The wife and I are headed to St. Thomas next week and will be staying at the MorningStar resort at the Marriott's Frenchmen's Reef. For the last 16 years, we've been going to Cancun this time of year but with the troubles in Mexico, we decided on a change and settled on St. Thomas.

Since we have never been there, I'm looking for advice on the following items.

1. Car rental - Should we rent one or rely on taxi's. We'll be there for more than a week and we want to explore the entire island, but don't know if a car rental is a good idea or not.

2. Restaurants - We like to eat local food so we never go all inclusive. We love all kinds of food, especially Italian, seafood, and Chinese. Any recommendations you can offer that are close to the Marriott.

3. Day trips - I've heard that St. John's is lovely and we're just wondering if it would be worth our time to visit St. John's? Should we try to book a tour when we get there or should we just take a ferry and explore on our own?

Thanks for the advice and we are really looking forward to our trip.