Preparing for a Caribbean vacation: make St. Maarten and St. Martin dinner reservations online

Sept. 9, 2008 - PRLog -- Just in time for the high season, the DineSXM online dining guide at http://www.dinesxm.com is promoting a new service to visitors and residents of St. Maarten and St. Martin. The guide features extensive restaurant descriptions with menu suggestions, neighborhood maps, ratings and reviews. An exclusive feature of DineSXM is that visitors of the site can make guaranteed breakfast, lunch and dinner reservations ahead of time.

Explaining the benefits of his company's new service, John de Vroom of DineSXM NV says that "When people book their table online, there's no need to search for a restaurant's phone number anymore. There's also no more frustration with unanswered calls, busy signals or lost reservations." Making a reservation on the DineSXM website takes less than a minute. Guests only have to check if a table is available when they want it, enter the number of people in their party, and submit the booking form. The site then takes care of the rest, by forwarding the reservation to the restaurant and sending a confirmation email to the guest. "Everything takes place automagically," de Vroom quips.

Nearly 40 island favorites, including places such as Bamboo Bernie's, Peg Leg Pub, Sopranos, The Ocean Lounge and Fusion on the Dutch side, or La Vie en Rose, Brasserie de la Gare, and La Petite Auberge des Iles on the French side have started taking online reservations since the site launched in February 2008. While the first fifty restaurants can join at no cost, DineSXM will soon start charging a fee for new additions. About ten more free spots are left. The company only charges its restaurants a small fee for each person who books through the DineSXM website.

Liesa Euton, owner of Los Gauchos Argentine Grill, was among the first restaurateurs to join in. Touting the advantages of being listed on DineSXM, she mentions: "Many of our guests want to find out about restaurants before they come down on vacation. Taking reservations through the web is a useful extra service that has been easy for us to offer. Since joining in March, we also received many exciting reviews from DineSXM visitors. This sort of customer feedback is important for us, we want to make sure that our guests stay satisfied with our restaurant, the food and service."

In little more than six months since its initial launch, DineSXM has risen to the top of search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN. With over 50,000 pages viewed by 12,000 visitors, the site at http://www.dinesxm.com is quickly becoming one of the island's main resources on dining information. Restaurant owners who would like to find out more are invited to contact John de Vroom at info@dinesxm.com or by phone at +599 545-2256.

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DineSXM lets residents and visitors of St. Maarten / St. Martin find their favorite restaurants and book their table online ahead of time.