All-Inclusive Resorts in St. Martin / St. Maarten

Prices shown are indicative nightly rates that change with season, room type, and availability — always confirm the current rate and exactly what's included before you book.

Why St. Martin for All-Inclusive Resorts in 2026?

Let’s answer the question you actually came here with, before anything else. St. Martin has exactly two true all-inclusive resorts in 2026 — Sonesta Ocean Point and Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, which sit side by side at Maho Bay on the Dutch side. One more property, Divi Little Bay, sells a genuine optional all-inclusive package in two tiers. Everything else on the island that appears in “best all-inclusive St. Maarten” lists is either an operator bolt-on or simply not all-inclusive at all.

That is a startling number for a 37-square-mile island that gets 14,800 US searches a month for “st martin all inclusive.” It is also the single most useful thing we can tell you: if your heart is set on a big-brand, wristband-on, seven-restaurants-included Caribbean week, St. Martin has one family option and one adults-only option, and that’s the whole shelf. Sandals doesn’t operate here. Riu left after Hurricane Irma and never came back. Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection walked away in May 2025.

Why come anyway? Because the island is genuinely one of the Caribbean’s most interesting. It has been split between France and the Netherlands since 1648 — the longest-standing peaceful border division in the world — and you cross it without a checkpoint, a passport stamp or even a slowdown. The Dutch side (Sint Maarten) gives you casinos, cruise-ship duty-free shopping in Philipsburg, US dollars everywhere, and the airport where jets land over sunbathers at Maho. The French side (Saint-Martin) gives you euros, topless beaches, and Grand Case — a single street of restaurants that has a fair claim to being the best eating in the Caribbean. On most islands, “leave the resort” is optional advice. Here it’s the entire point.

Booking note: Prices/rates change with season and availability — confirm the current rate and what’s included before you book.

The Honest All-Inclusive Picture: 2 True, 1 Optional, 3 Not Really

Because so many booking aggregators mislabel properties here, here’s the fine print in plain words:

• Sonesta Ocean Point and Sonesta Maho Beach Resort are true all-inclusive. Meals, drinks, gratuities and taxes are in the published rate. There is no “do you want the meal plan?” upsell.
• Divi Little Bay launched two selectable all-inclusive tiers — Signature and Premium — on October 1, 2025. Real plans, real inclusions, but they are optional add-ons layered on a room rate. Book carelessly and you’ll land on room-only.
• Simpson Bay Resort and Oyster Bay Beach Resort default to European Plan (room only). All-inclusive exists only when a tour operator such as Sunwing or WestJet Vacations bundles one into a package — neither hotel publishes an AI rate or, in fact, uses the phrase “all-inclusive” on its own website.
• The Morgan Resort is not all-inclusive at all. No package, no meal plan, one restaurant. At least one aggregator lists it as AI; that listing is wrong.

We still review all six, because the four non-inclusive ones are genuinely good stays — they just charge you as you go. If your budget math depends on food and drinks being covered, only the first three columns of the table below should interest you.

Quick Comparison: Our 6 St. Martin & St. Maarten Picks

Resort	Area	From (AI/night)	AI status	Best for	Our rating
Sonesta Ocean Point	Maho	$300	True all-inclusive	Adults-only, couples	8.1
Sonesta Maho Beach Resort	Maho	$220	True all-inclusive	Families, first-timers	7.6
Divi Little Bay Beach Resort	Little Bay	$180	Optional package (2 tiers)	Best beach, walk to Philipsburg	7.2
Oyster Bay Beach Resort	Oyster Pond	$150	Tour-operator package only	Snorkeling, quiet, self-catering	7.6
Simpson Bay Resort, Marina & Spa	Simpson Bay	$150	Tour-operator package only	Families, kitchens, value	7.2
The Morgan Resort Spa & Village	Maho	$190	Not all-inclusive	Style, pool, short stays	7.8

Prices are low-season starting rates for two adults; the two Sonestas are all-inclusive rates, the other four are room rates. Rates move with season and availability — confirm the current price and exactly what’s included before you book. Our current deals page tracks discounts across the Caribbean.

