{"id":1155,"date":"2009-03-12T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2009-03-14T13:04:38","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T18:04:38","slug":"grenada-business-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/faq\/grenada-business-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Squeeze in Some Pleasure on a Grenada Business Trip?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">C<\/span>ilia from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago wrote Grenada Beaches to ask an interesting question. The question in essence sums up the challenge that many business travelers to Grenada face&#8230; <strong>How to\u00a0squeeze in some fun in the sun, and still get your work done?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s Cilia&#8217;s situation:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Like myself, many people I know travel for work or study and are unable to participate in the day activities. <strong>They come back home having seen nothing but the conference hall and eat hotel food<\/strong>. In\u00a0[<em>date removed<\/em>] I will travel for a conference at Grand Beach Hotel. I will stay there and will check in on Friday afternoon and leave on Monday midday (I have classes to teach on Thursday evening and Monday evening at home [Trinidad] so I cannot go early or stay extra time.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine that the conference will go on up to as late as 6 pm each day.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How can I still enjoy Grenada? <\/li>\n<li>Also, how can I move around without paying $40-$60 US for a hotel taxi to take me to town etc?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Below is my response (slightly edited).\u00a0 Because she is tied up in conference every day,\u00a0 everything has to be scheduled around her sessions.<\/p>\n<h3>My Response:<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Grand Beach Hotel is on Grenada&#8217;s most popular beach &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/beaches\/grand-anse-beach\/\">Grand Anse Beach<\/a> &#8212; so that will cover your beach side of things. You can <strong>take an early morning dip before the conference starts, or relax in the evening after the conference<\/strong>. Friday after you check in is also a good option.<\/li>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<li>Grand Beach hotel is located right off the busiest  bus route. <\/br><br \/>\n<blockquote>\n<p>********Side Note*********<br \/>\nThis is true for many of the hotels in the Grand Anse area, not only Grand Beach. It&#8217;s a 5 or 10 minute walk to get to the main road, after which you will have several buses to choose from.<br \/>\n***************************<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is bus stop right at the entrance\/exit to Grand Beach. Catch the bus there and it takes you right into St. George&#8217;s. A 15 minute drive that will cost you about EC $2.00. Compare that to a US$40 taxi. <\/p>\n<p> You can explore every inch of <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada\/st-georges-grenada\/\">St. George&#8217;s<\/a> in a couple hours, <em>if<\/em> you plan it properly, and don&#8217;t dilly dally. Walk along the <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada\/5-fun-things-to-do-on-the-carenage-plus-pictures\/\">Carenage<\/a>, visit the museum, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada-attractions\/fort-george\/\">Fort George<\/a>, and pick up a few Souvenirs while you move about.<\/p>\n<p>Another option is to catch a bus early Saturday morning to <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada\/st-georges-market\/\">St. George&#8217;s, and head over to the market<\/a>. You&#8217;ll have sufficient time to get back for the start of your conference.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada-attractions\/gouyave-fish-fridays\/\">Gouyave Fish Friday<\/a><\/strong> is always fun. But it is a little out of the way. Ask your hotel front desk if they organize trips to Fish Fridays. Local tour companies are also a good option to inquire about.  Finally, I heard Le Phare Bleu hotel, organizes a boat excursion up to Fish Friday. Give them a call to verify if this is true. Sounds like fun if you are not too scared of boats.<\/li>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<li>There are several <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada-review\/grenada-restaurants\/\">Restaurants<\/a><\/strong> at other hotels along Grand Anse Beach, and many others within walking distance. One of my favorite hangouts is <a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/ricks-cafe-grenada.html\">Rick&#8217;s Cafe<\/a> right across the street from Grand Beach Hotel, and at the back of the Grand Anse Shopping Center. Good bites, and great ice cream.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting Around at Night<\/h3>\n<p>If you plan to do anything late evening\/night (<a href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/grenada-night-life\/club-karma-grenada-so-far-its-all-good-karma\/\">Club Karma <\/a>maybe?) or out of the way, then you cannot escape taking a taxi. The safest bet is your hotel taxi, but they will charge you a lot.<\/p>\n<p> If you are a savvy traveler (my guess is&#8230; you are), then while exploring St. George&#8217;s you can make contact with a taxi driver, and set things up for later. If you are uncomfortable with this then DO NOT do it; make alternate plans or use a hotel recommended taxi.<\/><\/p>\n<p>So Cilia (and anyone else) I hope this helps a bit. Grenada is safe enough to explore, and have some fun even with a tight business schedule. Always be aware of your surroundings, and do not take unnecessary risks, like walking by yourself, late at night, in poorly lit areas.<\/p>\n<p>Kindest Regards<br \/>\nGooch<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>How about you?<\/h3>\n<p>Any tips for the Grenada Business Traveler to squeeze in some fun? <strong>What will you try to (or must) squeeze in on a business trip to Grenada? <\/strong> Leave us your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cilia from neighboring Trinidad and Tobago wrote Grenada Beaches to ask an interesting question. The question in essence sums up the challenge that many business travelers to Grenada face&#8230; How to\u00a0squeeze in some fun in the sun, and still get your work done? Here&#8217;s Cilia&#8217;s situation: Like myself, many people I know travel for work&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/faq\/grenada-business-trip\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Squeeze in Some Pleasure on a Grenada Business Trip?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[226],"tags":[38,83,91,92,93,95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grenada-beaches.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}