St Martin/St Maarten
 

My girlfriend and I would like to go to St Martin for a 4-5 day trip to the Caribbean from Florida. Have been to many islands but not St Martin,
Prefer an all-Inclusive resort in the middle of everything. Even though we like all inclusive, we like to walk to shopping and restaurants.
Like to dance and party at night and hang by the pool during the day.
Prefer a lively environment with entertainment at the resort or a bar/club in nearby town.

Is there anything like this in St Martin?
Thank you in advance for your advise.

There are only a few All Inclusive Resorts on St. Martin. The main reason is because the island has so many terrific restaurants that most visitors don't want to limit their food choices to the on-resort meal plans. If you are intent on staying at an All Inclusive Resort look at Divi Little Bay, Sonesta Ocean Point, Sonesta Maho Beach, Hotel Emerald Resort and Princess Heights. You can check the locations of any of the above on Google Maps to see if they are close enough to shopping and other places that might interest you.

Thank you for the help! Do you recommend a place near all of the restaurants and shops? Also, do you happen to know what the vaccine/mask requirements are there?

You'll find scores of threads telling you everything you need to know about the Covid/Vaccine/Mask requirements on the St. Marti Forums at TripAdvisor and TravelTalkOnLine websites.

Sorry, I never stay at All Inclusive Resorts so am unable to give you any recommendations as to which ones are best. Suggest you read the reviews of the various resorts on TripAdvisor or other websites and then decided.

years back, we stayed at Hotel Riu and had a great time. food and staff were great, and the beaches are phenomenal!

Hi ! On St Maarten there is two all inclusives; divi little bay & sonesta. The first does all -inclusive as an option; the second is only all inclusive.

Both are next to shopping & restaurants, but whereas Divi is close to Philipsburg (shopping haven), Sonesta is closer to nightlife meccas Simpson Bay & Maho. It sounds you tend to best off with the latter.