Maho: Airplanes, Casinos and Both of the Island’s True All-Inclusives

Maho Bay is a strange, brilliant, slightly ridiculous place. It’s a compact strip on the Dutch side, wedged between the end of Princess Juliana’s runway and the Caribbean Sea, and it contains virtually the whole of St. Martin’s all-inclusive industry plus the island’s biggest casino and its densest bar scene. You can walk from the airport to your hotel in about fifteen minutes. You can also hear every landing from your balcony, which is either the best or worst thing about the neighborhood depending on your temperament.

Sonesta Ocean Point is the island’s only genuine adults-only all-inclusive, and with the former Secrets shuttered it currently has zero direct competition. All 130 units are suites — Italian porcelain floors, Greek marble bathrooms, a private balcony as standard, not an upgrade — and The Edge, its clifftop zero-entry infinity pool looking straight down Maho Bay, is the best pool at any all-inclusive on the island. The inclusive plan is honest: premium international spirits, a daily-restocked minibar, 24-hour room service, taxes and service all in. From $300 a night, we rate it 8.1/10. The honest caveats are real, though: it has no beach of its own, its “adults-only” quiet zone sits directly above a 420-room family resort, and only three restaurants are exclusive to its guests — so a week here means eating at Maho’s venues more than the price implies. Read the full review before you commit at that rate; it’s also in our best adults-only all-inclusive resorts roundup.

Sonesta Maho Beach Resort, Casino & Spa is the island’s default family all-inclusive and, at 420 rooms, its largest AI property by some margin. Seven dining venues — buffet, Italian, Asian, Mexican, pub, pizzeria — a staffed Beach House Kids Club (3–12) and separate Teen Zone (13+), and Casino Royale’s 30 tables and 400 slots across the road. The big 2026 news is the Pelican’s Nest Sky Deck, a 59,000 sq ft rooftop adventure level that opened in June 2026 with mini golf, a climbing wall, sport simulators and a running track, all inside the all-inclusive rate; the operator has signaled a phase two with zip lines and a FlowRider surf simulator for 2027. From $220, we rate it 7.6/10 — genuinely good value against this island’s thin market, but loud, busy and dated in patches, which its 7.3/10 Booking.com score across 770 guests reflects fairly. It’s our St. Martin entry in the best all-inclusive resorts for families guide.

The Morgan Resort Spa & Village is the newest full-service hotel on the island — it opened in June 2021 — and it has the most fun pool: a beach-entry infinity pool with a waterfall, a grotto cave, a slide, an underwater sound system and the Bar-M swim-up bar with an actual blackjack table. SALT Restaurant + Bar is a real restaurant with live entertainment Wednesday to Sunday, and the rooftop deck is built for watching the runway approach at sunset. From $190 and rated 7.8/10 — the highest score of our four non-Sonesta properties — but understand what you’re booking: no all-inclusive package exists, breakfast usually costs extra, there’s one restaurant, and there is no beach on site. It’s a stylish, well-located hotel, not an inclusive resort.

Little Bay: The Best Beach of the Inclusive Options

Little Bay sits on its own peninsula just west of Philipsburg, and it’s where you go if you want to be on an inclusive plan and actually swim from your beach — something Maho can’t offer.

Divi Little Bay Beach Resort has, straightforwardly, the best physical setting of any inclusive-capable resort on the Dutch side: a private calm-water beach with a clear view across to Saba, three pools, and the ruins of 17th-century Fort Amsterdam — Sint Maarten’s oldest Dutch fort — standing on the resort’s own headland. Philipsburg’s Front Street is about a 15-minute walk, which is rare enough in the Caribbean to be a genuine feature. The two-tier AI launched October 1, 2025 covers eight dining and bar venues on the entry-level Signature plan, including the PureRoc lava-rock grill and the award-winning pureocean; Premium adds the MIX at Oceans rooftop bar and the Fort Amsterdam Cafe, which Signature guests pay for separately.

