St. Maarten Private Eye

No Rush Tour operator Beau Robinson dies of a massive heart attack
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I am sorry to let everyone know that I have heard the news that Beau Robinson died of a sudden massive heart attack at the age of 48 on the way to meet some clients. He died behind the wheel and caused a minor accident by his loss of ability to steer the van.

I am so sorry about this news. We had him as our tour director in St. Martin in September and really enjoyed his tour. God rest his soul. E-Beth

A gentleman named Bodo is doing all the admin work now and he seems very nice and professional in his correspondence. Send them an email and confirm your reservation with them. I am sure there are many people doing this now and the people at No Rush will surely be happy to give you confirmation and answer any questions you might have.

Beau was not the only driver working for No Rush so you may have gotten someone else anyhow. All of the drivers have to adhere to the policy that you can have the tour any way you want. I have seen reviews for Lynette and Bodo and they both have been excellent.

I am looking forward to my tour with No Rush and I am more than happy to support their company during this time of change.
We recently took a No Rush Tour with Bodo as our tour guide and we were very pleased with the entire day. He was very personable, knowledgeable and friendly and took us to wonderful locations all over the island. We will remember our tour with Bodo always. it was the best! If anyone has any questions you do not want to post, you can e-mail me at suja514@aol.com and I will be happy to answer your questions. I think for the price and the product, you get more than you paid for.
We took the No Rush Tour in Sint Maarten/ St. Martin yesterday and our driver was "Bertrand" (who also called himself "Tomas" on his cell phone sometimes). He was very knowledgeable and pleasant, and we had a good day touring in a very comfortable large bus, although there was just two of us.

We mentioned our regrets on the death of Beau Robinson, and his reply was something like that it was an office joke or something. He referred to the idiom that "Beau was in a better place now" meaning that he was now in a desk job. But some have emailed that Beau had died! Bertrand said that there would be some reference to this false rumor(?) on their website at www.norushtours.com sometime soon.

At the end of a very long and rambling explanation we remained unsure if Beau has departed this world or not. Other than that, we think we understood everything that our driver had said.

We think Beau is alive because Bertrand's reaction to out condolences was anything but that it was so sad, what a shock!, etc. etc. etc.

But we don't know for sure.

Anyway, we would recommend this tour, and the very homey restaurant (where they base their lunchtimes and received their tour payment) served very good home-cooked fare, and had maybe the best view on the island.

Only fault that we could find is that the driver suggested an area to snorkel that really had nothing to see unless you had scuba gear. That part was a waste of time.
The e-mail I got from Boho said, "Our tour guide Mr. Robinson is no longer with us. He suddenly passed away at November 7TH."

hummm. would like to know the facts.
Hi Everyone,
I would like to provide more information about no rush tours. There are strange developments happening regarding this company. There's a local blog in St.Maarten called SXM Private eye- please google the name and follwo the thread about Mr Bodo Muth and or Bea Robinson. Both of these names are the same. Mr Robinson is very much Alive.
I'm a born St.Maarten and as a native we love having you come to the island;however, we get very upset when someone does business on the friendley without good intentions.
Please check out the blog site and learn more about No Rush before you visit us

Posted today

I was told from people I trust to be reliable, that Mr. Beau Robinson had died. I also got a very strange email today about the possibility that he might still be alive. Strange indeed. If I gave false information, I am terribly sorry. At this point I have no idea if he is alive or not. Our tour with him that day was very pleasant and informative. He told us of the intense, very hostile rivalry between the two different sides (french vs. dutch) and that it was very, very hostile. I hope this news is not something being put out by one of his rival tour operators. I really don't know. What I do know - is that we had a great tour the day we were in St. Martin with Beau and I would try his company again.