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Saint Lucia: Hello I have a few question to be answer please:

Hi Danny...if you don't mind living amongst the locals you can get a cheap 1 bedroom. I'd say in the region of around 800ec dollars a month. So just convert that to your currency to get a rough idea. Some apartments include utilities and some don't...some come furnished and some don't. There are facebook groups you can check out there's always loads of properties advertising. Im currently up and down and my partner is there at the moment...we rent a 2 bedroom in Beausejour near the cricket stadium. Built 2 years ago very nicr and we pay 900 ec. It includes water and cable...all we pay is electric. Wherever you rent the electric will be in the landlords name and you just go to the electric company and change it to your name..you will then be responsible for paying the bill regularly or they can cut it off. Hope this helps.

Saint Lucia: Child Care:

Some of the private schools like bonne terre and montessori center take them from preschool age I believe. You can also type in St. Lucia yellow pages in Google and then type preschool into the search..a whole list will come up. Hope that helps

Saint Lucia: Looking for a nanny:

Have sent you a private message

Saint Lucia: Schools:

Montessori Center in Rodney Bay is a good school..it is a private school and quite popular. Tapion and Bonne Terre are also good schools with good reputations. As for public schools.. Dame Pearlette Louisy and Camille Henry are also good Montessori center and bonne terre take children from 18 months upto grade 6. The schools all have websites so you have have a look and get in contact with the ones you are interested in.

Saint Lucia: Buying and selling household items in St. Lucia?:

Hi Nicole, If you are a Facebook user there are very active groups on facebook which St.Lucians use to buy and sell things from clothes, household items, cars etc. Just looked at one of the groups and it has 82,000 members. If you like I can PM you the names of the groups and you can check them out.

Saint Lucia: Nannying:

Hi , No didn't bother pursuing it...I think only expats would be interested in this sort of thing and I have no links to any nor would I know where to start when it comes to looking for anyone who might be interested. I am currently in St. Lucia at the moment and have moved onto exploring other job options

Saint Lucia: Price of taxi from vieux fort:

Anyone know roughly price of taxi from airport (vieux fort) to Rodney bay?

Saint Lucia: Bank cards:

Yeah, I use my Lloyd's card with no problem. Usually I tell my bank but this time I forgot and luckily they haven't blocked it! Only thing of course is that you'll get charged every time you use your card

Saint Lucia: Visit:

I've made a lot of friends both locals and people who are visiting.. just by going to the beach (I tend to go to rodney bay beach). Would have been up for meeting up but I'm coming down in 4 weeks time

Saint Lucia: Moving to St Lucia next month - Advice needed!:

Hi Tasmyn, I would agree Rodney Bay or surrounding areas would probably be best for an expat. This is the area most other expats tend to be and is the best area to be in terms of easy access to beach, shops etc. I stay in beausejour which is close to Rodney bay which has a mall and then beach is walking distance. Also in the night time there's nice bars and on Fridays Gros islet street party isn't far I wouldnt say St.Lucian's are unfriendly.. But then again my parents are Lucian's at first glance people always assume I'm a local and start convo's in patois at the time. I have seen many interactions with tourists etc and to me Lucian's have always been friendly. I find it alot friendlier over there for example..whenever you board a bus the passengers greet new passengers with 'good morning./good afternoon' ..also once we got a flat tyre and wthin 10 mins 2 cars stopped to help. Also when I've been waiting for buses in the back roads I've been offered lifts from neighbours. But yea.. of course like anywhere you go you will get your fair share of friendly and unfriendly people. In terms of finding a job in childcare I'd say it would be tough. I myself work on childcare and wanted to look for work there. I did get an interview and then offered a job in a private school (which i ended up turning down)but this is because my partner has certain connections...jobs are hard to come by and unless you know people it can be hard to find work. I would say somehow advertise your nannying services or call around schools seeing if they have vacancies. Be be warned it wont pay anywhere close to what you get paid here..if say about half or less. With working youd probably have to be open in terms of what kind of of work you are looking for and not restrict yourself to just looking for childcare jobs as it could take forever to find one especially as you're from overseas and people prefer to employ locals unless you really stand out for whatever reason.

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