We took our first trip to St John May 2000 and stayed in Great Cruz Bay (not sure about the name of the villa). After that we were hooked! We spent a lot of time in Coral Bay on that first trip so all of our return trips have been on the "quiet side" with the exception of a couple of short...

Starfish had Kefir when we were on island in March. They used to stock strawberry and blueberry, but only had plain this time...

Wow, thank you Tammy for sharing your amazing pictures and review of SMS - let us know when you want to return home!

Our first 3 or 4 trips we rented on St John. Then we decided to try renting on St Thomas with Amalie and found that they are by far the best! Most convenient, best vehicles (brand new) and they are just wonderful people to work with! If you choose to try renting on St Thomas I would highly recommend...

With so many wonderful memories on St John, my most memorable by far was our sunset wedding ceremony at Cinnamon Bay with Anne Marie Porter - it couldn't have been more perfect from start to finish!

Thank you all again for all the great advice, opinons and experiences! We have decided to make the plunge and add a hot tub, hopefully before Winter comes! That means we'll need to do some work prior to installing it (site prep, coordinating the electrician, delivery, etc) so I guess we'll just have...

We have owned Sun Moon & Stars in Coral Bay for almost 2 years and would do it again in a second! Owning is exciting, challenging, frustrating and expensive, but in the end there is no better feeling than coming "home" to St John where we have formed so many positive relationships with...

Aside from the aforementioned indoor activities, snorkeling, hiking (right from the castle if you are adventurous!), drinking, shopping - it usually doesn't rain all day long so you can usually work in any of the above. If you get wet, who cares! Just watch your footing if you decide to hike! From y...

The vehicles we have rented from Amalie typically have between 1k and 3k miles so they are in excellent condition. I would be very leery about a rental vehicle that has been driven on the island for 5 years!

I think Amalie is a little more than some on St John, but they are well worth the extra cost for the convenience alone, in my opinion. We always use Amalie for our trips and do not hesitate to recommend them to our Guests. The owners Magdalena and Constantin are simply fantastic - super nice, friend...

Thanks Teresea_Rae for letting me know! I looked at book-it-vi's website and we were not on there, but when I google searched SMS the web page still exists! I'll ask them to delete it. A special forum discount is a great idea - forumites would just need to go through VRBO and not the other listings!

Pia, you wouldn't recognize the road now! When we purchased on Calabash August 2010 the road was barely passable - I think that is why SMS didn't sell. Now all the switchbacks are paved, waterbars were installed to control stormwater runoff (and rutting!) and the HOA pulled funds together to bring i...

Exit Zero, we installed 15 panels on SMS and we currently produce about 550 kwh per month (being close to the top of the mountain we get unobstucted sun most of the day). Our average consumption is around 400 kwh per month and we are net metered so we are currently generating a credit with WAPA. The...

I forgot to comment on our weekly rate. The posted rate is actually $2,185 for the Summer/Fall months and encourage folks to make offers! When we bought SMS almost 2 years ago the off season rate was $2800 and we thought it was high so we lowered it. There must be some old web sites out there that l...

Thank you everyone for the great responses - it is very helpful! It sounds like if we keep it clean and working it is an added bonus, but not entirely necessary in terms of marketing. There are a couple of factors that have us leaning toward getting one. It does get chilly at night in the winter due...