Your Best Villa suggestion for the following:

KTinTX · Post by **KTinTX** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:14 pm

My wife and I made our first trip to STJ back in June, and from the first full day we swore to get the kids back there with us. Budget is pretty tight, but if I can get a better deal than the current $650-700 rt airfare from Houston we might can pull this off. So....you best villa suggestions to meet the following:

Summer 2010 (June or July)
2 adult + 14 yo son & 11 yo daughter
prefer a 3 bedroom, or something that would have twin beds.
prefer to keep it under $3000/wk
south shore, cruz bay area...not yet caught the coral bay bug enough to stay out there.
A/C in bedrooms

Hope that's enough info for some great suggestions. We stayed in Bongo Bongo for our anniversary trip in June and had the best vacation ever. And no, the target villa for this trip does not have to live up to that standard.

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:20 pm

villa capiz has a great pool for the kids and adults. lower bedrooms have a king and twins. large rooms that lead to the pool.
I wrote a review and added pictures from our 2007 trip if interested.

Pianogrl · Post by **Pianogrl** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:58 pm

Look at TIME OUT Villa in Chocolate Hole....we've stayed there twice before & love it....beautiful view.

Destination St John reps them now.
www.destinationstjohn.com

byado18 · Post by **byado18** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:27 pm

Gull Cottage http://www.caribbeanvilla.com/gull/gull.html
a bit above your $$$ but right on the beach and you can walk to the Westin!

StJohnRuth · Post by **StJohnRuth** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:37 pm

La Collina is another good choice. Small pool, but lots of room for you all and well within your budget.
http://www.caribbeanvilla.com/lacollina/lacollina.html

- Ruth

Knolmom · Post by **Knolmom** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:25 pm

Tesseract through Privatehomesvi--in the same area as Bongo Bongo. Great pool, two beds in each of the second and third bedrooms, and easy on the budget.

Bill in Va · Post by **Bill in Va** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:54 pm

Yo...We are staying at Gift Hill Main Villa through Deborah and Donald Schnell this trip on Nov 28th -Dec12th. I think it will be in your budget and all other needs. Look them up as they advertise here. www.artisticvillas.com
They also have rental cars that you get a discount on if you rent from them. We have used them for years. This will be trip number 16 by the way.PM me if you have any questions..Call Donald, Deborah or Eric at 800-253-7107..God bless...Bill

cool breeze · Post by **cool breeze** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:22 am

Check out www.sapphirebreeze.com we have stayed there twice and love it!

CB

mbw1024 · Post by **mbw1024** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:34 am

last year we stayed at Calypso del Sol and enjoyed that as well. The price by bedroom so if the kids can share a room it keeps the price within your budget.

KTinTX · Post by **KTinTX** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:38 am

Several of these were on the list I had started compiling.

If we go over budget I had looked at Gull and Splash, as I think the kids would love being right on the water.

Please keep those suggestions coming and maybe we'll catch a break with airfare and make this trip happen.

BuffaloGal · Post by **BuffaloGal** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:40 pm

Check out Villa Belvedere. It's right out on Maria Bluff. You can watch the sunset from the pool every night, and the view of St. Thomas is spectacular. There's one bedroom right in the main building then two others attached. Great spot and very easy to get to - close to Cruz Bay. We rented through Destination St. John.

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