From around $180 a night, we rate it 7.2/10, and the score is held down by one recurring issue: upkeep. 2025–2026 reviews describe broken sliding doors, loud air conditioning, missing infinity-pool tiles and inconsistent housekeeping often enough that you should expect it rather than be surprised by it. Room standard also varies a lot between the older Divi buildings and the newer Oceans tower — ask which one you’re in. Book the beach and the location; don’t book expecting a polished five-star product.

Oyster Pond: Dawn Beach, Snorkeling and the Island’s Best Pool

Oyster Pond straddles the French/Dutch border on the Atlantic side, an eight-acre peninsula with no strip, no cruise crowds and no airport noise. It’s the anti-Maho.

Oyster Bay Beach Resort has an infinity pool that Travel + Leisure named among the top five in the Caribbean — built out over a live reef, facing the open Atlantic — and steps down to Dawn Beach, a Blue Flag beach with the best easily reachable snorkeling on the island. Every unit has at least a half kitchen (full-size fridge, two-burner stove, microwave), which meaningfully cuts your food bill on an island where restaurant checks run $40–70 a head. Courtyard units start around $150; we rate it 7.6/10.

The trade-offs are isolation and dining. There is no standard all-inclusive plan — the resort’s default basis is European Plan, and AI exists only as an operator bolt-on — and there are only two venues on site, so a week without a rental car means the same menus repeatedly. The drive to SXM runs 30–40 minutes over some rough road. It’s a vacation-ownership property, so unit condition varies by building, and some suites are up to three flights of stairs with no elevator. For a quiet, snorkel-heavy, self-catering week it’s superb value; for an inclusive week it isn’t the tool for the job.

Simpson Bay: Kitchens, Marina and the Cheapest Serious Base

Simpson Bay is the Dutch side’s restaurant-and-marina district, fifteen minutes from the airport, and it’s where independent travelers tend to end up.

Simpson Bay Resort, Marina & Spa is the island’s biggest inventory — 272 suites plus 83 two-bedroom villas — and its best-value self-catering base. Every unit has a kitchen or kitchenette. There are five restaurants on site (La Patrona for Mexican, Bovin Steak House, Juliette’s Bistro among them), a marina, a spa, three floodlit tennis courts, the Aqua Mania watersports desk and a sheltered beach. Room-only rates start around $124–160 in low season; we list it from $150 and rate it 7.2/10.

It is not all-inclusive: the hotel sells room-only, breakfast and food-credit packages, and any AI plan is a tour-operator construction. Two more things to know. Rolling building-by-building renovations have generated repeated 2025–2026 complaints about drilling and paint fumes, and because it’s a vacation-ownership property, guests regularly report timeshare presentation invitations at check-in. Also budget for the Simpson Bay bridge, which opens three times a day and can add 20–30 minutes to any drive toward the airport.

Dutch Side vs French Side: Which Should You Actually Book?

This is the decision that shapes your whole trip, and it’s not close if all-inclusive is your priority.

The Dutch side (Sint Maarten) has every inclusive-capable resort on the island. It’s also where the airport, the cruise port, the casinos, the duty-free shopping and the nightlife are. Prices are quoted in US dollars, the official currency is the Caribbean guilder (which replaced the Netherlands Antillean guilder in 2025 and remains pegged to the dollar), and in practice you can spend an entire week paying for everything in USD without thinking about it. English is the working language.

The French side (Saint-Martin) has essentially no all-inclusive product. It has something better, depending on what you want: Grand Case, a single beachfront street of restaurants running from serious French bistros down to the lolos — open-air barbecue shacks like Talk of the Town and Sky’s the Limit where you eat ribs and johnnycakes on a picnic bench for a fraction of resort prices. It also has Orient Bay, the island’s most famous beach (with a clothing-optional section at the southern end), Baie Longue, the longest and quietest stretch of sand on the island, the Marigot market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and ferries to Anguilla and St. Barths. Euros are official, cards work everywhere, and dollars are accepted at rates you won’t enjoy.

