We spent 5 days at Chateau Giselle and had a wonderful time, because we weren't attached to everything being perfect in the house. What do you expect for $100 a night for a 3 bedroom rental?

The location and size worked for us. We needed 3 bedrooms and the house is close to great restaurants, and the Split - where we swam almost every day. Amanda and Bobbi were fantastic rental managers. They took care of everything we needed - from arranging our taxi from the airport to the water taxi, to handling the details of transporting a lost piece of luggage from the airport to the island for us.

The house and furnishings reminded us of Spring Break - perfect for a college kids who just need a place to crash. The kitchen was barely equipped, not enough dishes, towels in short supply, but the beds were fine. Generally speaking the place was almost clean. The furniture well worn. Bathrooms were okay, but the shower heads so corroded that most of the water sprayed out sideways rather than down. We had a toilet problem, called Bobbi and a very nice handyman was there to fix it in less than 15 minutes.

But in the laid back atmosphere of Caye Caulker - which was the prime reason we were there - little annoyances didn't bother us. We ate out rather than cooked and loved every meal. Spent 4 relaxing days, swimming, snorkeling and chatting with the incredible mix of locals, back-packers and other tourists from around the world.

One more note - the house is not air-conditioned. We had partly cloudy - very mild days while we were there over the Thanksgiving weekend. If it had been any hotter, we would have moved to a place with A/C.