inexpensive villa for 4 next summer

[sea-nile]

SO with no influence on my part my son wants to go to St. John next summer. It is his turn to pick a reasonable family vacation.
My husband says we cannot afford it. But if I do my research, book things early, etc I think I can plan an economical trip that would not cost more than any of the other ideas (Florida, CA, CO, etc).

I have found a few possible choices but of course a lot of you on here are the experts about this.

Requirements:
Be able to walk to Cruz Bay
Sleeps 4 adults
Under $1800 a week
pool- not absolutely necessary but would be nice
air conditioning- in bedrooms

This would be next July. What are the chances that it would be as rainy next July? I guess that is always a risk.

Thanks!

[Lindy]

Sea-nile - Is it four adult members of your family or two couples? My daughter stayed at Serendip condos last year and loved it. It's within walking distance of town and they DO have a pool although it's small. I know that several of the units have a separate bedroom and futons or sleeper sofas in the living room areas and they have A/C. They also have nice sized balconies with a view of Cruz Bay. It would be WAY under your $1800 budget but that frees up money for other things, right? Check out their website. Everyone says the rental manager is great to work with too.

P.S. My husband and I lived in the Milwaukee area for YEARS before we moved East - last house was near Mukwonago. My son moved back there after he got out of the Army. Go Pack!

[sea-nile]

It is our family. Kids will be 16 and 20.

[jayseadee]

Check Schnell's Bougainvillea loft (not fancy, little worn); located up the hill past Gallows.

When we were there, the master bedroom had a King bed and a cot/daybed (I forget which). There is also a 2nd King bedroom (smaller, no private bath).

Good size "open" living/dining area. No good outside space. A/C in the Bedrooms.

Check St. John Inn - they may have rooms/suites that could combine and meet your rate.

Check Star and Hummingbird villas. All in the Frank Bay area; you may find something that you can make work.

[cliffnchristi]

Have you checked out Lavender Hill?

[pipanale]

There's a place in Frank Bay that has a link on St John Spice...I can't remember the name. KSea's stayed there...we almost did

[melmd]

I second Donald Schnells place. We stayed in the garden suite and my in-laws stayed upstairs. The Garden suite would be to tight a fit for your group, but upstairs would be perfect. There's no pool, but you have Frank Bay right there for snorkling. The walk to town is so easy and it's a quite street. No real place to hang out outside but the whole living room is open to the trade winds.

[Lulu76]

We liked Tesseract. It was inexpensive, but nice. Might work for your group?

[sea-nile]

LuLu- can you walk to town from Tesseract?

[Lulu76]

I didn't see that part of the requirement until now. I am not sure that you could walk to town. I think in my PM I told you that when we stayed at Hale Lani, which was a comparable distance that people walked to the Westin and caught a taxi. But that hill is intimidating to me. It is a good little villa, especially for the price.