PSV may not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you are looking for unspoiled natural beauty, superior service and the ultimate in peace and quiet, it may just be for you. With only 22 cottages and 80 employees, the ratio of staff to guests is excellent. Food is wonderful and offers great local fresh fish, superior meats flown in from the US and a vegetarian entree every night. You literally never need to see another guest if you don't wish to, but we enjoyed meeting up with others for a drink in the evening. Snorkeling on the Atlantic side is wonderful and you don't have to venture far to see some colorful fish. We also enjoyed a half day trip to the Tobago Cays to snorkel with the sea turtles and also see more fish. We loved having early morning coffee and breakfast delivered to our cottage every day. Try to schedule a romantic dinner on the beach at Cabana D. Have staff take you down to the beach just before sunset and enjoy a drink before they return and serve you dinner at your own private table lit only by the moon and a few lanterns. For us it was the perfect honeymoon and we will definitely be back.

My wife and I chose PSV for our 10 year anniversary trip. We had read all about it on Trip Advisor as well as other websites. With three young children, we were really looking forward to getting away by ourselves and relaxing. PSV is a beautiful place, but getting there takes some work. We had to overnight in Barbados and catch the small airplane to Union Island, all of which took about a day and a half. Once there, we were disappointed that they had put us in a beachside cottage, as we knew from our research that these were close together and lacked privacy. Nothing else was available until the next day, so we spent one night in the beachside cottage. Something people should be aware of is that the cottages do not have air conditioning, but if you leave your windows, shutters and drapes open you do get a nice breeze (or depending on the cottage it can be like living in a wind tunnel). However, the sun comes up around 5:30 am and the birds start chirpping LOUDLY. So, expect to be up early everyday. Early morning coffee is a must. In each cottage is a book of order forms (Early Coffee, Breakfast, Lunch, and Tea, the Dinner Form is brought on request). To make it simple we filled them out the night before. We had Coffee, Breakfast, Lunch and Tea delivered to the cottage and got cleaned up and dressed for dinner, which was like going out for dinner every night. The food is excellent, yet somewhat exoitic or gourmet. If your tastes are for more standard food you might not enjoy the Champagne Sorbet or the escargot. I personally liked the food. They served a fillet mignon I could literally cut with a fork, and one day I had lobster with every meal. Probably their greatest failing on food was dessert. It typically sounded better than it tasted (Guiness flavored ice cream is really not so good).

As for things to do on PSV, if you scuba dive, go out with Glenroy Adams at Grenadine Dives. He is very professional and a really nice guy. If you don't dive, I would suggest chartering the Jumbalya or the speed boat and go snorkeling and exploring. Do something, because you will get bored after about 3 days. I did not think I would, but I did. We went diving for two days in the middle of our stay and it was great.

Leaving PSV is a pain. The boat takes you to the airport on Union Island just fine, but once there, Grenadine Airlines tells you that there is a weight limit for each passenger of 44 lbs of luggage total. They don't tell you that on the way down, they wait until you have acquired more stuff to tell you. Then they want to charge you $1.00 per every pound over. Not a big price, but just a nuisance. I hate being nickle and dimed and had wished someone had warned me ahead of time. Then you wait on the flight which is late. Then you leave and stop at a couple of other islands before getting to Barbados. Not a good way to end the vacation.

When I returned to work, a co-worker asked me if I would go back. I told her that PSV is listed on some Top 20 list of places to go at number 13; I would recommend PSV to anyone; however I think I want to see what number 12 is like.

Stayed here on the first week of our honeymoon. Arrived and greeted on the dock by the owners friend who was Managing whilst he was away. Very nice welcome. Our accomodation was wonderful. We were down on the beach (A couple who we chatted to who were up on the hill said they felt their roof was going to blow off one night!). We loved the system of being totally on your own- felt like our own island! But if we wanted anything at all we raised our little flag. Staff were all very friendly. Food was all fresh and delicious. It's an amazing and special place. For us 1 week was good enough though as there isn't so much to do but relax. Not a complaint though!! The only negative things to say at all was that the flies were a nuisance and bit and also one load of our washing turned pink!

I have never before reviewed a trip, but after reading the most recent review of PSV, I thought I should say a few words. My husband and I spent a week on PSV in April to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. We would have gladly called the kids and told them to sell the house so that we could stay!

We had a cottage on the beach which was beautiful. The cottages are not attached to eachother. Other than one or two people walking on the beach, we saw no other people unless we were in the water, looking back towards shore - and I never heard a sound from the cottage next to ours. PSV has done a wonderful job of situating the cottages and planting vegetation to maximize privacy. Had we not used the restaurant, I could have easily not seen another soul, other than at a distance, for a week.

As for the complaint about the coral close to the shore, anyone who does any research on the island is well aware of this. The resort supplies high quality water shoes to wear into the ocean. It is not at all a problem.

As for the complaint of the noisy toddlers in the next cottage, while I would be annoyed too, it sounds like the staff made every effort to accomodate you. Perhaps next time you should avoid travelling during March (Spring Break) or go to an adult only resort.

As for the fact that, on one path, you walk by some of the facilities of the resort - well - they have to be somewhere don't they? Anyone truly offended by this could have easily taken the other path to the beach.

The food is wonderful - varied and well prepared. The staff is accomodating and friendly. The accomodations were beautiful and well cared for.

If you want to lay in a hammock and watch the stars, spend quiet time with your love, and/or totally unwind - this is the place for you.