We needed to accommodate two families for our wedding this August in St. John. We rented both the Beach Villa and the Beach Estate and were really happy with our decision!
Overall the Beach Villa was a wonderful choice for our family. There bedrooms were really big with their own bathrooms and working air conditioning. They were really beautiful rooms! The kitchen itself could use some updates for entertaining, but overall we were happy with what it provided. Plenty of space in the rooms, not enough space for lounging around as a group indoors.
The pool was smaller than I imagined but truly stunning with the palm tree island in the middle. There were plenty of pool toys for the kids in our group. The bay was easy enough to access (yes, there are rocks -- so be prepared for a tough entrance). Plenty of space to lounge and relax outside.
My 95 year old grandmother was in our group and got around the property just fine. There was one bedroom that was ground floor which made it easy for her.
The location is truly ideal. Since we had a large group in town for the wedding it helped to be so central to grocery stores, downtown, and the Westin. You can actually see the Westin from the villa.
There were many creatures running around outside -- lizards, iguanas, etc. The house itself was very clean and we hardly ran into any issues with bugs.
One downfall was the hot-tub. It never heated up and despite repeated calls to Donald it wasn't fixed.
Donald is really a great person to rent from. He can even set you up with rental cars that he delivers to the villas. He made everything so easy - -we were picked up at the ferry dock, taken to his office to sign paperwork and pick up our rental cars for the week, and off we went! Donald also went the extra mile when learning about a baby in our group who was getting attacked by mosquitos at night -- he brought over a mosquito net without us even asking and she was never bit again!
Liked best:
Location, beach-front
Liked least:
Not enough common area space
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Sep 7, 2011
Glad to come across your review again & happy to see everyone enjoyed themselves! The hot tub has a couple of switches and we think there was some missed communications where not everyone knew how to operate it with the heat on (sometimes happens with larger groups that don't all arrive at once). We've simplified it and hope we've find a balance between ease of use & not having it run unnecessarily since they draw a huge amount of electricity and ours is the most expensive in the nation per khw.
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