Our recommendation for most people: sleep on the Dutch side, eat on the French side. The drive from Maho to Grand Case is around 30 minutes with no border formalities, and one or two dinners in Grand Case will be the meals you remember from the trip. Which is also, honestly, an argument against buying a full inclusive plan here at all — see below.

What’s New (and What’s Gone) in 2026

St. Martin’s resort landscape has changed more in the last eight years than almost anywhere in the Caribbean, and most “best of” lists you’ll find are out of date. The current state of play:

The former Secrets St. Martin is closed. This is the big one. Built on the site of the pre-Irma Riu Palace St. Martin, it opened at Anse Marcel on the French side in February 2020 as Secrets St. Martin Resort & Spa under AMResorts/Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection. The owners and Hyatt parted ways in 2025 and the property rebranded as the independent St. Martin Beach Resort & Spa on May 31, 2025. Then, on December 15, 2025, it abruptly closed, putting roughly 122–130 employees out of work; management cited a safety-commission risk, the local workers’ union disputed the account. There is no confirmed reopening date, and booking systems have shown it unavailable through at least the end of 2026. This was the island’s best true all-inclusive and its only adults-only alternative to Sonesta Ocean Point. Its absence is the reason this destination’s AI shelf looks so bare, and it’s why Ocean Point can charge what it charges.

Riu Palace St. Martin never came back. Hurricane Irma flattened it in September 2017; Riu sold the site rather than rebuild. If you find a “Riu St. Martin” listing anywhere, it’s a ghost.

Sonesta Maho’s Pelican’s Nest Sky Deck opened in June 2026 — 59,000 sq ft of rooftop mini golf, climbing wall, simulators and a running track, included in the all-inclusive rate. Phase two, with zip lines and a FlowRider surf simulator, is planned for 2027 and is not yet open; don’t book on the strength of it.

Divi’s two-tier all-inclusive launched October 1, 2025. New enough that plenty of third-party listings still show the old single-rate structure.

Two French-side favorites close seasonally. La Samanna (Belmond) is scheduled to close July 24 – November 14, 2026, and La Playa Orient Bay August 16 – October 12, 2026. Neither is all-inclusive, but if you’re planning a French-side trip in fall, check dates first.

Who Should NOT Book All-Inclusive in St. Martin

We’d rather lose the booking than sell you the wrong trip, so: there are more reasons to skip all-inclusive here than on almost any other Caribbean island.

Skip it if food is a priority. St. Martin is the best restaurant island in the Caribbean and it isn’t close. Buying a plan that penalizes you every time you eat out is actively working against the destination. Grand Case alone justifies a non-inclusive week.

Skip it if you want a great beach. The island’s finest beaches — Orient Bay, Baie Longue, Mullet Bay, Happy Bay, Pinel Island — are not attached to the inclusive resorts. Maho, where both true AIs sit, is a narrow, public, often rough beach that is a spectacle rather than a swimming spot.

Skip it if you’re a light sleeper or a five-night traveler who wants quiet. Both Sonestas sit under the Princess Juliana approach. Aircraft noise runs all day, and multiple guests report the smell of jet fuel on the beach.

Skip it if you’re comparing to Punta Cana or Jamaica on price. For what Sonesta Ocean Point costs, St. Lucia, Antigua or the Dominican Republic will give you a bigger, newer, better-rated inclusive product. See our best all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean guide for the head-to-head.

Book all-inclusive here if you specifically want St. Martin and you want budget certainty, you’re traveling with kids who’ll use the kids’ club and the new rooftop deck, you like a casino and nightlife within walking distance, or you’re an adults-only couple who values an all-suite room and a spectacular pool over a beach.

When to Go

December through April is the reliable window: dry, breezy, 80–85°F days, and the reason the island’s high season runs from mid-December to mid-April. Christmas and New Year are the most expensive two weeks of the year by a wide margin, and February–March is peak without being punitive.

May and early June are our value pick — the weather is still excellent, the crowds thin out, and rates fall noticeably before hurricane season starts.

