We wanted a relaxing, romantic vacation to celebrate our 25th and Sandals Regency delivered all that we expected. We booked a villa with butler service and wanted for nothing. Butlers Sydney and Don provided excellent service and anticipated our needs. I would highly recommend this resort if you want a relaxing vacation. The food was five star and the staff was very friendly. We cannot wait to return. We visited the other two Sandals resorts, the Halcyon and the Grand resorts while there and the Regency in our opinion is the best. Be sure to bring a really good bug repellent, for some reason, the bugs loved to feast on our ankles. A good anti-itch cream would be good too. The prices in the spa were high but we didn't mind too much. The gift shop prices were also high and much of the same items can be found elsewhere for less - like the duty free shop at the airport.. We booked the dinner on the beach and we loved it. There was no downside to our vacation at Sandals. If you can, get the butler service and ask for Sydney and Don, they will take care of you really well.

My husband and I went for our honeymoon. We are a young couple, 26, but not big partiers. It was the perfect combination of peace and excitement. There was always a party if you wanted to join, and we did. There were all kinds of couples young and old. We really enjoyed our room that walked out to the pool area. I added a photo of our view from the room. We were in a standard room, which was quite adequate. It had a nice TV, sitting area, bath, fridge and coffee maker. We met the most wonderful couples while we were there. And there was always something to do, the entertainment was wonderful!!
I never had a problem with service accept when we did not answer room service in time, they said do you want your food or not. That was the only person that was rude to us. I did not go into the village, one of the other couples did and the locals can be a little pushy.
We went snorkeling and even though it was raining it was so beautiful, it was one of the fondest memories. We did not spend much time at the beach mostly because we prefer the wonderful pool and swim up bar. When we did go to the beach, locals would try to sell us smoke. But if you said no thanks it wasn't a problem. It was very beautiful and the cove was so peaceful.
We went on the Hobby Cats and that was a lot of fun too. A lot of other reviewers complained about the food, but I thought it was great; a wide variety of food is available.
Also we flew in to an airport that was across the island, it only took an hour and I was dreading it because I heard that everyone got car sick, but even thought I thought it would be a problem, it wasn't . I enjoyed the ride and seeing all of the local sights in St Lucia.
It was a great trip and when you get home you really realize how much money you save when you don't have to pay for anything except souvenirs.
Awesome trip, we are going to Jamaica next!!

We just returned from a week's stay at the Sandals Regency - May 18th-24th, 2008. We have stayed at all inclusives in Mexico and Dominican Republic so we are experienced at what it all includes. This was by far the best experience we have had and all the others were great as well.

I was nervous having read the reviews for the past few months but all I can say is those people must be nuts! I could not find one negative that I had read and I kept specifically looking for them! I wanted some kind of proof that these people had such bad experiences.

We were booked in the LeToc Honeymoon Premium room. We were on the main floor with our patio opening up right to the main pool. We found that perfect! The room is completely remodeled. It was cleaned every day and we had turn down service every night. Our mini bar was stocked completely ever day. Even with its location the noise level was never bad. Once we shut our patio doors and drew the curtains you could barely hear anything even when the nightly activities were still in full swing at the main pavillion.

The main pool was never overly crowded even though there were many honeymooners like us there. There were always clean towels available as well as lounge chairs. The swim up bar was fantastic and service was always quick and served with a smile. And the drinks were never watered down. Some were quite too strong sometimes! All the bars had friendly bartenders and great drinks.

The beach was a very good size. We had green flag swimming every day and I don't know where people talked about rocks and drop offs because it wasn't like that at all. We kayaked one day and did the aqua cycle another day.

The food at all the restaurants, and we tried them all, was decent. Service was quick -sometimes too quick but nothing was ever served cold. The servers were all very sweet. All the employees were friendly no matter where we dealt with them at the resort.

We did get one breakfast served in our room. We asked for it to be delivered between 8 and 8:30 and it came at exactly 8:30. And it was hot and exactly what we ordered.

The resort is absolutely beautiful. I saw no bugs or rodents. The grounds were well kept and clean. The playmakers kept things moving but in no way were bothersome. The spa people did make their daily rounds but once you said no thank you they moved on quickly. The nightly entertainment provided more than enough for a night life. And if you wanted to keep going the sports bar became a late night disco.

We did go to the Pier one night at the Halycon. The food there was fantastic but the resort was kind of sad and tired looking. I am glad we did not choose the Halycon and would not recommend it except for eating at the Pier.

We did not get a chance to go to the Grande but other couples we met who did said it was beautiful but very crowded and more hotel feeling.

