... rent a bungalow or an apartment. You like hiking, and Basse Terre has dozens of trails, ranging from 5 minutes to full day hikes throught the tropical rainforest, which has no wild animals or snakes, and is absolutely safe, as long as you bring water and food, and maybe a ... more

... wife and I rented an apartment for two weeks this summer in Tropea, Italy through Homelidays. The apartment we selected ... ... location, size and features. The apartment was totally unacceptable for our purposes; we forfeited our deposit and found other accommodations. On our return, I wrote a negative review for the ... more

... food, no wash bedsheets etc. Also in Gosier and Pointe-à-Pitre, cars in fired on the street and youngs steeling gas at night and looking for trouble. So the area is unsafe they even asked on tv to stay home at night. So think of it with a child ... more

... web - I ended up calling the French consulate, and even they had to find out what was going on and get back to me. You can e-mail directly to yn10@yahoo.com Good luck to you - it's a shame to be worrying about a strike on your vacation ... more

Are you thinking about cutting your vacation short? What are you guys doing in terms of food there? ... more

... flights, a charted sailboat, and vacation time from work plus another family was coming. A month before I was to leave, Delta cancalled all flights into Pointe-A-Pitre Guadeloupe. Delta said the only thing they could do for me was refund all my points. Being only a month out ... more

... we found out that they cancelled their route there. We, too, felt panicky about the deposits we put down. Luckily, we rebooked via American-- who also appears to be en route to cancelling their flights to Martinique (where we're flying back home from)... I hope you get 'em back ... more

... Here, I live between these two French island of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Choosing Martinique would be a good idea, due to the fact that you can get very lovely white sand beaches, gorgeously kind people and a wonderful town to walk through. Wish you a very good vacation Shawn Mitchel ... more