{"id":77468,"date":"2020-01-16T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=77468"},"modified":"2020-01-17T11:56:27","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T17:56:27","slug":"caribbean-smackdown-st-martin-vs-sint-maarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/caribbean-smackdown-st-martin-vs-sint-maarten\/","title":{"rendered":"Caribbean Smackdown: St. Martin vs. Sint Maarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two cultures, one island and lots of sunshine. 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