We did two tours that we booked through Sandals - the Land & Sea Excursion. What a great way to see what has to be the most beautiful island in the Carribbean. And we did the Martinique Splendor which I did not care for. It is an hour & half ferry ride to Martinique and I did not find that island to be as pretty.

Overall we LOVED the Sandals Regency and had absolutely no complaints. We will highly recommend it to any of our friends & family who ask and we surely will return. So relax and enjoy this beautiful resort!

My husband and I went to the Sandals Regency during the week after Easter (March 24 to March 31). This was a our third Sandals visit. We have also been to Sandals Grande Ocho Rios in Jamaica and Sandals Royal Hicacos in Cuba (this doesn’t show up on the Sandals website as those that live in the States aren’t able to go, unless they go from somewhere else). We had a great time while we were there. We didn't do much while we were there besides sitting by the pool and a few excursions. We did visit the other 2 sandal resorts and felt that we had made a good choice in staying at the Regency. We did talk to another couple that was staying at one of the other sandals on the island and they had felt that they had a good choice of where they were staying. When we had arrived in St. Lucia, we went through customs relatively quickly. Once we made it through customs, we made our way to the van that would be transporting us to the resort. Yes, the drive takes about an hour to get there and through winding roads. It isn't a drive for those that get motion sickness, but isn't as bad as some make it out to be. Once we got to the resort, we were escorted to a room were we were given our room numbers, keys and any other information that we needed to know. My husband and I found out at this time that we had been upgraded to a Beachfront Oceanview Room. We had booked a Luxury Oceanfront room. Our room was one of the upgraded rooms, that is apart of the main building, by Arizona's. With this room, we didn't get a full balcony, just a french balcony. We felt that this wasn't going to be an issue since we weren't going to be spending much time in our room. We found that it was great to leave the balcony door slightly open when we were sleeping as it was nice to listen to the ocean. It was a calming sound to listen to while sleeping. We would keep the air conditioning on during the day to keep the room clean as well as keep the door open during the evening. We went on a couple of excursions. We did the Land and Sea excursion. We had enjoyed this excursion as we were able to get the best of both worlds. We were able to get allot of information about the country. On this excursion, we got to see a banana plantation, 2 fishing towns, the drive in volcano, and the botanical garden. The sea part of the excursions was great as well. They provided plenty of drinks as well as made a stop so that you could get into the ocean and do snorkeling (only if you had previous experience) or just enjoy the ocean. The only downside is that I wouldn't recommend this to any one that gets motion sickness as this may not be the ideal trip for you to take. We also booked a taxi and went into Castries to the market and wandered around the market and the duty free shops. It cost us $20.00 round trip. We were able to find some things that we liked and brought them home. We also were given a basket of goodies from the resort to bring home. It included some spices that are special to the island. We also went to Pigeon Island, while we were visiting the Grand. We enjoyed visiting this island as it was full of history. We did do a lot of walking while here. There is a good amount of going up hill, but was great to get to the top and see the view. From here, you can see Martinique (but can also see it from the pool, but isn’t the same from when you are at Pigeon Island. As for the food, we did enjoy our meals. We tried all of the restaurants but 2. We didn't go to Kimonos and La Toc as there didn’t seem like there was anything that we would like. My husband also has allergies to sea food, so we didn't want to take a risk of eating at Kimonos. These are the 2 restaurants that you need to make reservations for, make sure to do it as soon as you get to the resort as they book up rather quickly. Out of all of the restaurants, I would have to say that Armando’s was my favorite. This is the Italian restaurant and I did particularly enjoy the main meal. We did also enjoy the buffet dinner at the Pavilion on our first night. It was during this evening that the steel drum band was playing and they were really good. For the rest of the week, the Pavilion served a seated meal and had different entertainment. Most evenings, my husband and I would venture to the Pavilion for the entertainment after dinner. We would usually eat breakfast at the Pavilion. We did enjoy it, but were disappointed with the selection of the fruit. It was very limited in what they had considering it was a tropical island. We did enjoy the drinks. They were definitely great. The bartenders were willing to make you whatever you would like to drink. They had a variety of liquor, so you could get whatever you wanted. Over all, we enjoyed our time and enjoyed the resort. The ocean is rough at this resort, but it is calmer at the other 2 resorts.

Overall, we did have a great time and would go back to the resort. What needs to kept in mind is that this is not a 5 star resort as compared to what other countries would classify as a 5 star resort, it would be about a 3/3.5. This will need to be kept in mind when booking a room at this resort. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me and I will gladly respond

Here is a link to our photos from our trip.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpodiluk/sets/72157604646957440/