Thanks for the great advice!! Excellent points all around. I will keep perusing the villas and bookmarking the ones that fit the criteria. We're still leaning towards a trip just for the two of us. It would give us a chance to check out the island and decide what would work best for a future family ...

I'm so glad I found this forum! My husband and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary in June 2010. We are debating doing a family vacation with our kids (who will be 6 and 2.5 next summer) or just going by ourselves. If we brought the kids, my sister or mom, or both, would join us. First..is STJ fo...