Taking your team to Saint Martin's? How to plan the ship, rooms, meals and the evening for a group, and how to book a whole resort.
An office trip to Saint Martin's Island takes more planning than a family weekend: more ship seats, more rooms and more meals at the same time. Here's how to plan it, from the team at El Marena Eco Resort near Chera Dip, where a group can have the whole resort.
The island opens only in the season the government sets, and last season (2025–26) no more than 2,000 people a day could visit. The 2026–27 rules weren't out when we wrote this (October 2026), so book early once they are.
How many can come
El Marena has 18 units: 6 duplex cottages (up to 4 guests each), 6 single cottages (2 each) and 6 tents (2 each), so up to 48 guests in all. For a team of that size you can book the whole resort and have it to yourselves.
Ship tickets for a group
- Book all the seats together, on one ship, as soon as the season's sale opens.
- Collect each person's name and ID details early: last season every ticket carried a travel pass.
- Pick one person to hold the tickets and the list on the day.
- We can help book ship tickets as a paid extra.
Meals and evenings
- Restaurant: breakfast, lunch and dinner for the whole group (paid extra; breakfast is free with the duplex cottages). Tell us the numbers and any food needs in advance.
- Barbecue: our BBQ spot is a paid extra, good for a team evening at the resort.
- Events are allowed at El Marena, within our quiet hours of 11 pm to 7 am.
Things to do as a team
- A football match on the resort's ground.
- A morning walk to Chera Dip at low tide.
- Sunset from the lookouts on top of the duplex cottages.
- More ideas: things to do in Saint Martin and group trip tips.
Booking
Send us your dates, the number of people and what you'd like (meals, barbecue, ship tickets) on WhatsApp, and we'll send a full quote in writing.
