAARTEN PARTY BUS (new) 

  • DISCOUNT ABOARD RAPID EXPLORER, the luxury fast ferry service to St. Barths (new).  

  • SHARP DISCOUNTS AND FREEBIES ACROSS THE ISLAND: Through your discounted membership in the Value Guide of St. Maarten (new).

  • HEAVILY DISCOUNTED EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVACUATION PROTECTION: Should you become critically ill or injured and require an emergency air ambulance home, the cost is usually over $40,000. Our members get $60 off annual plans good for emergency travel home from anywhere in the USA, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Belize, or Costa Rica: short money for great peace-of-mind.

  • MEMBERSHIP REFERRAL BONUS gives you a free one-year extension of your membership once you refer just one individual to us who joins and mentions you (one free year of membership for you with every new paid membership you refer).

  • LOW-COST SXM (St. Maarten) AIR/HOTEL PACKAGES: You will not find lower package prices anywhere. We beat Travelocity, Expedia, and others every day.

  • FREE ST. MAARTEN SCREENSAVERS: Just-for-JMB Website Supporters, we offer totally FREE St. Maarten PC screensavers with a number of our best pictures. Passworded web access lets members download these special, members-only screensavers for free. And now there's a downloadable St. Maarten movie, too -- with more coming.

  • MEMBERS-ONLY SXM PHOTO GALLERY: Post your favorite SXM photos online, free.

  • MEMBERS-ONLY MESSAGE BOARD: Ask questions and get answers from other members and from Jeff, Susan, and other JMB Communications' knowledgeable, experienced staff.

  • MEMBERS-ONLY TRAVEL CALENDAR: Meet other members from around the country or around the world and make new friends on St. Maarten.

  • MANY MORE MEMBERS-ONLY BENEFITS: At this writing there are 31 in all, with more coming. You'll receive complete details when you join.


How To Join:

Initial Membership Subscriptions are for one, two, three, or five years (your choice); the longer, the lower the cost per year and the more St. Maarten bonus gifts you get. Renewals thereafter are just $13/year when you choose our lowest cost multiyear renewal option.

Please note that if you join by PayPal, PayPal will acknowledge your payment immediately, but it takes us up to three business days to enroll you and email you your sign-in and benefits information. If you're in a rush, the telephone sign-up option is ideal for you.

There are three ways to join, see specific payment links below:

  • Online via PayPal, an eBay unit with over 100 million members; it's the world standard for online payments.  If you need faster service, see the next sign-up option. Most new members join through PayPal.
  • Phone (if you're in a hurry); these are generally completed within 24 hours (weekdays), sometimes the same day. The price is $15 higher regardless of duration because the service is faster.
  • Mail (by check) is for those who aren't in any hurry at all. Mail takes a week or two to process, sometimes longer, since we process these last. Scroll down for details.
  • Regardless of how you join, you MUST give us your name, street address, daytime phone number, and email for us to launch your membership. Most member communications are by email/web, but we may (rarely) need to phone you to verify sign-up information. Please check your sign-up info for accuracy. If we don't have accurate info, we can't get your membership started properly.
  • Join Below By Any of The Above Methods:

SIGN UP WITH PAYPAL HERE:

NEW FIVE-YEAR MEMBERSHIP, $85 TOTAL -- OUR BEST OFFER:

JOIN FOR FIVE YEARS BY PAYPAL for just $85 and get lots of free St. Maarten souvenirs. Get a colorful St. Maarten keychain plus TWO "SXM" Sint Maarten Euro-Oval stickers free PLUS an all-new, rugged, oversized fluorescent green luggage tag when you join for five years for $85, our newest and best sign-up offer. Limited time offer for souvenirs while limited supplies last; available through PayPal or by check. Photos of some of what you get are below (photos reduced to fit on your screen):


JOIN FOR THREE YEARS FOR JUST $69 TOTAL:

JOIN FOR THREE YEARS BY PAYPAL ($69 TOTAL) Click the button to sign up. New members clicking this button also get a free "SXM" St. Maarten Euro Oval sticker, the exact same sticker you see on cars all over the island. Offer available only through PayPal or by check; instructions for check payment are below. A sample of our SXM Euro Oval sticker is displayed below as well. 


Other signup offers:

JOIN FOR ONE YEAR BY PAYPAL ($49) Click the button to sign up. (See next item ...neat bonus!)


JOIN FOR TWO YEARS BY PAYPAL for just $59 and get an SXM sticker: Get a Sint Maarten Euro-Oval stickersfree when you join for two years for just $59. Limited time offer while supplies last; available through PayPal or by check:


You may also sign up by check, phone, or fax...
please scroll down for details.

   
  

 See more St. Maarten souvenirs here.

 

SIGN UP BY CHECK (MAIL):

SLOWEST WAY TO JOIN: Send a check for $49 or more if you want to join for more than one year -- (same prices as PayPal, above) to JMB Communications, P. O. Box 1812, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02362-1812 USA. (Sorry, NO Canadian checks; Canadians please see above and use PayPal.) Include your name, address, email address, and phone. PLEASE PRINT. We'll email an acknowledgment. Checks usually take one to two weeks to process.

FASTEST WAY TO JOIN: PHONE OR FAX:

IMPORTANT: If you want high-priority membership processing, use this option. Fax or phone us your name as it appears on your card, and SPELL YOUR NAME PLEASE & PRINT CLEARLY IF FAXING, credit card billing address, email address, credit card number, day and evening phone numbers, and credit card expiration date. Also include your "card code" -- on Amex cards, that's the four-digit code printed on the top front of your card. On MC, Visa, and Discover, it's the three- or four-digit code on the back of your card, following the card number's appearance there. Fax or phone 10am to 8pm Eastern only, please. Phone calls are usually answered by an automated system, so please give us all the information noted as soon as you hear the "beep." We usually process these within about 24 hours of receipt (weekdays), sometimes faster. Specify which deal you want (PayPal pricing, above), but not, we will charge you an additional $15 for rush service.

We accept AX, MC, Visa, Discover, Diner's, Carte Blanche, and JCB. Rest assured that our phone / fax is secure with access by authorized Membership Services personnel only.

Fax & phone: 978-453-4760  (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern time only please)


The benefits described above are EXCLUSIVELY for JMB Website Supporters members and their spouses/partners and are not to be shared with others.

All memberships are good for one year unless otherwise specified. At the end of one year, you can take advantage of low single-year or multi-year renewal rates -- now as low as $13/year when you select our lowest-cost multiyear renewal option.

You will find our Privacy Policy and Credit Card Return / Refund Policy at the bottom of our gray Navigation Bar, to the left.

GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SXM VACATION -- JOIN "JMB WEBSITE SUPPORTERS" TODAY!


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Lots of people ask us where to get a great massage. Our top recommendation is Tricia Altenau; e-mail her here. She knows her stuff.

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