Another Hello from GA

[3Michele]

Hi All!
My husband, 14 year old son, and I will be making our first trip to Aruba in about a week. We are staying at the Tamarijn. Any helpful hints/advice would be greatly appreciated
Arubalisa-I sent you a private message yesterday with a few questions. Let me know if there is a specific area I should post them. I'm still learning my way around the community...
Thanks everyone,
Michele
P.S. I've enjoyed reading the posts here. There's a wealth of great info!

[Andrea J.]

hello michele

welcome to the forum

post your questions here if you want and we can guide you
or post a keyword in the search option to the left

a whole bunch of links may appear giving you lots of reading

[Arubalisa]

Welcome and hello Michele, sorry I never received the message. Do you want to check your sent folder and see if they are still there and post them in the hotel category? Or you can send me another PM.

[3Michele]

Thank you, Andrea and Lisa, for your wonderful advice! I appreciate you both taking the time to answer my questions. Hopefully, here are my last two:

1. Can you offer suggestions on how and where to rent a cell phone?

2. Is dialing an 800 number from your Tamarijn room free? I'm guessing it's not but I wondered if I could use a long distance card through a toll-free number?

Looking forward to updating everyone when we return,

Michele

[Andrea J.]

no 800 NOT free

never ever ever ever (except emergency 911) use the hotel room phones. huge charges

i recommend www.fastphonearuba.com

the owner is awesome his prices are fair customer service terrific

his name is charles and on this forum he is caribbean-tattler.

Thank you, Andrea and Lisa, for your wonderful advice! I appreciate you both taking the time to answer my questions. Hopefully, here are my last two:

1. Can you offer suggestions on how and where to rent a cell phone?

2. Is dialing an 800 number from your Tamarijn room free? I'm guessing it's not but I wondered if I could use a long distance card through a toll-free number?

Looking forward to updating everyone when we return,

Michele

[Love Aruba]

We use Aruba Discount Cell for our phone. Another good company. Website is arubadiscountcell.com and the e-mail is aruba@arubadiscountcell.com
Have a great time in Aruba!!!!
Pat

[tangy003]

we'll be getting to Aruba this Saturday and we rented a cell phone from Charles Too.

http://www.fastphonearuba.com/

[Andrea J.]

we own a digicel cellphone for aruba use.
our son and his bride are joining us for part of our aruba stay and will be renting from fastphone.

charles runs a great aruban business.

[3Michele]

Thanks so much for the cell phone info! Should we get TSA approved locks for our luggage? We never lock them when flying in the US but are not sure about international travel...

[Love Aruba]

I used them last year and had no problems. You just never know who is going to go through your luggage, I hope this cuts down on that. Just don't put anything of value in your checked luggage.
Have a GREAT trip!!
Pat