June 1 to November 30 is Atlantic hurricane season, and at roughly 18°N, St. Martin sits squarely in the belt — Irma made that unforgettable in September 2017. Statistically, mid-August through mid-October carries the most risk, and it’s also when several French-side hotels and restaurants close for the year. Rates in September and October can be half of peak. If you book then, buy travel insurance with named-storm coverage and check the resort’s hurricane guarantee in writing.

November is the sleeper month: the season officially ends on the 30th, weather is usually settled by mid-month, and rates haven’t jumped yet.

Getting There

Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) on the Dutch side is one of the best-connected airports in the eastern Caribbean, which is a real advantage over places like Grenada or St. Vincent. Nonstop US service runs from New York (JFK and Newark), Miami, Charlotte, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale on JetBlue, American, Delta and United (Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Orlando and Minneapolis are seasonal) — roughly 4 hours from New York and about 3 from Miami. Air France flies nonstop from Paris, and KLM flies from Amsterdam. There is no nonstop from the UK; the practical routings are via Paris, Amsterdam or a US gateway. SXM is also the regional hub for Anguilla, St. Barths, Saba and Statia — Winair’s short hops and the ferries out of Marigot and Oyster Pond make add-on island days easy.

The airport terminal was destroyed by Irma and has been rebuilt and reopened in phases; expect a modern facility but allow extra time at peak cruise-and-flight periods, when immigration lines back up. A small second airport, Grand Case–Espérance (SFG), serves the French side with regional flights only.

Transfers are short: 5 minutes to Maho, 15 to Simpson Bay, 20–25 to Little Bay and Philipsburg, 30–40 to Oyster Pond, and about 40 to Grand Case or Orient Bay. Taxis are fixed-rate rather than metered, and rates are posted — agree the fare before you get in, and note it’s usually quoted per two passengers with a surcharge for extras. If you’re staying anywhere but Maho, rent a car. Driving is on the right on both sides, the whole island is drivable in under two hours, and a rental turns a limited resort week into a proper island trip. At Oyster Bay it’s close to mandatory.

Money, Tipping and Practicalities

Currency: the Dutch side’s official currency is the Caribbean guilder, pegged to the US dollar, but US dollars are accepted absolutely everywhere and most prices are quoted in USD. The French side uses the euro; dollars are widely accepted at merchant-set rates that are rarely in your favor. Take a card and some euros for a French-side day.

Tipping: on the Dutch side, many restaurants add a 10–15% service charge — check the bill before adding more, and 15–20% is standard where it isn’t included. On the French side, service is legally included (service compris); rounding up or leaving a few euros for good service is plenty. At the Sonestas, gratuities are in the all-inclusive rate, though tipping bartenders a dollar or two still improves your week noticeably. Our all-inclusive tipping guide has the full breakdown.

Entry: US and UK citizens need a valid passport; neither needs a visa for tourism. Sint Maarten requires an online immigration/embarkation card completed before arrival — do it a few days ahead rather than in the airport queue. Departure tax is normally included in your ticket.

Alcohol: at both Sonestas, alcohol is included, and Ocean Point’s plan runs to premium international spirits and a stocked minibar; house wine is basic and better bottles carry a supplement. At Divi it depends on your tier. See does all-inclusive include alcohol? for how these plans usually work.

Electricity: the Dutch side runs 110V US-style outlets; the French side runs 220V European outlets. If you’re moving between them, pack an adapter.

FAQ

Does St. Martin have all-inclusive resorts?

Yes, but only two genuine ones: Sonesta Ocean Point (adults-only, all-suite) and Sonesta Maho Beach Resort (family), which sit adjacent to each other at Maho Bay on the Dutch side. Divi Little Bay sells a real optional all-inclusive package in Signature and Premium tiers. Beyond those three, properties marketed as all-inclusive here are either tour-operator bolt-ons (Simpson Bay Resort, Oyster Bay Beach Resort) or mislabeled entirely (The Morgan Resort, which publishes no AI package at all). The island’s former flagship AI — Secrets St. Martin, later St. Martin Beach Resort & Spa — has been closed since December 15, 2025.

What is the best all-inclusive resort in St. Maarten?

