Miss Wiles flew home when a flight was available, but has been encouraging people to help via the appeals being run by established aid organisations such as the Red Cross.
“People are hungry, people are thirsty, people haven’t got roofs over their heads.”
She said it did not feel fair that she was home safe while others were suffering.
“If I would have been of any help to anybody, I would have stayed.”
Miss Wiles booked the holiday a year before travelling. She was aware it was hurricane season, but was shocked when Melissa became a Category 5 storm.
“We survived it and came off really lightly but if someone had said before I went, I would have been silly to say I’m still going,” she added.