Internet, Mail & Shipping in U.S. Virgin Islands

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Internet, Mail & Shipping

The main U.S. Post Office on St. Thomas is near the hospital, with branches in Charlotte Amalie, Frenchtown, Havensight, and Tutu Mall; there are post offices at Christiansted, Frederiksted, Gallows Bay, and Sunny Isle on St. Croix and at Cruz Bay on St. John. Postal rates are the same as if you were in the mainland United States, but Express Mail and Priority Mail aren't as quick.

On St. Thomas, FedEx offers overnight service if you get your package to the office before 5 PM. The FedEx office on St. Croix is in Peter's Rest Commercial Center; try to drop off your packages before 5:30 PM. Shipping services on St. Thomas are also available at Fast Shipping & Communications Nisky Mail Center and at Red Hook Mail Services. On St. John, call for Federal Express pickup.

On St. Thomas, Beans, Bytes & Websites is an Internet café in Charlotte Amalie. East End Secretarial Services offers long-distance dialing, copying, and fax services. At Little Switzerland, there's free Internet access along with an ATM, big-screen TV, telephones, and a bar with cold drinks. Near Havensight Mall, go to Soapy's Station or the Cyber Zone at Port of $ale, where there are 16 computers. Rates for Internet access range from $4 to $6 for 30 minutes to $8 to $12 per hour. On St. Croix, check your e-mail, make phone calls, and buy postage stamps at Strand Street Station Internet Café in Christiansted. Rates run $5 for a half hour of Internet time. On St. John the place to go to check your e-mail is Surf da Web in Cruz Bay and Keep Me Posted in Coral Bay. You'll pay $6 a half hour for Internet service.

Internet Cafes

Beans, Bytes & Websites (Royal Dane Mall, behind Tavern on the Waterfront, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/775-5262. www.usvi.net/cybercafe). Cyber Zone (Port of $ale, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/714-7743). East End Secretarial Services (Upstairs at Red Hook Plaza, Red Hook, St. Thomas. 340/775-5262). Keep Me Posted (Cocoloba shopping center, Rte. 107, Coral Bay, St. John. 340/775-1727). Little Switzerland (5 Dronnigens Gade, across from Emancipation Garden, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/776-2010). Soapy's Station (Havensight Mall, above Budget, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/776-7170). Strand Street Station (Pan Am Pavilion, 1102 Strand St., Christiansted, St. Croix. 340/719-6245). Surf da Web (St. John Marketplace, 2nd floor, Cruz Bay, St. John. 340/693-9152. www.surfdaweb.com.).

Shipping

Fast Shipping & Communications (Rte. 30, across from Havensight Mall, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/714-7634). FedEx (Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas. 340/777-4140. www.fedex.com. Peter's Rest Commercial Center, Rte. 708, Peter's Rest, St. Croix. 800/463-3339. St. John. 800/463-3339). Nisky Mail Center (Nisky Center, Rte. 30, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas. 340/775-7055). Red Hook Mail Services (Red Hook Plaza, Rte. 32, 2nd fl., Red Hook, St. Thomas. 340/779-1890).