For couples, Sonesta Ocean Point at 8.1/10 — the island’s only adults-only all-inclusive, all suites, with the clifftop Edge infinity pool and premium spirits included, from $300 a night. For families, Sonesta Maho Beach Resort at 7.6/10 from $220, now with the Pelican’s Nest Sky Deck rooftop adventure level included. If you want the best beach and the lowest inclusive price, Divi Little Bay from $180 (7.2/10) is worth the trade in upkeep.

Is St. Martin expensive for all-inclusive?

Yes, relative to the value islands. Inclusive rates start around $180–220 a night for two and run to $300-plus at Ocean Point, and because supply is so thin there’s little price competition to push it down. The same money buys a larger, newer, better-rated resort in the Dominican Republic or Jamaica. Where St. Martin wins is on the non-inclusive side: room-only rates from around $150 at Oyster Bay or Simpson Bay, both with kitchens, plus French-side restaurants that make eating out a pleasure rather than a penalty.

Are there adults-only all-inclusive resorts in St. Martin?

One: Sonesta Ocean Point. Since the closure of the former Secrets St. Martin in December 2025 it has the category to itself, which is both good news (it’s genuinely good) and bad news (no competitive pressure on price). Be aware that its adults-only status is a policy rather than an atmosphere — the quiet zone sits directly above a 420-room family resort, and guests share amenities across both. If a truly separated adults-only Caribbean week is the goal, compare our best adults-only all-inclusive resorts picks in Antigua and St. Lucia first.

Which St. Maarten resort is best for families?

Sonesta Maho Beach Resort if you want inclusive: seven restaurants, a staffed kids’ club for 3–12s, a separate teen zone, and the new rooftop adventure deck, all in one rate. Simpson Bay Resort if you’d rather have space and a kitchen — two-bedroom villas, five pools’ worth of deck across two connected properties, and a sheltered beach — at roughly half the nightly rate, with the food bill under your own control.

Is Maho Beach worth staying at?

Worth visiting: absolutely. Watching a widebody drop over your head onto Princess Juliana’s runway is a genuinely unforgettable thing, and the Sunset Bar & Grill posts the arrivals board so you can time it. Worth staying at is a different question. Maho Beach is narrow, public and often rough, jet noise runs from morning to evening, and the novelty measurably wears off around day three. If you want to swim from your beach, Little Bay or Dawn Beach are far better bases — and Maho is a 20-minute drive from either.

Is it safe to visit St. Martin?

Broadly yes, and it’s a well-established mainstream destination with heavy US airlift. The usual Caribbean sense applies: don’t leave anything visible in a rental car, use the in-room safe (one Sonesta Maho guest reported items missing from stored luggage in February 2026), and be cautious walking unlit areas late at night, particularly around Philipsburg outside cruise hours. On the water, respect the jet-blast warning signs at Maho — people have been seriously hurt standing behind departing aircraft.

Final Recommendations

If you want all-inclusive and adults-only, book Sonesta Ocean Point. It’s the only option, it’s a good resort, and at 8.1/10 it earns its place — just go in knowing about the jet noise and the borrowed beach.

If you want all-inclusive with kids, book Sonesta Maho Beach Resort. The Pelican’s Nest Sky Deck genuinely changed the value equation in June 2026, and at $220 with seven restaurants and real kids’ programming it’s the most inclusive value on the island.

If you want the best beach on an inclusive plan, book Divi Little Bay on the Signature tier and walk into Philipsburg for a change of scene. Expect a slightly worn product for the price.

If you want the best trip rather than the best all-inclusive, book Oyster Bay Beach Resort or Simpson Bay Resort room-only, rent a car, and spend the difference on dinners in Grand Case and days on Orient Bay, Baie Longue and Pinel Island. On this particular island, that is the trip we’d book for ourselves — and it’s the recommendation most all-inclusive sites won’t give you.

And if the all-inclusive shelf here just looks too thin, it is: compare Antigua, St. Lucia and Turks & Caicos, or start with our full best all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean ranking.