In the Bag

How to be a savvy shopper when your ship calls on the U.S. Virgin Islands.

SHOPPING IN “AMERICA’S CARIBBEAN” ( ST. THOMAS, St. Croix, and St John) definitely has its advantages, the biggest being that U.S. residents are allowed to bring back $1,600 of duty-free goods — twice the amount permitted from other Caribbean countries Combine that with the fact that there’s no sales tax and you’ve got two compelling reasons to buy in the U.S. Virgin Islands.